The article highlights the issues of international and Ukrainian historical experience of providing
legal aid in general, and frees legal aid in the course of educational activities in particular. The author
traces the peculiarities of this process from its origins to the present day. The author argues that the
provision of free legal aid in the context of educational activities is a multifaceted process which, both in
the world and in Ukraine, has been taking place for centuries in various forms and under the influence of
variousfactors. It is emphasized that its undoubted prerequisite wasthe legalization of the legal profession
and the establishment of an extensive system of legal education. The author emphasizes that these facts
were the result of the growing importance of law in the process of regulation of social relations.
The author analyzes the main stages and features of the European historical experience of legal aid
in the period of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Modern era. The author also considers some historical
experience of providing free legal aid in the context of educational activities which took place in Ukraine.
The author proves that Ancient Rome was a pioneer in creating an extensive system of legal education
and developing various forms of legal aid. The author establishes that the real establishment of the system
of free legal aid, in particular, in the course of educational activities, took place only in the 1920s, and at
first it was localized and limited mainly to the United States. It is argued that its implementation became
possible as a result of a long scientific discussion in previous years, during which a new approach to legal
training with a priority on practice was developed, and a form of such training – “legal clinic” – was
found. The author shows that legal clinical education is considered to be one of the most effective today.
The nature and peculiarities of the spread of legal clinical education, as well as the development of the
relevant legal framework in Ukraine are traced.
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