Biography
Kateryna Gryshchenko is an expert in legal education, and an analyst at the DEJURE Foundation established by experts and lawyers with the goal of promoting the rule of law and reforms in the sphere of justice in Ukraine.
Kateryna has professional experience working as a lawyer at the Parliament of Ukraine, as well as in non-governmental organizations. Since 2019, Prof. Gryshchenko has been teaching law.
Kateryna obtained a Bachelor’s and a Specialist’s degree in law at the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (“NaUKMA”). Kateryna also holds a Master’s Diploma in Public Administration (Kyiv-Mohyla School of Governance). Kateryna is currently deepening her academic skills and knowledge by pursuing a PhD in Law at the Doctoral School of NaUKMA.
What is wrong with legal education in Ukraine?
Without reforms in legal education, one can hardly hope for effective judicial reforms and building institutions that our society will trust. Yet this path, like any major institutional change, is not easy and quite time-consuming. However, without it, we will be doomed to replication defects of the current system, the constant walking in a circle and the gradual degradation, which obviously none of us consciously seeks.