Hladkyi S. Psychological culture of a lawyer in a socio-cultural context

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33098/2078-6670.2025.19.31.33-39

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to understand the essence of the psychological culture of lawyers and the main problematic aspects of its formation and development in the socio-cultural conditions of modern Ukraine. Methodology. To solve individual research tasks, the following main methods were used: psychological, sociological (phenomenological-communicative), systemic-historical. The main methodological principles of the theory of constructivism were also updated. Results. The existence of a wide range of scientific approaches to the interpretation of the content of the psychological culture of a lawyer is stated. An underestimation of its role in the process of forming the professional culture of a lawyer is revealed. The need to use a deep psychological methodology in the formation of the professional culture of a lawyer is substantiated. Attention is focused on the dependence of the level of development of legal professional culture on the peculiarities of the national mentality and socio-cultural situation in the country. The prospects of the constructivist approach in the formation of the psychological culture of future lawyers are indicated. The potential of this approach in the development of pedagogical technologies in the system of legal education is characterized. Originality. The determining role of psychological culture in the development of the professional culture of a lawyer as an integrating component of its structure is substantiated. The prospects for the development of the psychological culture of future lawyers on the basis of the theory of constructivism are determined. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used in the process of developing educational standards and educational programs for the training of lawyers.

Key words: professional culture of a lawyer, psychological culture of a lawyer, self-knowledge, self-awareness, constructivism.

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