Professional Skills of University Graduates in View of Strengthening of the Russian Educational Sovereignty

Purpose. Setting goals for the creation of a unique national education system, strengthening educational sovereignty in the Russian Federation is a necessary factor for changing the content of the educational process in general, and the structure of legal education in particular. In order to train qualified legal personnel, the need to combine the professional competencies contained in the Federal State Educational Standard with the qualification requirements specified as a prerequisite for hiring university graduates, including in professional standards, is of particular importance. Methodology: dialectics, hermeneutics, synergetics, comparative legal analysis. Conclusions. The modern system of Russian education should be based on the best pre-revolutionary and Soviet educational practices, which consist in the formation of labor qualities, as well as the Bologna system of higher education, in which theoretical education (knowledge and skills) and the formation of professional competencies (internship) are divorced from each other. Scientific and practical significance. The article is aimed at substantiating the need to change the content of the educational process, to return to the Soviet practice of labor education, taking into account the requirements of the education system within the framework of the Bologna process, aimed at forming a competitive lawyer capable of working in various ecosystems.