Simulation and social learning: strategies for the communicative training of future lawyers

Keywords: legal education, lawyer’s communicative competence, modeling of professional situations, business games, project-based approach, communicative skills, students

Abstract

The article considers pedagogical tools that involve the simulation of professional interaction situations for lawyers and their use in higher legal education to foster and develop communicative competence. Simulating situations from legal practice based either on real-life events or the imitation of legal processes in which students act as lawyers or officials enhances interest in the studied disciplines promotes the learning process and develops both professional and communicative competences. The authors conclude that various didactic tools should be used in the educational process, with particular attention given to those that prepare future lawyers for professional interaction and cooperation in diverse legal situations. Role-playing games based on the simulation of professional interaction are an effective means of developing students’ legal and communicative competence. The study conclusions contribute to expanding and updating the scientific understanding of didactic tools that simulate professional interaction and their application in higher legal education.

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Author Biographies

Yelena Usmanova, N.P. Ogarev Universidad Estatal de Mordovia, Saransk, Rusia.

Candidato a Ciencias Jurídicas, Profesor Asociado, Jefe del Departamento de Derecho Estatal y Administrativo, N.P. Ogarev Universidad Estatal de Mordovia, Saransk, Rusia.

Tatyana Khudoykina, N.P. Ogarev Universidad Estatal de Mordovia, Saransk, Rusia.

Doctor en Ciencias Jurídicas, Profesor, Jefe del Departamento de Tecnologías Jurídicas y Jurisprudencia, N.P. Ogarev Universidad Estatal de Mordovia, Saransk, Rusia.

Olga Adayeva, N.P. Ogarev Universidad Estatal de Mordovia, Saransk, Rusia.

Profesor titular del Departamento de Tecnologías Jurídicas y Jurisprudencia, N.P. Ogarev Universidad Estatal de Mordovia, Saransk, Rusia.

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Published
2025-08-22
How to Cite
Usmanova, Y., Khudoykina, T., & Adayeva, O. (2025). Simulation and social learning: strategies for the communicative training of future lawyers. Interacción Y Perspectiva, 15(3), 943-954. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16916134