DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW OF THE INSTITUTE OF LAW
Academic and Research Institute of law
Sumy state university
At Sumy State University, the competition “Best Lecturer Through the Eyes of Students” has concluded. The competition was conducted in accordance with the Regulations on Student Evaluation of the Quality of Educational Activities. It was based on semester surveys of full-time students, who assessed the quality of educational activities during their study of academic disciplines.
Sumy State University traditionally honors the best academic and teaching staff who make significant contributions to the development of education, science, and the professional training of students. Based on the results of the “Best Academic and Teaching Staff of SumDU” contest for the 2023-2024 academic year, representatives of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Procedure have been recognized as laureates.
Associate Professors of the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure at SumDU, Marina Utkina, Mykhailo Dumchykov, and postgraduate student Olena Tymoshenko, have joined the authorship team of the project “The Integration Paradigm of Digital Transformation in the Financial Crime Counteraction System: A Synergistic Approach to Prevention and Combat”, which has secured state funding.
Elizaveta Hovorun, a student of the educational program “Intellectual Property” at the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, participated in the professional event IT LAW TALKS, dedicated to pressing issues of legal regulation in the field of information technology.
Students of general secondary and extracurricular education institutions, listeners of the Sumy Territorial Branch of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, visited the Academic and Research Institute of Law as part of the initiative “Regional Hackathon ‘Science in Action’.”
An assistant of the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, Ms. Yevheniia Lytvynenko, has successfully completed the “Training of Trainers” (ToT) program for technology transfer managers, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. This initiative aimed to equip highly qualified professionals capable of effectively integrating scientific innovations into the real economy.
On 12 December 2024, Yevheniia Lytvynenko, Assistant of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Procedure at the Academic and Research Institute of Law of Sumy State University, successfully completed the distance learning course “Introduction to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)” offered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
On December 11, 2024, the Academic and Research Institute of Law hosted a student scientific workshop organized by the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Procedure in collaboration with the student self-government. The event, held in a hybrid format, brought together students eager to develop their scientific skills.
The Department of Criminal Law and Procedure successfully hosted the defense of industrial practice by second-year master’s students enrolled in the “Intellectual Property” educational program.
On December 5–6, 2024, the University of Tours (France) hosted the international conference “Heritage Management and Transfer in the Franco-Portuguese Context.” The event, organized by Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Judicial Disciplines at Sumy State University, Alina Honcharova, who is currently conducting research at this institution, brought together approximately 200 participants.
