Lecturers of the Department of foreign languages Sviatlana Leskevich and Inna Lisovskaya presented reports at the Anniversary Saratov legal forum

On April 23, as part of the V International Saratov Legal Forum, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Saratov State Academy of Law, a philological session on "Language and Culture in Law" was held.

The forum session operated in both in-person and online formats. Participants discussed a wide range of issues related to the functioning of languages in the modern world. Particular attention was paid to the preservation of national unity through linguistics, as well as to the specifics of communication in professional fields such as law, journalism, and politics. Issues of teaching Russian as a foreign language and the role of foreign languages in the new geopolitical reality were also examined separately. The final block of discussion focused on digital innovations, ranging from the use of online platforms to the integration of virtual assistants into the learning process.

Sviatlana Leskevich, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Candidate of Philological Sciences, presented her report on the topic "Belarusian-English Dictionaries of Legal Vocabulary". Inna Lisovskaya, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, delivered a report on "Linguistic Wars in Modern Society: Significance for Russia and Belarus".

The session served as a meeting place and an opportunity for experience exchange among Russian language philologists and foreign language lecturers from Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.