166 REVIEW TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS IN THE MODERN RUSSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM (On organizing the work of Legal English Panel I within XIV International Young Scholars’ Conference) By Elena Cherepakhina (Russia) Author Senior Teacher, English Language Department № 1, Kutafin Moscow State Law University E-mail: apt2011ds@yandex.ru Abstract The article describes the organizational pre-arrangements for the XIV International Young Scholars’ Conference ‘Traditions and Innovations in the Modern Russian Legal System’ and the complex of measures undertaken to improve the quality of reports on law issues, delivered by student participants within Legal English Panel I. The major improvement measures were aimed at furthering the students’ public speech skills, eliminating mistakes in the written submissions, and enhancing the quality of research through building up cooperation with law teachers. <...> The article also mentions certain administrative measures that will attract more talented students to work at our Panel. <...> Special attention was paid to assessing the students’ reports by the means of specifically elaborated assessment list, which included five assessment criteria: first − delivery and general impression, second – slideshow quality, third – the language of the report, fourth – the content of the report, fifth − after-speech discussion. <...> The article gives a detailed description of the scope of each criterion and the score intervals, assigned to particular criteria. <...> This year’s important guests of the Panel Session were www.kulawr.ru Volume 2 May 2015 Issue 1(3) KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW Elena Cherepakhina Traditions and Innovations in the Modern Russian Legal System 167 entirely satisfied with the quality of individual speeches and the overall progress the Panel. <...> Keywords Modern law, students’ conference, students’ research, Legal English, quality assessment, assessment list TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction . 167 II. <...> Acknowledgements . 179 Bibliography . 180 I. INTRODUCTION 3-4 April 2015 Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) proudly hosted XIV International Young Scholars’ Conference ‘Traditions and Innovations in the Modern Russian Legal System’, which is now integrated into the framework of the Second Moscow Law Forum. <...> This high-profile event runs a wide variety of diverse law sections <...>