Launch of Soft Skills Development Training for PGO’s Prosecutors

“Tomorrow’s Lawyer” NGO launches an exclusive series of soft skills development trainings, specially developed for prosecutors of the Prosecutor General’s Office, appointed to the positions following the results of selection in March 2020.

The program was developed by a team of trainers and experts of the “Tomorrow’s Lawyer” NGO with the support of the INL Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine. The trainings will take place in the PRAVOKATOR Legal Club of the Coordination Center for Legal Aid Providing and the Training Center for Prosecutors of Ukraine.

The cross cutting topics of these trainings are morality and ethics of justice, leadership, institution building and change management. Each of the four groups will take a 6-day practical training.

The topics of six days training are the following:

  • Moral philosophy. “Justice and social control”, guidelines in the profession, their search and balance.
  • Effective communication. Fundamentals of communication, patterns of behavior, counteraction to toxic communication.
  • Communication with the media. How to work with public opinion? Working with the media in matters of public interest;
  • Leadership. The prosecutor as a leader in cooperation with the pre-trial investigation bodies. The prosecutor as a leader in the implementation of a new organizational culture and institutional changes in the prosecutor’s office. Prosecutor – leader – impersonation of public prosecution;
  • Institutions and change management. Values that build up new institutions. How to form and motivate a team to achieve goals. How to ensure transparency and accountability.
  • Emotional intelligence. How not to burn out at work? The concept of emotional hygiene. How to realize your emotions and understand other people’s feelings?
  • Ethics of the prosecutor.
  • Legal reflection and writing. Formats of legal texts writing, synthesis and written argumentation.

The team of experts and trainers of the “Tomorrow’s Lawyer” NGO is pleased to join in the new role the implementation of constitutional changes in the field of justice approved back in 2016.