Assessing the effectiveness of a program for developing critical thinking among law school students

The results of experimental work to assess the effectiveness of the program developed by the authors for the development of critical thinking among law school students are presented. The importance of developing critical thinking among future lawyers is shown. The components of critical thinking, associated skills and properties of thinking are identified. A comparison is made of the data obtained from assessing the level of development of critical thinking components among students in the control and experimental groups at the ascertaining and control stages of the study. A conclusion is drawn about the effectiveness of the developed program.