Stimulation of Scientific Productivity of Professional Participants of the Legal Discourse (Exemplified by the Interactive Legal Platforms of English-Speaking Jurisdictions)

The paper is devoted to the methodological experience of using English-language educational platforms in the academic and educational vector of the Russian law university, namely, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), as a tool of novelty, relevance and encouraging efficiency of academic comparative studies of various participants of legal discourse and for their professional growth. As an example, the author of the paper chose two English-language interactive educational platforms: www.lawshelf.com and www.edx.org using which, in an online format, students can immerse themselves in various branches of law of English-speaking jurisdictions, expand the terminological apparatus of the researcher in the branches of law of interest, successfully and productively participate in the academic and research life of the university, participate in academic events in the international arena. Also, they can be able to write and verbally communicate their scientific views and ideas in English, increase both their individual publication activity and productivity as researchers and the university academic indexes as a whole. The paper also emphasizes the importance of the ability to work with various citation standards in English and American law schools, depending on the goals of the study and the place of publication (according to the systems of Harvard, Oxford, Chicago) for the ecology of the culture of academic speech, avoiding contamination of academic speech and linguodigression. The university’s scientific schools and student scientific circles are presented as elements of linguoecological monitoring — a system for monitoring the state of the scientific linguosphere of legal discourse and its individual sections, as well as broadcasting the scientific culture of professional communication and the motivational niche of publication activity and productivity of all participants.

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