The symposium consisted of several panel discussions that focused on highly specialised issues related to martial law in Ukraine. The Faculty of International Trade and Law was responsible for organising and conducting the panel "Development of Law under Martial Law". SUTE students and lecturers took part in panel offline simultaneously broadcasted live on Zoom for colleagues from other regions of Ukraine and those who were abroad.

The international symposium was opened by Yulia Goncharova, PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of International Trade and Law. Dr. Goncharova drew attention to the fact that since the first days of the war SUTE has been actively engaged in research and development on martial law in Ukraine and violations of international law. The Dean shared her thoughts and priorities for the Faculty further scientific investigations in this area.

The panel discussion was attended by both professors of the Department of Legal Support of Business Security and students of the Faculty of International Trade and Law. The following reports were the most actively discussed among students: "The Mechanism of Legal Support of Corporate Security during Martial Law" by Ruslan Melnychenko (Head of the Department of Legal Support of Business Security, PhD in Law, Attorney), "Official Abuse in Martial Law" by Ganna Shvedova (PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Support of Business Security,), "Criminal Law Counteraction to Financial Fraud" by Viktor Nikitenko (PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Support of Business Security).

The scientific event was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere and give impetus to a lively discussion. Presentation made at the plenary session and discussion platforms facilitated active discussion and expression of participants' opinions on the current realities and proposals for the post-war economic recovery of Ukraine.

The scientific event allowed to identify priority areas and proposals for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine in the economic, legal and social field in an open discussion format. The panel "Development of Law under Martial Law" was attended by more than 120 best representatives of the young researchers elite, who were mostly students of the speciality "Law", bachelor's and master's degree educational programs: Commercial Law, Financial Law, Civil Law and Procedure, Legal Support of Business Security, International Law.

The panel discussion resulted in SUTE lecturers deepening their cooperation in updating educational programs in order to professional harmonize them with the requirements of the legal profession under martial law. It is only by combining the efforts of science and practice that we can handle issues of strategic importance to Ukraine in the field of higher legal education.

Authors of the text:

Melnychenko Ruslan

Head of the Department of Legal Support of Business Security E-mail: r.melnychenko@knute.edu.ua

Shvedova Ganna

Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Support of Business Security

E-mail: g.shvedova@knute.edu.ua