Evtukhovskaya Olesya Aleksandrovna , Gorbunova Nadezhda Konstantinovna

The authors of the research claim the existing system of training and advanced training of forensic experts in the Russian Federation to be characterised as a set of disjointed educational pathways, insufficient integration of legal and special knowledge, as well as a lack of standardised requirements for developing meta-competencies. The analysis of regulatory legal acts made it possible to reveal the absence of a common professional standard joining up both the public and private sectors. As a result, the authors identified discrepancies in qualification requirements. The reasoning sections of court decisions for 2024–2025 were analysed, revealing a growing tendency among courts to evaluate not only the content of experts' reports, but also the competence, professional experience, objectivity, and scientific validity of their conclusions. A survey of experts from 14 regions of Russia reinforced the idea that mentoring is a must when training experts, in addition to developing "soft skills" like observation, critical thinking, and communication, along with theoretical training and technical skills. The authors offered proposals for developing a unified educational programme, implementing mandatory mentoring and integrated interdisciplinary modules into the centralised system of continuing professional education, thus ensuring the continuous development of experts capable of solving the problems of modern judicial proceedings

forensic expert, training of forensic experts, interdisciplinary approach, competencies, forensic expert activity, mentoring in the forensic expert training system

Evtukhovskaya Olesya Aleksandrovna – Postgraduate, Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia, Saint Petersburg (1, Letchik Pilyutov st., St. Petersburg, 198206, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0005-9151-4617, RSCI Author ID: 1088570, e-mail: olesya.evtuhovsk@mail.ru

Gorbunova Nadezhda Konstantinovna – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Forensic Examinations and Investigations, Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia (1, Letchik Pilyutov st., St. Petersburg, 198206, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0002-7110-159X, RSCI Author ID: 1049465, e-mail: nagadja@mail.ru

Evtukhovskaya O.A., Gorbunova N.K. Sovershenstvovanie sistemy podgotovki i povysheniya kvalifikatsii sudebnykh ekspertov: mezhdistsiplinarnyy aspekt [Improving the System of Training and Advanced Training of Forensic Experts: A Multidisciplinary Approach] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2026, no 2 (113), pp. 119–126. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2026.2.119 (in Russian).

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