Legal Support for Mentoring in Russia: Perspective and Retrospective View

Goals/objectives. The scientific article discusses topical issues related to the legal provision of mentoring in Russia in modern and historical aspects. The purpose is to define the definition of mentoring in legislation and scientific doctrine, as well as to identify the legal traditions of interaction between mentor and mentee in various fields, including education. The relevance of the topic considered in the article is due to the fact that 2023 in the Russian Federation has been declared the Year of the Teacher and Mentor at the state level. At the same time, the strategic planning documents outline the task of gradually involving students in various forms of support and mentoring.

Methodology.. The research used methods of analysis and synthesis, dialectical, systemic, historical-legal, formal-legal and others.

Conclusions. The article notes that the importance of teaching work increases in the context of solving the tasks of training highly qualified personnel who meet modern needs, which should contribute to achieving the economic, technological, and cultural sovereignty of the country. The revival of the legal traditions of mentoring as an actual educational and personnel technology at the present stage, the popularization of the best mentoring practices will contribute to the training of highly qualified specialists with an appropriate level of professional competence, an active civic position, which will allow them to be in demand and competitive in the labor market, and in turn will lead to timely and high-quality solutions to important tasks in the socio-economic, political, and cultural spheres.