Experience of using the role-playing methodology in the process of professional training

This article analyzes the authors' experience in developing students' practical skills and abilities necessary for their future professional activities, including through the use of role-playing techniques. The primary focus is on identifying training methods that would facilitate the development of highly qualified specialists with the necessary level of practical skills and abilities. In today's environment, graduates are required to possess skills and abilities that enable them to navigate a dynamically evolving legal system and, when necessary, quickly identify and implement a prescribed course of action that will most effectively resolve a specific practical situation. This publication focuses on some of the specific aspects of training such a specialist, sharing their positive experiences in conducting role-playing exercises in the academic disciplines they teach. The subject of this article is the accumulated positive experience of teaching at the Preliminary Investigation Department of the Kikot Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in conducting various types of practical classes, which are grouped into several groups with different delivery methods. The authors also focused on the role and place of the teacher during class sessions, as the effectiveness of the lesson largely depends on the teacher's personal qualities, theoretical and methodological preparation, intelligence, and knowledge of the subject being taught. The purpose of this study is to summarize and analyze accumulated teaching experience and to develop recommendations for developing students' practical skills and abilities necessary for their future professional activities through active engagement in role-playing games.