The article is devoted to the problems of changing the system of training lawyers. In the paper, based on the analysis of statistical data, the urgency of such is proved. Particular attention is paid to the key components of such a reform, which were worked out by the Working Group of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and reflected in the draft of its Concept for the reform of legal education. Among such components is the need to prepare lawyers for single specialty of «law» and, accordingly, an exclusion from the system of legal education of other specialties, the preparation of which does not enable the acquisition of sufficient knowledge and skills necessary for occupation of the legal profession (judge, lawyer, prosecutor, notary ) The second point is the need to introduce a single qualification exam for graduates from the specialty of «law», which will ensure their qualitative training, real attestation to acquire knowledge and skills, and facilitate access to legal professions. The third proposed innovation, which logically follows from the previous one, is the introduction of a throw LLM program, which will have a direct consequence of the integrity and «judgecentricity» of the training of lawyers.