Teaching and research work at the University is carried out by about 700 members of academic staff, including 131 doctors of sciences, professors, about 500 candidates of sciences, associate professors, 16 academicians and 21 corresponding members of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; 17 laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine, 21 Honored Workers of Science and Technology of Ukraine; 11 Honored Workers of Education of Ukraine; 16 Honored Lawyers of Ukraine; 3 People’s Artists of Ukraine; 5 Honored Workers of Culture of Ukraine; 8 Honored Artists of Ukraine; 10 Honored Professors of the University. There are 43 departments in the university, headed by 35 doctors of sciences, professors and 8 candidates of sciences, associate professors.