Information on Dissertation Defenses by PhD Students of the Department

From July 30 to August 3, 2026, PhD students of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law at Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law successfully defended their dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the field of knowledge 08 “Law,” specialty 081 “Law.” The following candidates successfully defended their dissertations: Vitalii Serhiiovych Samara, with the dissertation entitled “Ensuring the Right to Cassation Appeal as a Principle of Administrative Proceedings” (academic supervisor: Semen Hryhorovych Stetsenko, Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law), Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Panchuk, with the dissertation entitled “Expedited Proceedings in Administrative Justice of Ukraine” (academic supervisor: Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Bukhanevych, Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law), Oleksii Dmytrovych Patsyuk, with the dissertation entitled “Administrative and Legal Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Cement in Ukraine” (academic supervisor: Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Bryhinets, Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law), Volodymyr Vasylovych Zakharkevych, with the dissertation entitled “Legal Status of Public Administration Bodies in the Field of Energy Efficiency” (academic supervisor: Olena Oleksandrivna Halus, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law), Andrii Hryhorovych Konovalenko, with the dissertation entitled “Administrative and Legal Principles of Implementing Ukraine’s State Policy in the Energy Sector under the Conditions of European Integration” (academic supervisor: Iryna Volodymyrivna SOLODKA, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law). We sincerely congratulate our PhD students on the successful defense of their dissertations and on reaching this important milestone in their academic careers. We wish our newly awarded Doctors of Philosophy continued professional and academic success, creative inspiration, the realization of new research projects, and significant achievements for the benefit of legal scholarship and practice. We extend our special appreciation and congratulations to the academic supervisors, whose support, experience, professionalism, and dedication to research have played an important role in the successful preparation and defense of these dissertations. We are proud of the achievements of our PhD students and their academic mentors and wish them continued success and new accomplishments!