The article considers the problems of professional training of forensic experts in conditions of modern legal proceedings based on the analysis of forensic activity of the Republic of Moldova and other neighboring countries for the period of 19912019. The peculiarities of expert personnel training are clarified, as well as the importance of a rational approach to the process in order to ensure an effective expert practice and affect the modern legal proceedings in general. Based on the definition of forensic examination as a complex procedural action, taking into account the semantic load of the term “specialized knowledge” used while court proceedings, as well as the same term “specialized knowledge” in its general interpretation, the author’s vision of the stages of forensic personnel training is proposed. The article defines that, while ongoing professional training the expert masters new achievements of relevant sciences, fields of technology, accumulates new knowledge, practical skills and abilities required for the successful performance of functional duties in his/her position. It is noted that in some countries of the world, ongoing training of forensic experts is obligatory and provided at the legislative level.

Thus, the scientific article focuses on a clear delineation of the mentioned concepts. The stages of the process of forensic personnel training and its types are defined, as well as the scientific links of specialized training processes within the scope of higher education and professional training of forensic experts, which is the most crucial factor at the present stage in terms of a proper understanding of knowledge requirements that a forensic expert should possess in the present conditions.