Abstract
This scientific article analyzes the mechanisms for preventing corruption risks in the activities of legal services within state bodies and organizations based on a comprehensive and systemic approach. The article examines the current regulatory framework, specifically legislative acts in the field of anti-corruption and norms regulating the activities of legal services, and evaluates the level of their practical application. Additionally, the system for conducting anti-corruption expertise of regulatory legal acts and its effectiveness was scientifically analyzed. The article highlights the causes of corruption risks across institutional, regulatory, organizational, and social factors, summarizing the scientific views of domestic and foreign scholars through comparative analysis. In particular, the insufficient provision of institutional independence for legal services, the formal nature of expertise processes, and the underdevelopment of digital monitoring systems are identified as the main problems. The article also substantiates the necessity of harmonizing legal, institutional, and technological mechanisms to reduce corruption risks in the activities of legal services. Furthermore, the active participation of legal services in anti-corruption expertise systems, legal support for contractual relations, ensuring legality in the public procurement process, identifying conflicts of interest, and internal control is assessed as an important factor in eliminating corruption risks at an early stage. The author has developed scientific and practical proposals to strengthen the independence of legal services in preventing corruption risks, integrate their activities with digital monitoring systems, reduce formal approaches in expertise processes, and enhance the professional qualifications and legal culture of employees. In conclusion, it is substantiated that legal services of state bodies and organizations act in the anti-corruption system not only as legal consultants but also as an important preventive institution that ensures legality, transparency, and institutional integrity.
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