The article presents an overview of the reports of participants of scientific conferences held at the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and dedicated to its 25th anniversary, which were devoted to the formation, development and current state of legal science and legal education in Russia, primarily the XX International Scientific and Theoretical Conference “State and law: evolution, current state, development prospects (for the 25th anniversary of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation), which took place on April 27–28, 2023 at the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. 433 researchers – scientists and practitioners – citizens of Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan took part in the conference in full-time and correspondence format. The geography of the Russian participants of the conference is wide, sending their works from 53 cities. On the section of young researchers the winners of the report competition were awarded diplomas. The issues raised for discussion at the conference received diverse coverage.