Saratov_State_Academy_of_Law
Saratov State Academy of Law
Higher education institute in Russia
Saratov State Academy of Law (Russian: Саратовская государственная юридическая академия) is a Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education in the Saratov region of the Russian Federation.[1]
The Saratov State Academy of Law was founded in 1931 as the Saratov Institute of Law.[1] The academy was named in honor of Soviet Ukrainian statesman and jurist Dmitry Kursky. In 1995 the Saratov Institute of Law was transformed into Saratov State Academy of Law.[1]
The academy has 19 faculties and 32 departments. It has eight academic buildings, the largest scientific and legal library, postgraduate and doctoral programs, and four dissertation councils.[1] It enrolls 6,700 students, and has a staff of 590 educators.[1]