Ural_State_Law_Academy

Ural State Law University

Ural State Law University

Public research university in Russia

V. F. Yakovlev Ural State Law University (USLU, Russian: Уральский государственный юридический университет имени В. Ф. Яковлева, УрГЮУ), formerly the Ural State Law Academy (USLA, Russian: Уральская государственная юридическая академия, УрГЮА), is a public, research university which includes law schools, colleges, faculties and other public graduate and undergraduate educational institutions. USLU's main campus is situated in the Yekaterinburg, Russia. Founded in 1918, USLU is one of the largest law schools in Russia.[1] USLU is organized into 15 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in Yekaterinburg.

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National Universities rankings ranked the academy in 5 place of the best Law schools in the Russian Federation.[2] The Federal Agency for Scientific Research in information and telecommunication technologies of The Russian Federation ranked USLU in the 2nd position for the best law schools in Russia in 2008. [3] In 2004, USLA was awarded by gold medal in "One hundred best universities in Russia".[4]

History

USLU's dormitory building

The Siberian Institute of Soviet Law (Russian: Сибирский институт советского права) was founded on 20 April 20, 1931 in Irkutsk by the decision of the Government of the Soviet Union based on the Faculty of Law of Irkutsk State University. On 1 August 1934 the resolution of the Government of the Soviet Union transferred the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law from Irkutsk to Sverdlovsk. In 1935, the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law was renamed to Sverdlovsk Law Institute (Russian: Свердловский юридический институт). The institute carried the name of Procurator General of the USSR Andrey Vyshinsky from 1954 to 1962 and after Prosecutor General of the USSR Roman Rudenko from 1981 to 1992. On 24 December 1992 Sverdlovsk Law Institute was renamed to Ural State Law Academy. The academy was renamed to Ural State Law University by decree of Russian Ministry of Education and Science on April 22, 2014.[5] On 9 February 2022 the university was named after the first President of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of Russia Veniamin Yakovlev.

Structure

Institutes

  • Institute of Justice (Dean: Professor Nikolay Azaryonok)
  • Institute of Business and Law (Dean: Associate Professor Roman Bryukhov)
  • Institute of the Prosecutor's Office (Dean: Associate Professor Vsevolod Chashnikov)
  • Institute of State and International Law (Dean: Associate Professor Andrey Savitsky)
  • Institute of Special Educational Programs (Dean: Associate Professor Alexander Sivoplyas)
  • Institute of Additional Education (Dean: Professor Svetlana Nesmeyanova)
  • Institute of Pre-University Training (Dean: Professor Maria Bazhina)
  • Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies (Supervisor: Yulia Zipunnikova)

Departments

  • Department of Administrative Law (Head: Associate Professor Sergey Khazanov)
  • Department of Civil Law (Head: Professor Bronislav Gongalo)
  • Department of Civil Procedure (Head: Professor Vladimir Yarkov)
  • Department of Constitutional Law (Head: Professor Marat Salikov)
  • Department of Corporate Law (Head: Professor Vladimir Belykh)
  • Department of Criminal Law (Head: Professor Zinaida Neznamova)
  • Department of Criminalistics (Head: Professor Alexander Belyakov)
  • Department of Financial Law (Head: Professor Danil Vinnitsky)
  • Department of History of State and Law (Head: Associate Professor Natalya Zipunnikova)
  • Department of IT Law (Head: Professor Pyotr Kuznetsov)
  • Department of International Law (Head: Professor Lev Lazutin)
  • Department of Judicial Activity and Criminal Procedure (Head: Professor Vladimir Bozrov)
  • Department of Labour Law (Head: Professor Svetlana Golovina)
  • Department of Land Law, Urban Planning Law, and Environmental Law (Head: Professor Andrey Vinnitsky)
  • Department of Legal Theory (Head: Professor Dmitry Gribanov)
  • Department of Physical Education and Sport (Head: Associate Professor Valery Petrov)
  • Department of Prosecutor's Activity (Head: Professor Yevgeny Yergashev)
  • Department of Russian and Foreign Languages (Head: Associate Professor Natalya Yushkova)
  • Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines (Head: Professor Alexander Mitin)
Alley of Justice

Science

Since 1993, the University publishes scientific, theoretical and practical research projects of its students in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice .

International Relations

USLU maintains and develops relationships with a number of leading universities in Europe and the United States.

Alumni

USLU's hockey team

Over the years Ural State Law University trained over 60,000 qualified professionals.

Famous alumni

Journals

Students at the Law School publish several legal journals:[6]

  • Lawyer
  • Injust

References

  1. [1]
    "Official USLU webpage".
  2. [2]
    "National Universities ranking".
  3. [3]
    "Federal Ranking of Law schools".
  4. [4]
    "Awards".
  5. [5]
    "Дорогие преподаватели, сотрудники, студенты!". УрГЮА. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  6. [6]
    https://www.usla.ru/ch.php?mid=19&cid=19&obid=81

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