Kutafin Moscow State Law University
| Kutafin Moscow State Law University | |
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| Московский государственный юридический университет имени О. Е. Кутафина | |
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Coat of arms of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University | |
Other name | Moscow State Academy of Law, MSAL |
Former name |
Moscow Institute of Soviet law |
| Motto | Latin: Non scholae sed vitae discimus |
Motto in English | Not for school but for life. |
| Established | 1931 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Viktor Blazheev |
Academic staff | 1,000 |
| Students | 17,000 |
| Undergraduates | 16,000 |
| Postgraduates |
1,000 (estimate) |
| Location | Moscow, Presnensky District, Russia |
| Campus | |
| Website |
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Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) (Russian: Московский государственный юридический университет имени О. Е. Кутафина) is a coeducational and public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on 1931. MSAL was renamed after Kutafin in 2012 and was then known as Kutafin University. Its current rector is Viktor Blazheev.
History
The university’s history starts in 1931 when Central correspondence courses on Soviet law were established. It developed initially as All-USSR correspondence institute of law assuring studies for a degree of law. A major part of Russian jurisprudence élite graduated from the University.
On December 2011 Kutafin Moscow State Law University celebrated its 80th anniversary. Today it is one of the largest law schools in Russia.[2]
Current activity
Kutafin Moscow State Law University has been specified as a model of an institution of higher education in the region and wider. Since its foundation the University has grown to become the University it is today, educating around 17,000 students; delivering courses that provide deep knowledge of the subject matters and relevant practical skills; making efforts to improve the law and legal institutions through teaching, research, and other forms of public service.
Kutafin Moscow State Law University is the core institution of the Legal Education Alliance that contributed significantly to the establishing of Educational and Methodological Organization within the purview of law.
Kutafin Moscow State Law University assured training and graduation of more than 180 thousand specialists of higher legal education, majority of alumni has resumed its extensive cooperation program with the university.
Presently, the educational process and scientific researches are guaranteed by 11 institutes, 5 branches and 30 departments. More than 20 schools of thought and scientific directions present the foundation of the University’s performance. The professorate and other faculty number about 1000 professors, with one corresponding member of the Russian University of Sciences included, over 190 Doctors of Science and 560 candidates of science, 33 Honoured Jurists of the Russian Federation, 16 Honoured Science Workers of the Russian Federation, over 100 honorary members of the University. Moreover, students receive training directly from Mr. Serkov, the First Deputy Head of the Supreme Court’s Chief, and Mrs. Novoselova, President of Intellectual Property Court. The faculty has been long committed to provide not only full tuition, but also intensive mentoring to develop tomorrow’s leaders and to prepare them for responsible and productive lives of the legal profession.[3]
Institution
For years, University has been working with diligence to create a special offer in higher education in the region with establishing of a range of Institutes:
- Institute of Law
- Institute of International Law
- Institute of Public Prosecution
- Corresponding Law Institute
- Institute of Court Expertise
- Institute of Permanent Education
- Institute of Additional Professional Education
- Institute of Financial and Banking Law
- Institute of Advocacy
- Institute of Energy Law
- Business Law Institute
International cooperation
Kutafin University is currently integrated into the world education as widening international cooperation is an important policy area in the University’s overall policy.
The University has established international relations with foreign institutes and think tanks of CIS countries, European and Asian nations and the United States of America. Interchange agreements were concluded with the Universities of Bonn, Potsdam, London and Wales.[4]
Staff and students
Currently the university employs more than 200 academics and 1,000 support staff. More than 16,000 undergraduates and 1,000 advanced degree candidates are enrolled.
The famous graduates
- Boris Slutsky was a Soviet poet of Russian language
- Dzhangir Kerimov is an Azerbaijani-Russian lawyer, Dr. of Laws (LL.D.), Professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1966)
- Vladimir Kryuchkov was a Soviet lawyer, diplomat and head of the KGB
- Gennady Yanayev was a Soviet Russian politician and statesman whose career spanned the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko, and culminated during the Gorbachev years
- Boris Kuznetsov - is a prominent Russian lawyer who has acted in many notable criminal and human rights cases, and who has been persecuted by the Russian authorities
- Mikhail Barshchevsky - plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federation in the Constitutional Court
- Vladimir Vasil'ev - since 2012 is Deputy Chairmen of the State Duma
- Alexander Chekalin was the First Deputy Minister of the Interior (police minister) from 2004
- Yuri Baturin - is a Russian cosmonaut
- Alexander Korzhakov - is a is a former KGB general who served as Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard, confidant, and adviser for eleven years
- Olga Egorova - since 2000 is the Head Moscow City Court
- Sergey Morozov is the governor of Ulyanovsk Oblast in Russia. He was elected in 2004; his term started in 2005
- Sergey Sobyanin is the Mayor of Moscow
- Dmitry Yakubovskiy - is a businessperson
- Anatoly Kucherena - is a Russian attorney representing Edward Snowden’s interests in the Russian Federation, a public figure, Doctor of Law, professor
- Stanislav Markelov - was a Russian human rights lawyer
- Igor Lebedev is the chairman of the LDPR parliamentary group of the Russian State Duma and the LDPR Youth Organization
- Roman Artyuhin - since 2007 is the Head of Treasury Russia
- Nikolay Tsiskaridze - was a premier dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, is The Rector of Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
- Aleksander Torshin - was the acting Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia
- Roman Abramovich - is a Russian businessman, investor and politician[5]
- Pavel Bure - is a retired Russian professional ice hockey right winger[6]
- Dmitry Livanov - is a Russian Doctor of Physics, professor, former rector of Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, and the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation since May 2012
See also
- Seven Sisters (Moscow)
- Education in Russia
- List of early modern universities in Europe
- List of universities in Russia
- List of rectors of the Moscow State University