Ural State Law Academy
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Ural State Law Academy (USLA) (Ural State Academy of Jurisprudence) is a public
, research university institution, that includes law oriented universities, colleges, faculties and other public graduate educational institutions located in Yekaterinburg
, Russia
. USLA's main campus is situated in the Yekaterinburg
. Founded in 1931, USLA is one of the largest public, institutions of law school
s in the Russian Federation.
USLA is organized into 15 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in centers and campuses throughout Yekaterinburg
, Ufa
and Chelyabinsk
. USLA operates international scientific relations facilities in London
, Helsinki
, Astana
, Berlin
, Kiev
, and Minsk
.
The academy is commonly regarded as one of Russia's most prestigious universities and has high entry requirements for its prospective students. National Universities rankings ranked the academy in 6 place of the best Law schools in the Russian Federation .
In 2004, USLA was awarded by Gold Medal in "One hundred best universities in Russia".
Accordingly National ranking of the Best Law schools of Russia USLA has been placed at 5th place
Academy was awarded by special greeting of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Evening faculty
Institute of justice
Alumni association
was founded Siberian Institute of Soviet Law. By resolution of the state government, dated 1 August 1934 Siberian Institute of Soviet law was transferred from Irkutsk
to Sverdlovsk
. In 1935, Siberian Institute of Soviet law was renamed as Sverdlovsk Law Institute, and finally in 1937, Siberian Institute of Soviet Law has received a new name - the Sverdlovsk Law Institute (SUI). During this period, the institute has worked major legal scholars of the country that left its mark in legal science: Professor V. Durdenevsky, S.F. Kechekyan, B.A. Landau, B.B. Cherepakhin, K.S. Judelson, S. Yushkov and others. On December 24, 1992 Sverdlovsk Law Institute was renamed as the Ural State Law Academy.
Since 1993, the Academy together with the Ministry of Justice publishes scientific-theoretical and practical information and publication of the Russian Law Journal, included the Bureau of HAC Russia's list of the leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications, which should be published in major scientific results of dissertations for academic degrees doctor and candidate of legal sciences. In addition, the Academy together with the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation and St. Petersburg University publishes the Yearbook of civil and arbitration process, Magazines Business, Management and Law, Russian Law: education, practice, science and other publications.
Scientific Library USLA - as old school. For 75 years the library has turned into one of the largest book depositories of city legal literature. The library fund has about one million copies. It includes a foundation of literature in Russian, with the earliest books of which date back to the XVIII century. Foreign fund has works by many prominent members of the legal science in Western Europe. There is also a fund works of art, a coffee fund. Pride Library - a collection of priceless rare books and manuscripts relating to the XVII century. It includes legal and political writings in Latin, bound in leather and parchment.
Since 2007, the Association of Lawyers of Russia conducts on the basis of USLA Eurasian congress with the participation of legal scholars and practitioners, representatives of government and law enforcement experts from various fields of law, representatives of universities and public organizations not only from Russia but from other countries. Congress intended to become an authoritative and internationally recognized forum for broad exchange of views on the full range of legal issues for a comprehensive discussion of actual problems of the legal development of the entire Eurasian legal space.
- Lawyer
- Injust
Public university
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, research university institution, that includes law oriented universities, colleges, faculties and other public graduate educational institutions located in Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. USLA's main campus is situated in the Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
. Founded in 1931, USLA is one of the largest public, institutions of law school
Law school
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s in the Russian Federation.
USLA is organized into 15 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in centers and campuses throughout Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
, Ufa
Ufa
-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...
and Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
. USLA operates international scientific relations facilities in London
London
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, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Astana
Astana
Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...
, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, and Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
.
The academy is commonly regarded as one of Russia's most prestigious universities and has high entry requirements for its prospective students. National Universities rankings ranked the academy in 6 place of the best Law schools in the Russian Federation .
In 2004, USLA was awarded by Gold Medal in "One hundred best universities in Russia".
Accordingly National ranking of the Best Law schools of Russia USLA has been placed at 5th place
Academy was awarded by special greeting of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Web sources translated on English language
Academy main web-pageEvening faculty
Institute of justice
Alumni association
History
History of the Ural State Law Academy originated in the distant 30-years of the twentieth century. Decision of the Central Executive Committee of April 20, 1931 in IrkutskIrkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
was founded Siberian Institute of Soviet Law. By resolution of the state government, dated 1 August 1934 Siberian Institute of Soviet law was transferred from Irkutsk
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
to Sverdlovsk
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
. In 1935, Siberian Institute of Soviet law was renamed as Sverdlovsk Law Institute, and finally in 1937, Siberian Institute of Soviet Law has received a new name - the Sverdlovsk Law Institute (SUI). During this period, the institute has worked major legal scholars of the country that left its mark in legal science: Professor V. Durdenevsky, S.F. Kechekyan, B.A. Landau, B.B. Cherepakhin, K.S. Judelson, S. Yushkov and others. On December 24, 1992 Sverdlovsk Law Institute was renamed as the Ural State Law Academy.
Structure
- Justice Institute
- Institute of business and law
- Institute of prosecution service
- Institute of state and international law
- Qualification training and retraining of staff institute
- Bachelor faculty
- General professional education faculty
- Magisterial training faculty
- Evening faculty
- Short program faculty
- Region-evening faculty
- Undergraduate faculty
- Faculty of additional education
- Doctorate and aspirant training faculty
Science
Scientists, professors and graduate students of the Academy participate in international, national and regional conferences and seminars. Ural State Law Academy is the organizer of the traditional scientific-methodical conferences, they are attended by representatives of leading Russian and foreign universities. Every year in April are "Days of Science" in which, carried out scientific-practical conference. It is attended by representatives of federal and regional governments, representatives of foreign countries, as well as representatives of Russian universities. Become a good tradition of annual "Days of Science student and student-Russian scientific-practical conference" The Evolution of Russian law. " Academy for several years is a basic high school All-Russian open contest of student research papers in Law conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science. Among the undergraduate and graduate students of the Academy are the winners of scholarships of the President of the Russian Federation, Russian Government, the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region, the Academic Council of USLA and the various funds, the winners of contests.Since 1993, the Academy together with the Ministry of Justice publishes scientific-theoretical and practical information and publication of the Russian Law Journal, included the Bureau of HAC Russia's list of the leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications, which should be published in major scientific results of dissertations for academic degrees doctor and candidate of legal sciences. In addition, the Academy together with the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation and St. Petersburg University publishes the Yearbook of civil and arbitration process, Magazines Business, Management and Law, Russian Law: education, practice, science and other publications.
Scientific Library USLA - as old school. For 75 years the library has turned into one of the largest book depositories of city legal literature. The library fund has about one million copies. It includes a foundation of literature in Russian, with the earliest books of which date back to the XVIII century. Foreign fund has works by many prominent members of the legal science in Western Europe. There is also a fund works of art, a coffee fund. Pride Library - a collection of priceless rare books and manuscripts relating to the XVII century. It includes legal and political writings in Latin, bound in leather and parchment.
International Relations
International relations USLA promote academic mobility and the development of joint research projects. Ural State Law Academy maintains and develops relationships with a number of leading universities in Europe, USA, CIS. Become traditional seminars, summer schools to study German, French and European law, the protection of theses in both Russian and foreign languages, have become regular training of teachers and students abroad, lecturing professor at the Academy at foreign universities and visits of foreign professors at the Academy.Since 2007, the Association of Lawyers of Russia conducts on the basis of USLA Eurasian congress with the participation of legal scholars and practitioners, representatives of government and law enforcement experts from various fields of law, representatives of universities and public organizations not only from Russia but from other countries. Congress intended to become an authoritative and internationally recognized forum for broad exchange of views on the full range of legal issues for a comprehensive discussion of actual problems of the legal development of the entire Eurasian legal space.
Alumni
Over the years Ural State Law Academy trained over 60,000 highly qualified professionals. Graduates of the university made a major contribution to the state and legal construction, the work of the judiciary and the judicial system, the development of the legal profession and notaries, banking, insurance, investment activities, as well as legal research and education.Journals
Students at the Law School publish several legal journals:- Lawyer
- Injust