One of the most respected law schools in Russia in 2011 celebrated its eightieth birthday. Moscow Law Academy began its history in 1931 as the Central Correspondence Law Courses. After significant enlargement and several renaming, this educational institution has become a reputable university that trains highly qualified specialists, one might say, the country's legal elite.
Alma Mater
Moscow Law Academy is a very difficult university, it is one of those blessed places where students gain their high future. Here they receive not only fundamental theory and volumetric practice, they are imbued with the real spirit of the profession at the academy. The Moscow Law Academy is able to educate students with real lawyers - with persistent moral qualities, purposeful, able to discuss, with great love for people and, of course, for their work.
The Law Academy continues the long tradition of law education and educates real professionals. Of course, this is a merit, first of all, of her professors and teaching staff. Graduates of all years recall their mentors with awe: it was not only knowledge, it was a taste for the profession, an unfriendly attitude to each student, the approach to students was almost individual, and professors were celestials, skilled lecturers, real masters. During its work, the Moscow State Law Academy has released more than 180 highly qualified lawyers to the world, many still collaborating with alma mater.
Structure
At present, eleven institutes, five branches, thirty departments are engaged in the educational process and research work at the Academy. More than twenty areas and scientific schools operate today within its walls. More than a thousand teachers work here, the team of which is decorated with a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation, more than 190 doctors and 560 candidates of science, 33 honored lawyers of the Russian Federation, 16 honored scientists of the Russian Federation, more than 100 honorary workers of the Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation.
The Moscow State Law Academy simultaneously trains about 17 thousand students. Here, more than 500 graduate students and applicants are trained. Many specialized institutions coexist in the structure of the academy. This is the international legal institute of the Moscow State Law Academy, and the institute of law, as well as the institute of the prosecutor's office and the institute of forensic science, the correspondence institute and the institute of continuing education, the institution of advocacy, the institute of banking and financial law, the institute of energy law. And one more thing: a student at Moscow State Law Academy is not necessarily a Moscow student. A branch of the Law Academy will issue the same diploma! And the Academy has four branches in different parts of our country.
Flagship
For eighty years, the academy has come a long way from small distance learning courses to the present moment, when it has become truly the flagship of the country's legal education, but it does not want, cannot and will not rest on its laurels. Ahead - a lot of work, new achievements and achievements. And the address of the conquered peaks of jurisprudence is not only Moscow. Kutafin State Law Academy has strong and diverse ties with the whole world, allowing further development.
It is here - the largest number of budget places, the widest choice according to the training profiles in both the magistracy and undergraduate studies. The Academy has a rather solid material and technical base, which allows to prepare not only lawyers, but also highly qualified forensic experts.
Enrolling in this university is very difficult. Despite the fact that about 450 budget places are allocated, the average passing score is very, very high. In jurisprudence in 2015, it amounted to 81.7 for the exam. In universities, where there are literally two dozen budget places, the passing score is much lower.
Future challenges
In modern Russia, there is a process of building a civil society and the rule of law. The role of law in such conditions is growing significantly, becoming one of the main social regulators. Changes in people's behavior are taking place, legal principles are being strengthened. The life of society and the state is changing. The growth of good transformations of society and the level of legal culture in the country are closely interconnected. Therefore, the country needs real professionals in the field of jurisprudence.
To a large extent, the highest legal education forms the professional consciousness of a lawyer. Historically established schools preserve and develop classical traditions and train for many decades more and more cadres, which are always in demand both in the scientific community and in the labor markets. Such a historically established school is the Moscow Law Academy. Kutafina. Modern conditions pose the educational institution with such a task as the implementation of the fundamental education of innovative lawyers.
Location
The Moscow State Law Academy of O. E. Kutafin is located in a picturesque corner of Moscow, in one of its historical places. The village of Kudrino, where this university is now located, has been mentioned in chronicles since 1412. At the moment it is Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya street, between the metro stations "Barrikadnoy" and "Mayakovskaya". The exact address of the university: Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya street, house 9. In the 15th century there were possessions of cousin Dmitry Donskoy - Serpukhov prince Vladimir Khrabry, and later on there was a monastery on these lands, which only fell into disrepair in the 18th century, and the lands were given over for construction .
In 1901, the architect Nikiforov built a three-story house under the Moscow Real School. This building is still intact, it now houses the educational building. In 1987, O.E. Kutafin became the rector, and in the next Academy (at that time - the institute) finally received a full-time faculty. In 2012, the FSBEI HPE was renamed from the academy into a university.
Student brotherhood
Kutafin Moscow Law Academy in 2014 won the competition for programs to develop the activities of student associations of VPO. The purpose of this event is the development of student self-government systems, as well as the increasing role of students in the modernization of higher education. Many universities that were under the authority of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation took part in the competition.
The commission, which worked at the competition, determined the participants after the appearance of results and evaluation of the submitted programs. Universities-winners received additional subsidies from the federal budget. The activities of student associations are implemented according to special development programs and are managed by a specially created body - the Coordinating Council. In addition to the leaders of the ProBono (Center for Student Legal Aid), the Coordination Council consists of the leaders of circles, student councils of all institutes and elected officials responsible for the activities provided for in the development program.
Integration processes
The priority area for the development of the academy is international activity. Today is actively shaping the unity of the whole world space, integration processes are strengthening. In addition, Moscow State Law Academy. Kutafina strives to provide students with an education of such a quality that it is recognized abroad. The directions implemented in international activities are as follows:
1. Joint master's programs implemented in foreign languages, and the possibility of obtaining a double diploma.
2. Education at the academy of foreign students.
3. Invitation of foreign scientists to teach students of the Academy: lecturing, conducting seminars, participating in conferences.
4. Internships and practices for teachers, graduate students and students abroad.
5. The conclusion of bilateral and multilateral agreements with foreign higher educational institutions and scientific organizations.
International Programs
1. Master of Sports Law at the international level in collaboration with the University of Limoges (France), the University of Lleida (Spain), Edge Hill University (Great Britain), the Center for Sports Law of the University of Milan (Italy).
2. The Master's Program in Actual Problems of Energy Law in conjunction with the Technical University (Berlin, Germany).
3. Master's program (English) "Russian and international systems of law".
In addition, the academy maintains close ties with many universities in Asia, Europe and America. Here, agreements regarding cooperation in educational and scientific work with foreign colleagues apply. The strategic frontiers of the academy in international cooperation are further building up ties.
And this is an increase in the number of foreigners studying at the academy - interns, graduate students, students, an increase in the number of joint programs of innovative character, double or multiple diplomas with foreign universities. The number of international projects, seminars and conferences should also be increased with the involvement of more teachers and scientists. The number and quality of publications abroad, the citation index in foreign journals also need to be increased. Thus, it is possible to ensure the competitiveness of the academy in the global scientific and educational space.
Pre-university preparation
Many applicants became full-fledged students of the Academy after the Center for Pre-University Training. The training provides comprehensive training throughout the cycle of disciplines present at the entrance exams, and, in addition, those who have completed the training participate in the Moscow State Law Academy Olympiad. The most problematic and difficult sections of the disciplines are taught almost individually.
Pre-university preparation adapts students to the lecture and seminar university system, skills for taking notes and independent work appear, thus laying the foundation for future studies at the university. Students of these courses are professionally oriented, improve their general culture and legal.
Training Information
The educational process of the Center for Pre-University Training is provided by highly qualified teachers. More than 70 percent of them have academic degrees and titles, most have written their textbooks for universities and study guides for further education. Many have experience in taking substantive exams; all teachers are fluent in high technology teaching.
Future applicants prepare for a fee for entrance exams and the exam in social studies (exam and profile test), the Russian language, history, a foreign language. Classes are in the one-and two-year form of study part-time and continue for two / four semesters. Engaged with students through a lecture-seminar model of learning. Consultations and tests are carried out. In the same way, those who have certificates until 2009, but pass traditional exams, and not the Unified State Exam, can study at the Center for Pre-University Training.
Future Masters, Foreigners and the Olympic Reserve
The center also prepares students for admission to the magistracy in the theory of state and law, plus students can pass a comprehensive exam at the end of the courses according to their master's program. Classes have both a lecture and an individual, consulting form.
The center also works with younger schoolchildren - they are prepared for the Olympiads by law, and winners and prize-winners receive benefits for admission to the Moscow State Law Academy. Here, key topics of the main branches of law are studied, tasks and competitions of past olympiads are analyzed, recommendations are given.
For foreign citizens in the courses there is Russian language training - advanced and entry-level groups. There is also individual training, which takes into account the level of knowledge of the Russian language. Foreign lawyers are also taught the Russian business language (the language of jurisprudence). Teachers absolutely have academic degrees and extensive experience working specifically with foreigners.