Ural Academy of Law (Ekaterinburg). Ural State Law University Ural Academy of Law

The Ural Law Academy (University) currently implements programs of secondary vocational education, higher vocational education, postgraduate education (doctoral studies, postgraduate studies) and additional education in accordance with a license allowing the conduct of educational activities. Among many legal universities, the Ural University (academy) enjoys well-deserved authority.

Structure

The Ural Academy, the legal orientation of which is already implied in its name, does not really go beyond the field of jurisprudence in preparing students. It includes several institutes that also study aspects of domestic and foreign law. The Ural Academy is legal from beginning to end.

The institutes that are part of its structure are the following: business law, the Institute of the Prosecutor's Office of the Ural State Law Academy. In addition, there are two more divisions in the structure of USLU: the Institute of International and State Law, the Institute of Retraining and Advanced Training of Personnel.

The students who are trained by the Ural Academy are the legal security of the future society of our country. Training takes place at the faculties: preparation of bachelors of law, master's training, evening faculty, SOP (abbreviated educational programs), regional correspondence, pre-university training, additional education, training and advanced training for judges, doctoral studies and postgraduate studies.

Institutes

All institutes function successfully and are engaged in scientific research in the field of jurisprudence. The Institute of the Prosecutor's Office of the Ural State Law Academy regularly selects candidates for applicants, and this is not easy: in addition to excellent health, considerable knowledge is required. traditionally very high. But the Institute of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Ural State Law Academy has never felt a shortage of people wishing to receive a legal education here.

Its goal is to train qualified personnel for the prosecutor's offices of the Far East, Siberia and the Urals, and it fulfills its obligations, as required by the state educational standard. In this institute there are almost three times more budget places than paid places, however, the competition is very high. This has always distinguished and now distinguishes the entire Ural Academy of Law; the Institute of the Prosecutor's Office is no different in this regard from other departments. For example, becoming a lawyer at the Institute of Justice is no less difficult.

Story

The whole story with the academy began not even in the Urals, but in the very distant Siberian city of Irkutsk in 1931 with the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law organized there. The Ural Academy - a legal luminary - was still very far from its birth. The first intake of the Irkutsk Institute was small - only 56 students, but there were many teachers - as many as fifteen people. In 1934, the institute moved to Sverdlovsk and changed its name to Sverdlovsk Law Institute. Even then, world-renowned lawyers and scientists worked there. Since 2014, the time has come for the Ural State Law Academy (Ekaterinburg) to be called the Ural State Law University.

Activity

Over all the years of its existence, the UrSU SJI has trained more than sixty thousand specialists of the highest class, who have made a significant contribution to state and legal construction, and contributed in every possible way to the best work of the justice authorities and the entire judicial system. The legal profession and notary office developed, as well as banking, investment, and insurance activities, which was fully supported by the Ural Academy. The legal training received at the academy allowed graduates of this university to occupy very responsible government positions. The academy also has many awards.

Famous Alumni

The Ural Academy of Law gave a start in life to many wonderful people. For example, the Chairman of the Constitutional Supervision Committee of the USSR, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Law, Professor S. S. Alekseev; Chairman of the Supreme Court E. A. Smolentsev; Minister of Justice, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Professor V.F. Yakovlev; Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yu. Ya. Chaika; Prosecutor General of the USSR N. S. Trubin; Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation P. V. Krasheninnikov; judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation G. A. Zhilin, L. O. Krasavchikova and O. S. Khokhryakov; judges of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation G. N. Popov, V. Yu. Zaitsev, S. A. Razumov, V. N. Podminogin, V. P. Stepanov, L. A. Korolev and many, many others.

Awards

Year after year, the awards found their heroes. Considering the life of the academy only from 2004, there was not a single one without an award. The Ural State Law Academy achieved a laureate medal in the category European quality of education, which was confirmed the following year by Professor V.D. Perevalov, rector of the academy, when he became a laureate of the International Program “Leaders of the Twenty-First Century”.

Next, in 2006, a gold medal appeared from the French Association, which promotes industry. Even the food industry recognized the USLA plant, which deals with canteens and buffets, as the best, and the academy received another award - the “Golden Crane”, a national award. The corporate newspaper "Lawyer" took second place at the Interuniversity Festival of Periodical Newspapers, and here the students and teachers of the academy showed their creative talents, and the Ural Academy of Law increased its fame.

Varsity sports

Rarely does a university pay as much attention to sports as the Ural Law University, which, out of old habit, still sounds like the Ural State Law Academy. Ural State Law Academy in Yekaterinburg is most remembered for the competitions repeatedly won by students of this university. Mass sports events are held here very often, since almost all sports are held in high esteem here. Spartakiads, Institute Cups in football, basketball, volleyball and many other sports are held. The Ural State Law Academy participates in sporting events of various levels, and very often this participation is accompanied by medals of various denominations.

Groups of judo, sambo, boxing, armwrestling, freestyle wrestling, aerobics, cross-country skiing are constantly engaged in training, it’s even impossible to list everything. Special honor goes to the university coaches; we can be proud of them, since the victories that their students bring to the university, including at the world championships, are also difficult to count. They don’t even work for the sake of victories; they honor high pedagogy and a purely human attitude towards all students, even those who will not bring victories due to various circumstances. The Ural State Law Academy always finds students to whom it can entrust its sports honor.

International activity

The Academy is facilitated by international connections, which are greatly valued here. There are many scientific projects here that are being researched together with a number of the best universities in Europe, the CIS and the USA. Seminars and summer schools where they study French and German have already become a tradition. Dissertations are often defended in two languages, and student and teaching internships are conducted abroad. Also traditional are lectures by university professors at foreign universities and return visits of foreign professors to the Ural University.

Since 2007, the Ural Academy of Law has become the basis for holding the Eurasian Legal Congress. Yekaterinburg willingly welcomes scientists - theorists and practitioners, as well as representatives from law enforcement agencies and authorities, specialists from many areas of jurisprudence, representatives of public organizations and other universities, not only Russian, but also foreign.

New frontiers

In the rankings conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Academy constantly occupied places in the top lines. In the ranking of universities “Education of the State Elite” in 2006 and in many other rankings, she is also always in the forefront. Teachers, professors and graduate students participate in regional, all-Russian and international seminars and conferences; scientific and methodological events are traditional here, so many leading and foreign universities take part in them. In 2014, the rating agency "Expert RA" included USLU in the list of the best universities in the CIS and assigned it an "E" rating class.

Every year in April, the university hosts Science Days, where federal and regional government bodies, representatives of Russian and foreign universities and organizations participate in a scientific and practical conference. In parallel, Student Science Days are held, as well as the All-Russian Student Scientific and Practical Conference on the Evolution of Russian Law.

For several years now, the university has been the basis for holding such events as the All-Russian Student Scientific Works in Jurisprudence, which is held by the Ministry of Education and Science. Undergraduate and graduate students of the university were repeatedly encouraged by scholarships from the President, the Government of the Russian Federation, the regional governor, and the academic council of the Ural State Law Academy. Repeatedly, students were financially awarded by various foundations as winners of Olympiads and competitions.

Library and leisure

The scientific library grew simultaneously with the university and in seventy-five years has become the largest book depository of legal literature - there are more than a million copies of various publications, including a literature fund in Russian, where there are books from the eighteenth century, and a foreign fund, where many prominent representatives of jurisprudence are present Western countries.

The collections of magazine and fiction literature are also extensive. Particular attention is paid to a collection of pricelessly rare books and manuscripts from the early seventeenth century, including political and legal writings in Latin - their leather and parchment breathe such antiquity that they are handled with indispensable reverence.

University students have many excellent opportunities to spend their free time beneficially from studying. They practice vocals, folklore, choreography, write poetry and play musical instruments. The university is also famous for the theatrical activities of its students. The academic choir, restored within the walls of the university ten years ago, was once known throughout the country. The choir members hope to return the university to its former glory in this field as well. All creative teams of the university are regular participants in interuniversity festivals and competitions. There are many laureates and diploma holders among them.

The history of the Ural State Law Academy dates back to the distant 30s of the twentieth century. By decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of April 20, 1931, the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law was formed in Irkutsk. The institute organized three departments: socio-economic and political sciences, Soviet economic law and criminal law and procedure. The first intake consisted of only 56 students. At the same time, there were only 15 teachers on staff.

By decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR dated August 1, 1934, the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law was transferred from Irkutsk to Sverdlovsk. The duration of study at the institute has increased from three to four years. In 1935, the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law was renamed the Sverdlovsk Legal Institute, and in 1937 the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law received a new name? Sverdlovsk Law Institute (SLU). It was under this name that the university became known as one of the leading centers of legal education and science in the USSR. During this period, the country's largest legal scholars already worked at the institute, leaving a noticeable mark on legal science: professors V.N. Durdenevsky, S.F. Kechekyan, B.A. Landau, B.B. Cherepakhin, K.S. Yudelson, S.V. Yushkov and others.

Over the years of the university’s existence, over 60 thousand highly qualified specialists have been trained within the walls of SUI-Ural State Law Academy. Graduates of the university made a significant contribution to the state-legal construction, the work of justice bodies and the judicial system, the development of the legal profession and notary office, banking, insurance, investment activities, as well as legal science and education. Many of the university graduates over the years held responsible government positions:

Chairman of the Constitutional Supervision Committee of the USSR (1991-1992) Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, Professor S.S. Alekseev;

Chairman of the Supreme Court of the USSR (1989-1991) E.A. Smolentsev;

Minister of Justice of the USSR (1989-1990), Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the USSR (1991-1992), Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation (1992-2005), Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science .legal sciences, professor V.F. Yakovlev;

Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation (1999-2006), Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation - Yu.Ya. Gull;

Prosecutor General of the USSR (1990-1992) - N.S. Trubin;

Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation (1998-1999), Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on civil, criminal, arbitration and procedural legislation P.V. Krasheninnikov;

Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: L.O. Krasavchikova, G.A Zhilin, O.S. Khokhryakova;

Judges of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation: V.Yu. Zaitsev, G.N. Popov, S.A. Razumov, V.N. Podminogin, L.A. Korolev, V.P. Stepanov;

Heads of the Federal Arbitration Courts of the Russian Federation: A.V. Absalyamov, A.A. Evstifeev, I.V. Reshetnikova, I.Sh. Fayzutdinov;

Chairpersons of the courts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: V.N. Belyaev, L.I. Branovitsky, F.M. Vyatkin, V.M. Dolmatov, I.K. Ovcharuk, A.M. Sushinsky.
and many others…

In 2004, USLA became a laureate in the category of the One Hundred Best Universities of Russia and received the Gold Medal award. European quality. In 2005, the rector of the Academy, Professor V.D. Perevalov became a laureate of the International Image Program Leaders of the 21st Century? and for personal contribution to European integration was awarded the United Europe sign, and in 2006 the Academy was awarded the gold medal of the French Association for the Promotion of Industry. In 2004, the Ural State Law Academy became a laureate of the national Golden Crane award, the highest public award awarded for a significant contribution to the development of the food industry.

Since 2000, the Academy has published a corporate newspaper, Lawyer, where Academy students demonstrate their creative abilities and talents. In the competition of university periodical newspapers, which took place as part of the XX Interuniversity Festival Spring UPI (May 4-9, 2005), the newspaper?Lawyer? received 2nd place.

The Academy pays special attention to the physical development of students; a large number of public sports events are held: the USLA Student Spartakiad, Academy Institute Cups in volleyball, football, basketball and other sports. There are sports groups in sambo, judo, boxing, arm wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, volleyball, basketball, football, powerlifting, aerobics, table tennis, cross-country skiing, badminton, and swimming. The Academy has the right to be proud of its coaches, because some of them have not only 50 years of sports experience and victories at world championships, but also a truly pedagogical, humane attitude towards each student.

International relations of USLA contribute to academic mobility and the development of joint research projects. The Ural State Law Academy maintains and develops relations with a number of leading universities in Europe, the USA, and the CIS. Seminars, summer schools for the study of German, French, and European law, defense of dissertations simultaneously in Russian and foreign languages ​​are becoming traditional; internships of teachers and students abroad, lectures by Academy professors in foreign universities and visits of foreign professors to the Academy have become regular.

Since 2007, the Russian Lawyers Association has been holding the Eurasian Legal Congress on the basis of the USLA with the participation of scientists and practitioners, representatives of government and law enforcement agencies, specialists from various fields of jurisprudence, representatives of universities and public organizations not only from Russia, but also from foreign countries. The Congress is intended to become an authoritative and internationally recognized forum for a wide exchange of views on the entire range of legal issues, for a comprehensive discussion of current problems of legal development of the entire Eurasian legal space.

For about 295 years, a city like Yekaterinburg has existed in our country. The Ural Academy of Law, which today proudly bears the status of a university (Ural State Law University), has been operating there for a whole century. Applicants strive to enroll in this educational institution. They are attracted by the state form of ownership and rich experience in the educational field.

Beginnings and modern period

The Ural State Law University, known to many as an academy, was founded back in 1918. It appeared at that time not in the form of a higher educational institution, but in the form of a law faculty. It functioned as part of Irkutsk State University. In subsequent years, changes occurred in society and education. In accordance with them, the faculty also changed:

  • in 1931, it separated from the Irkutsk State University and became an independent higher educational institution - the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law;
  • in the period from 1935 to 1936, the university was renamed twice - first it received the name Sverdlovsk Law Institute, and later became the Sverdlovsk Law Institute;
  • the status of the Ural Law Academy was received by the educational institution several decades later - in 1992;
  • The university became a university relatively recently - in 2014.

Throughout its existence, the educational institution was considered famous. Even in those years when the Sverdlovsk Law Institute was operating, many spoke of the university as the leading center of legal education and science in the USSR. Such a good reputation has not been lost today. At the present stage of development, USLU adheres to its best traditions and at the same time is rapidly developing in accordance with the requirements of the time, focusing on the international level of personnel training.

Address and material and technical base

The university has several buildings. The main building is located in Yekaterinburg on Komsomolskaya Street, 21. The address of the second building of the Ural Law Academy is Kolmogorov Street, 54, and the third building is located on Komsomolskaya Street, 23. All buildings are equipped with standard classrooms, lecture halls, computer classes, libraries, reading rooms and gyms.

Additionally, the buildings are equipped with specialized premises for developing practical skills, in-depth study of legal disciplines and foreign languages:

  • courtrooms to recreate trials;
  • forensic testing grounds, where students can simulate crime scenes, practice investigative actions, and acquire skills in seizing and examining evidence;
  • a language lab with sound equipment for learning foreign languages;
  • legal clinics in which students undergo practical training and learn to provide legal assistance to people in need.

List of faculties

The Ural State Law Academy (University) differs from other similar educational institutions in its well-thought-out and developed organizational structure. It consists of 4 faculties - evening division, departments of secondary vocational education (SVE), additional education, training and advanced training of judicial personnel.

In addition to faculties, the Ural Law Academy has larger structural units. These are the institutes:

  • international and state law;
  • prosecutor's office;
  • Justice;
  • law and entrepreneurship;
  • accelerated and distance learning;
  • retraining of specialists and advanced training.

Faculty of Secondary Professional Education

Applicants entering the law academy (university) are interested in different structural divisions. Many are attracted by the faculty of secondary vocational education, where you can study in about 2 or 2.5 years, receive a diploma and have the opportunity to find a job.

The structural unit is engaged in training only in 2 specialties - “law and organization of social security”, “law enforcement”. Graduates of 11th grade and persons with secondary specialized or higher education are accepted for training.

Features of admission to the Faculty of Secondary Professional Education, cost of training

How to enter the Ural Academy of Law for secondary vocational education programs? It’s quite easy to do this, because the Faculty of Secondary Professional Education has the most convenient conditions for admission. Applicants are not required to take entrance tests. During admission, the results of mastering the previous educational program are taken into account. Admission depends on the average score of the certificate or diploma provided.

The absence of entrance examinations is an absolute plus for applicants who have chosen the faculty of secondary vocational education. However, the structural unit also has disadvantages. Firstly, there is no budget at the faculty, i.e. free education is not provided for in legal vocational education programs. The cost of studying for 1 semester is about 30 thousand rubles for full-time study and about 16 thousand rubles for part-time study. Secondly, the number of paid places is limited. Statistics show that applicants who finish school with almost only C grades fail to enroll in the faculty.

Institute of International and State Law

At the Institute of International and State Law of the Ural State Law Academy of Yekaterinburg, students are trained in the “jurisprudence” direction. This is a higher education program, undergraduate level. There are 2 profiles to choose from - civil law and international law. The presence of these profiles is due to those structural divisions that are included in the institute of international and state law. It was formed on the basis of the Institute of Foreign Economic Relations and Law and its Faculty of Management and Law and the Faculty of International Law.

In addition to bachelor's degrees, the department offers master's degrees. There are several educational programs at this level:

  • “international law in public administration and law enforcement”;
  • “improving legislation, statehood and legal practice”;
  • “international protection of human rights”;
  • “legal support for the activities of municipal and state bodies”;
  • “legal support for public service and social activities.”

Institute of Prosecutor's Office

This structural unit of the Ural Law Academy (university) also trains students in the “jurisprudence” direction. However, the profiles are completely different. At bachelor's and master's degrees, students gain knowledge in the field of prosecutorial and law enforcement activities.

It is planned to open a specialty program at the Institute of the Prosecutor's Office in 2018. Those applicants who enter this level with the aim of obtaining higher education will study for 5 years. It is worth noting that bachelor's degrees last only 4 years. The specialty provides for a more in-depth study of educational material. That is why the duration of training is longer.

Institute of Justice

At the Ural State Law Academy (University), the Institute of Justice differs from other structural divisions in the presence of a wide range of undergraduate profiles. Senior students can choose the area of ​​most interest for deeper study:

  • economic justice;
  • general judicial profile;
  • lawyer profile;
  • customs legal and foreign economic profile;
  • notary registration and mediation profile.

The Institute of Justice was formerly an investigative and forensic faculty. It produced highly qualified specialists for the country's Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. With the transition to bachelor's and master's degrees, the Institute of Justice did not abandon the main tradition of training highly qualified investigators. The specialty has been saved. Here, according to the admissions officers of the Ural Academy of Law, they teach a program such as “legal support of national security” (profile - investigative activities).

Institute of Law and Entrepreneurship

No entrepreneur runs his business without the help of lawyers. The Institute of Law and Entrepreneurship of the Ural State Law University produces specialists who are well versed in jurisprudence and are able to work in all spheres of the Russian and international economy.

The structural unit has only 2 levels of education - bachelor's and master's degrees. At the first stage of higher education, one profile is offered in the direction of “jurisprudence” - this is the legal regulation of business activities. At the master's level there are several programs to choose from. Some of them, for example: “tax, international tax and financial law”, “legal support for the activities of financial organizations”, “legal support for economic activities”.

Tuition fees for bachelor's, specialist's and master's degrees

At the Ural State Law Academy (Ural State Law Academy) in Yekaterinburg, a single cost has been established for all profiles for undergraduate studies. This means that students from all institutions pay the same. In 2017, the cost of a full-time semester was just over 69 thousand rubles. A year of training cost about 138 thousand rubles. Prices for specialty courses were no different. For a master's degree, the cost is slightly higher. For studying during a semester in 2017, they paid about 73 thousand rubles, and during the year - 147 thousand rubles.

An important difference between the institutes of the Ural State Law Academy of Yekaterinburg and the Faculty of Secondary Vocational Education is the availability of budget places. It is not so easy to get into them due to high competition. At the bachelor's level in 2017, 9 people applied for 1 budget place, at the specialty - 26 people, and at the master's degree - 6.5 people.

Passing scores

Is it difficult to enroll in a bachelor's or specialty program and what is the passing score set by the university? Almost every call to the admissions office begins with this question. To answer this, it is first worth clarifying that the passing score is not set by the academy. It is determined during the admissions campaign and is influenced only by applicants. The indicator depends on the number of applications and exam results.

In 2017, the admissions committee, after completing the entrance campaign, calculated the passing scores at the Ural Law Academy for full-time study. They turned out to be as follows:

  • at the bachelor's degree in "law" - 243 points in the first wave and 238 points in the second wave;
  • in the specialty program “legal support of national security” - 237 points in the first wave and 235 points in the second wave.

Ural Academy of Law: reviews from applicants and students

Admission to a law academy (university) for higher education programs is not such a pipe dream. It is quite feasible. To enter a university, you need to pass 3 exams - in the Russian language, social studies and history. Applicants note that it is possible to score good scores thanks to preparatory courses. They are offered at USLU for different periods - for a week, for 8 or 5 months. This allows each applicant to choose the courses that are most suitable in duration, taking into account existing knowledge and gaps.

Those people who are already students talk about the difficulty of learning. Jurisprudence is not such a simple discipline as it might seem at first glance. To become a good specialist, you need to try to study. However, some individuals are not particularly interested in studies. Successful students complain that teachers often turn a blind eye to their lack of knowledge. Because of this attitude, the university graduates some specialists who do not even know the basics of legal science. As a result, the academy's reputation is deteriorating.

Despite this, we can still say that USLU is a university that is on the same level as many Moscow higher educational institutions. Those students who take their studies responsibly receive very good knowledge at the Ural Law Academy (University) and build an excellent career for themselves in the future.