Kutafin Moscow State Law University

Московский государственный юридический университет имени О. Е. Кутафина
Coat of arms of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University
Other name	Moscow State Law Academy, MSAL
Former name	Moscow Institute of Soviet Law (1.06.1931–21.10.1933) Central Institute of Soviet Law (21.10.1933–26.04.1937) All-Union Correspondence Institute of Law (26.04.1937–15.06.1993) Moscow State Academy of Law (MSAL) (15.06.1993–2012) Oleg Kutafin Moscow State Law University (since 2012) [1]
Motto	Latin: Non scholae sed vitae discimus
Motto in English	Not for school but for life.
Type	Public
Established	1931 (1931)
Rector	Viktor Blazheev
Academic staff	1,000
Students	17,000
Undergraduates	16,000
Postgraduates	1,000 (estimate)
Location	Moscow, Presnensky District , Russia
Campus	Urban
Website	www.msal.ru

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 in 1931. MSAL was renamed after Oleg Kutafin in 2012 and was then known as Kutafin University. Its 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 an All-USSR correspondence institute of law assuring studies for a degree in law.

Today it is one of the largest law schools in Russia. ^[2] In 2020 Forbes Magazine ranked MSAL #3 in the Leading in the Forbes Factor. ^[3] In 2021, the university was included in the Moscow International rating «The Three University Missions» (MosIUR): The Best Universities in Moscow Category (top-33) ^[4]

Current activity

Since its foundation the University has grown to become the University it is today, educating around 17,000 students. Kutafin Moscow State Law University assured training and graduation of more than 180 thousand specialists of higher legal education.

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 committed to provide not only full tuition, but also mentoring. ^[5]

Institution

For years, University has been working to create 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. ^[6]

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.

Notable 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 lawyer who has acted in 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 former KGB general who served as Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard, confidant, and adviser for eleven years
• Sergey Morozov is the governor of Ulyanovsk Oblast in Russia.
• Sergey Sobyanin is the Mayor of Moscow
• Dmitry Yakubovskiy - is a businessperson
• Anatoly Kucherena - is an attorney representing Edward Snowden’s interests in the Russian Federation, Doctor of Law, professor
• Stanislav Markelov - was a 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 - 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 businessman, investor and politician ^[7]
• Pavel Bure - is a retired professional ice hockey right winger ^[8]
• Dmitry Livanov - is a 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 to August 2016

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

Notes and references

External links

• Kutafin Moscow State Law University

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