The Ural State Law Academy

The system of higher legal education in Russia has the same basic features as the system of higher education as a whole. The Ural State Law Academy is a public research university institution (public university system type). It includes law oriented institutes, a college, faculties and other public graduate educational institutions.

The Academy’s main campus is located in the centre of Yekaterinburg. Founded as law faculty of the Irkutsk State University in 1931, it is one of the largest public institutions of law schools in the Russian Federation and is commonly regarded as one of Russia’s most prestigious universities and has high school admission requirements for its prospective students.

Till 1976 there was only one faculty at the Sverdlovsk Institute of Law - the law faculty. At present, the Academy has four institutes at the day department: the Institute of Procuracy (Prosecutor’s Office), the Institute of Justice, the Institute of Business and Law and the Institute of State and International Law.

Besides, some faculties are incorporated in the Academy: the Bachelor faculty, the Magisterial training faculty, the short programmes faculty, the faculty of additional education. There are also part-time and correspondence departments. The Academy is housed in three study buildings / premises with libraries and reading halls where the students are also to get ready for lectures, tutorials and seminars.

The Academy possesses a high intellectual potential: over 60 full professors (Doctors of Sciences) more than 180 assistant professors and many experienced lecturers work at the Academy.

The teaching staff is over 530 people. The Academy is headed by Rector and 3 Vice Rectors (Pro-Rectors). The study methodical and research work is guided by dean’s offices and by different chairs.

The Academy trains judges, prosecutors, advocates / counsels, jurisconsults, investigators and other lawyers. After completing the education our graduates work in different law enforcement organs: at courts, procuracy, advocacy / Bar, notary offices and also at state and government bodies of different levels and in legal service of the national economy system.

The future work of our graduates is not easy so they have to learn hard to be ready for that work and study many different subjects which are important for it: criminal law, civil law, criminology and others. The students also learn some humane, theoretical, optional and additional subjects, such as Theory of State and Law, Philosophy, Logics etc.

The student body of all the departments taken together numbers more than 14 thousand people. Our students are to take tests and exams on each subject included into the curriculum. As the academic year is divided into two semesters, terminal test and exams are held in January and in June. At the end of the whole course of studies the students take degree examinations. Those who have inclination for research may enter the post-graduate courses. The time table of lectures, tutorials and seminars is regulated by a study schedule.

Exercise 1. Answer the questions on the text:

1. What can you say about the structure of the Academy?

2. What do you know about the teaching - staff of the Academy?

3. What are the types of subjects the students study?

4. How many semesters is the academic year divided into and when are tests and exams held?

5. Where do our graduates work after completing their education?

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the list below:

a) qualification e) rector, vice-rectors

b) faculties f) individuality

c) colleges g) law-enforcement organs

d) curriculum

1. There are several … in our Academy.

2. Cambridge University consists of 24 different…

3. Specialist’s … will determine the scientific and technical progress of the country.

4. Colleges give a specialized training and at the Academy / University the … is wider.

5. The Academy is headed by…

6. Each institute has its own character and …

7. The graduates from the Institute of Procuracy are required to work in …

Exercise 3. Match the beginning of the sentence with the ending

1. at present a distance education system

2. higher law education trains

3. if the results of entrance exams are good

4. specialized study and courses

5. higher education in our country

6. students from different regions

7. each student has a tutor

8. study, methodical and research work

a) who practically guides him through the whole course of studies

b) will help students to prepare for their future work in law

c) students get grants

d) to the work in law enforcement organ such as procuracy and courts

e) is introduced in our country

f) is accessible and free of charge for some students

g) study at the full-time, correspondence and evening departments

h) is quaided by dean’s offices and by different chairs.

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with a suitable word given below:

1. The foundation of our Academy … back to April 1931.

2. In 1934 the Institute … Sverdlovsk.

3. The Academy … in Ekaterinburg.

4. The Academy I study at … 4 Institutes at the day department.

5. Besides the full-time department there … also the part-time department and the correspondence department.

6. The Academy … a high intellectual potential.

7. The Academy … by Rector and Vice-Rectors.

8. The study, methodical and research work … by the dean’s offices and different chairs.

9. The oldest and best-known universities … in Oxford, Cambridge and London.

a) runs f) is

b) is guided g) possesses

c) goes h) has

d) are located i) is situated

e) is headed j) moved into

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