Law faculty of Omsk State university

Law faculty of Omsk State University, which celebrated its 30^th anniversary in 2008, is considered to be a leading center for legal training in our region.

Law Faculty has more than 2000 full-time and part-time students, who can get specialist’s, bachelor’s (BA in Law) and master’s degrees. Students can then specialize and master their professional skills in 3 fields: State Law, Civil Law or Criminal Law. Law graduates can also continue their post-graduate education and get a PhD degree. There are 70 lecturers and teachers, many of whom are graduates of Law faculty of OmSU, working in 8 Chairs: Chair of Labour Law, Chair of Criminal Law and Criminology, Chair of State and Municipal Law, Chair of Social Law, Chair of Theory of State and Law, Chair of Civil Law, Chair of Civil Procedure, Chair of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics.

The Faculty offers its students various modern facilities: laboratories of criminalistics and psychodiagnostics, 3 computer classes, Law library. It has its own network and a web-site. Law faculty takes part in a number of international projects. Students can participate in international competitions and exchange programmes and go on study-visits to some European countries.

The faculty offers students a chance to join scientific societies in Criminal Law, Criminalistics, Prosecutor’s Supervision, State Law and Civil Law. Student’s scientific conferences in various fields of study are held every spring. There are also competitions in different subjects.

The curriculum corresponds to national requirements and includes general, special (professional) and optional subjects. All senior students must pass 3 state exams at the end of the final year: Theory of State and Law is obligatory for everybody, the other two depend on the field a student specializes in (State law, Civil Law and Procedure or Criminal Law and Procedure). Each student must also choose a topic (and agree it with the scientific supervisor) on which to write a final qualification paper and then present it at the formal defence procedure.

Students’ life can be very active as well. Those who like sports can join the faculty ice-hockey and football teams. Besides scientific societies and sport teams, students can take part in various competitions (Law Faculty Talents, Photographers, Study review (in English). There is also a tradition to celebrate different students’ events in one of Omsk night-clubs.

Senior students can work in legal clinics. They acquire and master their skills of working with people, solving various legal problems. Students help citizens to fill in applications for courts of general jurisdiction, prosecutor’s office, claims to local authorities. Teachers supervise and help students while consulting people in legal clinics, and a reference from the faculty may help in future employment.

Studying in the Law faculty is not easy but very interesting and useful. Most of the students are proud that they are students of law faculty of Omsk State University.

1. Answer the questions:

1) How old is Law faculty of Omsk State University?

2) What degrees can students get after graduating from Law Faculty?

3) What facilities does the faculty offer?

4) What scientific societies can students join?

5) What types of subjects does the curriculum include?

6) What state exams must students pass at the end of their studies?

7) What events can students take part in?

8) What do students do in legal clinics?

9) How can participation in legal clinics help a student in future employment?

2. Guess whether these statements are true or false.

1) Only full-time students study in Law Faculty.

2) Students can master their professional skills in three fields.

3) There is a special Chair of International law in the faculty.

4) all students must take part in exchange programmes.

5) Students have no chance to do research in the faculty.

6) Students must pass three exams at the end of the final year.

7) Writing a leaving paper under the guidance of a scientific supervisor is not obligatory.

8) Students do not have any leisure activities at the faculty.

9) Students can work in legal clinics and help citizens to solve different legal problems.

10) Law faculty is one of the most popular in Omsk.

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