THE URALS STATE LAW ACADEMY
1. The Law Academy is one of the biggest leading higher educational
institutions in our country. Its foundation goes back to April 1931.
2. It was formed on the basis of the Irkutsk State University as a law
faculty.
3. Later It was reorganized into the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law.
4. In 1934 the Institute moved into Sverdlovsk, got the name of the
Sverdlovsk Institute of Law and bore this name till 1992.
5. Now it is called the Urals State Law Academy.
6. Till 1976 there was only one faculty at the Sverdlovsk Law Institute -
the Law faculty.
7. In 1976 the following three faculties were set up at the full-time
department: the Judge and Prosecutor Training Faculty, the Investigator
and Criminalist Training Faculty and the Faculty of Legal Service in the
National Economy System.
8. Later, two of them were united into the Law Faculty.
9. And the Faculty of Legal Service was given a new name - the Business Law
Faculty. Besides, a Customs Department was formed.
10. At present, the Academy has five institutes at the day department: the
Institute of the Prosecutor's Office, the Institute of Justice, the
Institute of Business and Law, the Institute of the Bar and the Institute
of External Economic Relations.
11. Moreover, within the Academy there is also the Institute of Management
and Law and the Faculty of the Secondary Professional Education.
12. Besides the full-time department there is also a part-time department
and a correspondence department.
13. The Academy is' housed in three study buildings with libraries and
reading halls where the students are able to get ready for their classes.
14. There are also snack bars and dining halls where the students can have
a snack or dinner during breaks or after classes.
15. The Academy possesses a high intellectual potential: over 50 Doctors of
Sciences, more than 150 Candidates of Sciences, many experienced
lecturers work at the Academy.
16. The teaching staff is over 300 people.
17. The student body of all the departments taken together numbers more
than 8,000 people and several tens of post-graduates.
18. The Academy is headed by Rector and Vice-Rectors (Pro-Rectors). The
study, methodical and research work is guided by the dean's offices and
by different chairs.
19. The Academy trains judges, prosecutors, advocates,
jurisconsults, investigators, customs officials and other lawyers.
20. After completing the education our graduates work at courts,
prosecutor's offices.
21. Militia, the Bar, notary offices, other law enforcement organs, and
also at state and government bodies of different levels and in legal
service of the national economy system.
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