Moscow State Law University

In 1931, which is considered the founding year of the Moscow State Law Academy, the Moscow Institute of Soviet Law was established and the Central Correspondence Courses of Soviet Law (Correspondence Institute of Soviet Law) were created. In 1937, the central correspondence courses were transformed into the All-Union Legal Correspondence Institute (VUZI), which was the largest legal university in the Soviet Union. In 1940, the All-Union Correspondence Law Academy was joined to the Higher Educational Institution of Higher Education. In 1955, the evening faculty opened in Moscow, in 1987 - the full-time faculty. In 1990, the institute was transformed into the Moscow Law Institute, in 1993 it received the status of the Academy. On December 23, 2008, the Academy was named after O. E. Kutafin , who headed the educational institution for 21 years ^[1] .

Currently, Moscow State Law Academy has 17,000 students, 27 departments, 150,000 graduates ^[2] . In addition, the university employs: one academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, one corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 100 doctors and 300 candidates of science, 14 honored scientists of the Russian Federation, 15 honored lawyers of the Russian Federation, 13 honorary workers of higher professional education of the Russian Federation, 12 academicians of other academies ^{[2 ]} .

In 2015, according to readers of the portal "PRAVO.RU" Moscow State Law Academy. O. E. Kutafina was the best legal university in the country ^[3] .

Currently, more than 15 professors and associate professors of Moscow State Law Academy are suspected of participating in the defense of dissertations containing incorrect borrowings ^[4] .

• Kazakevich, Daniil Vasilievich (1902-1988) - Lieutenant General, Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Stepanenko, Pavel Nikitovich (1923-2012) - Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Filonov, Alexander G. (1920-1995) - Major, Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Gritsan, Vladimir Vasilievich (1937-2009) - deputy of the State Duma of the first convocation.

The following departments were created at the O. E. Kutafin University (Moscow State Law Academy):

• Advocacy
• Administrative law and process
• Banking law
• Civil law
• Civil and administrative proceedings
• Integration and European Law
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Information Law and Digital Technology
• History of State and Law
• Competition law
• Constitutional and municipal law
• Forensics
• Criminology and Penal Law
• International law
• Private international law
• Tax law
• Notaries
• Organization of judicial and prosecutorial investigative activities
• Legal modeling
• Business and corporate law
• Family law
• Sports law
• Forensic Expertise
• Theories of State and Law
• Labor Law and Social Security Law
• Criminal law
• Criminal procedure law
• Management and Economics
• Financial law
• Environmental and Natural Resources Law
• Energy Law
• English language number 1
• English language number 2
• Foreign languages
• Jurisprudence
• Physical education
• Philosophy and Sociology

Branches of Moscow State Law Academy

Throughout the entire existence of the VUZI - Moscow State Law Academy, the branch network was constantly changing, new branches were created, most of which later became independent universities. Currently, as part of the MGLA are:

• Orenburg Institute (branch) ( Orenburg , Komsomolskaya St., 50), established November 20, 1941 ^[5] ;
• North-West Institute (branch) ( Vologda , 32 Mira St. ), established on August 1, 1968 ^[6] ;
• Volga-Vyatka Institute (branch) ( Kirov , Lenin St. , 99 - main building, Moskovskaya St. , 30 - legal address), was founded in 1971 ^[7] ;