{xtypo_dropcap}T{/xtypo_dropcap}he Law institute actively co-operates with foreign partners. The international cooperation is conducted with higher schools of such countries as Germany, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, the Lithuanian Republic, Finland, Great Britain, Czech Republic and others. The long-term contacts exist with Germany and the Netherlands which allow to carry out the academic exchange of lecturers and students.
{xtypo_info}The institute has concluded bilateral agreements with universities of Graifsvald and Passau (Germany), Chunbuk university (Republic of Korea), Vilnius university (the Lithuanian Republic), Karlov university (Czech Republic). Cooperation with them allows SFU LI students to have an opportunity of inclusive training, defend final qualifying works on-line in foreign languages, be trained in joint postgraduate study and for master's degree.{/xtypo_info}
The most well-known and mass programme is "German-speaking club on German law".
Classes are conducted in German. Every summer the International summer law academy is arranged where foreign lecturers are also invited. Classes are conducted in the German and the English languages. The students successfully completed training on the programme are granted a semester or a year scolarship to be trained at University of Passau Law Department. Apart from LI students of other Siberian higher law schools participate in the programme (Tomsk, Omsk, Kemerovo, Barnaul, Irkutsk). The co-ordinator of the program between German partners and Siberian higher schools is associate professor L.Maiorova.
{xtypo_info}Robert Bosch Foundation lectorate has been working at the Institute since 2005 in the framework of which LI students study German law in the German language. The purpose of the lecturing programme is to promote the German language learning and country studying, develop humanitarian and social sciences (including jurisprudence ) in Central and Eastern Europe.{/xtypo_info}
Over 10 semesters the students of Siberian Federal University Law Institute master the German legal language, bases of German legal techniques, German constitutional, administrative, civil, labour, criminal law and European law. Lectures in German are read by German senior lecturers from universities of Germany.
The lecture center of DAAD Foundation “German-speaking curriculums” has been functioning since 2008. The purpose of this course is to give the Russian students the possibility to deepen knowledge of the German language and to get to know various branches of German law. Students should be prepared to stay in Germany with the purpose of training, further legal activity in Germany and establishing contacts in Germany.
{xtypo_rounded3}According to the agreement on cooperation between Siberian Federal University and University of Passau the Programme of A.Hertzen is carried out. The Programme purpose is assistance in teaching of German and European law in Siberian Federal University Law Institute; stimulation of carrying out scientific research in the field of comparative law; sharing western experience in teaching law; training Russian lawyers to be experts both in German and European law and German lawyers in Russian law; providing financial support to Siberian Federal University and sharing experience with other Siberian Universities.{/xtypo_rounded3}
Established at Siberian Federal University Law Institute “Russian-German Centre” actively co-operates with it. German Club is organised and constantly works for students and lecturers There is a large collection of literature in foreign languages in the Law Institute library.
