Common (22){xtypo_dropcap}S{/xtypo_dropcap}ocially-legal department of the SFU Law institute has been carrying out the students training on "Social work" specialisation (specialists, undergraduates) since 1991. Social work – is an integrative speciality. A social work specialist is simultaneously both a psychologist, and a doctor, a teacher, and a lawyer, a sociologist, and an economist. The ministry engaged in social work in Russian Federation is the Ministry of Health and Social development. Therefore to train students for such a diverse speciality the chair of theory and methods of social work with corresponding faculty including doctors and candidates of various areas of sciences (jurisprudence, sociology, medicine, economy, history, philosophy, social geography) has been created. There have been serious achievements in scientific and educational activity by the present time.
As the basic customers there act Administration of Krasnoyarsk Region, Administration of Krasnoyarsk city, Agency of Social Protection of Population of Administration of Krasnoyarsk Region, Regional Family Centre, Krasnoyarsk Regional Pension Fund of Russia, etc. {xtypo_info}To mould the practical skills of the students adequate to requirements of social sphere and requirements of concrete potential employers, the faculty have created the system of practical training which is built on the basis of cooperation of socially-legal department with social establishments of Krasnoyarsk and Krasnoyarsk region.{/xtypo_info} High competitiveness of the chair of theory and methodology of social work and Socially-legal Department on labour, educational service and scientific research markets has been provided by the link between fundamental nature of scientific research of lecturers and vocational training of students and practical situational awareness.
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{xtypo_dropcap}C{/xtypo_dropcap}omparative Law Department was created in 1998 as the organizational unit for training specialists in “International and Comparative Law”. The necessity to prepare highly qualified lawyers was the reason of launching Comparative Law Department. The level of qualification should correspond the world standards and let the graduates be included in world and European legal culture, know foreign languages, foreign law and be capable to carry out legal support of international contacts of Krasnoyarsk region in the field of economy, policy, finance, science, culture and education. {xtypo_info}The students of the department get profound knowledge of a foreign language - the general and legal English or German vocabulary; foreign, European and Russian law in comparative aspect.{/xtypo_info} The work of the Department of Comparative Jurisprudence is supported by the international program of European Community "ТEMPUS-TACIS", programs of German service of the academic exchanges (DААD) АHP, ISAР, DSG and German Foundation of Robert Bosch at the organizational, personnel and financial levels. The foreign law is taught to the students by lecturers and professors of universities of Grajfsvald and Passau (Germany) and Tilburg (the Netherlands), students of other Siberian universities (Law institutes of Irkutsk and Tomsk universities, law departments of Barnaul, Kemerovo and Omsk universities) participate in educational process of the department. The students are enrolled in Comparative Law Department from among the students enlisted on the 1st course of the internal form of training in "Jurisprudence" after introductory tests, testing and interview in a foreign language. Meanwhile at Comparative Law Department (1-5 courses) 155 students – bachelors and specialists – are trained at the internal department on the basis of budgetary and contractual financing. Since 2003 till 2008 Comparative Law Department graduated 141 specialists and 48 bachelors, from them 36 students received honour degrees. The educational process at the Department inherits a rather remarkable feature – foreign lecturers conduct lessons in the form of one or two week plunges. For this time the students of the Department are released from other lessons. Students of other Siberian universities join the students of Siberian Federal University. {xtypo_info}Lectures in the German and English languages are read for students of the Department by professors, lecturers and practical workers from foreign universities and judicial bodies.{/xtypo_info} During 10 years more than 100 students have been trained at foreign universities during one or two semestres. Every summer for those students who learn the German language Summer Academy is organized and lecturers from Germany are invited to read lectures there. The same is for students learning English. The professors and assistants from Germany, the Netherlands, the USA conduct Summer Law School classes. {xtypo_sticky} Internet technologies, multimedia equipment and linguistic laboratories are widely used in educational process at the Department. Since 2004 till 2007 students defended on-line their graduation projects in two languages – German\English and Russian. During defense of graduation projects German professors were in Graisfald University, Germany.{/xtypo_sticky} Throughout its life-span at the Department of Comparative Jurisprudence special courses on foreign and comparative law were read by foreign lecturers J.Kock, A.Ammberg, V.Ioks, M.Finke, I.Regge, H. Peters, K.Peters, F.Dunckel, A.Krets, S.Borich, A.Kalmthout, B.Roermund, F.Pennings, T.Kruessman, I.Mante, V.Zeevald, S.Gueze, S.Lang, D.Jakobash, K.Roze, K.Wild, R.Rassov, K.Iffland, T.Budde, S.Taekema, T.Homan, D.Scott, V.Boilke, S.Rektsigel, D.Gilles, D.Peil and others. Furthermore, qualified Russian lecturers trained at foreign universities also provide the quality of training at the Department: Prof. A.Tarbagaev, doctor of legal sciences, Prof. N.Schedrin, candidate of legal sciences O.Ishutina, N.Kachur, V.Kasho, K.Knyaginin, L.Maiorova, L.Mitskevich, A.Mitckevich, A.Nazarov, E.Petrova, T.Sidorova, N.Stoiko, E.Tarbagaeva, V.Tereshkova, L.Sharnina, T.Shishmareva. Associate professors L.Gotsko and E.Melnikova and providing English German languages training at the Department did training courses under TEMPUS and DААD projects. Meanwhile, the former graduates of the Department undergo top skill professional training through postgraduate study. They are taught by the Russian lecturers, who passed training at foreign universities, and by the foreign professors from the European universities-partners. In 2002 foreign and comparative law chair was set up. Since that time it has provided teaching of special courses such as methodology of comparative law; introduction to administrative law of Germany; computer crimes under international, foreign and Russian law; municipal bodies of foreign countries; a special course on “International Moot Court”, etc. {xtypo_info}At the present moment both experienced and young lecturers M.Kratenko, candidate of juridical sciences, and O.Kylina, junior lecturer, cooperate at the chair.{/xtypo_info} Some facts about the Comparative law department life over 2007-2008 academic year:
Educational-methodical complexes on the disciplines placed on the portal, are worked out as a result of Russian lecturers training in foreign higher schools:
In September, 2008 the Institute organised and spent two large international scientific and practical conferences in which more than 30 foreign jurists took part:
Foreign participants highly estimated the level of the conferences and scientific discussions corresponding European and international standards. The Criminal Law chair regularly organises and holds scientific and practical seminars of the European Council on urgent problems of struggle against the organised crime and corruption in which experts of the Council and professors and practical workers almost from all European countries take part.
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{xtypo_dropcap}A{/xtypo_dropcap}pplicants who have obtained their first university degree (higher education) are eligible for admission to postgraduate study on a competitive basis. Training according to postgraduate study programme is carried out under internal (3 years) and correspondence (4 years) forms of education both at the expense of budget means, and on a contractual basis. Students trained according to internal postgraduate study programme at the expense of budget means get scholarships. Those trained under the correspondence form of education are eligible for additional thirty calendar days holiday allowance at their working place. {xtypo_info}Documents of postgraduate study applicants are examined by the SFU selection commission. Applicants are interviewed by their prospective scientific supervisor who informs the selection commission of the interview results.{/xtypo_info} The decision on permission to entrance examinations for postgraduate study is made by the selection commission with regard of the interview results. Applicants to postgraduate study pass the following competitive entrance examinations:
Reexamination is not admitted. Passed entrance examinations for the postgraduate study are valid within a calendar year. Applicants who have passed candidate examinations fully or partly, are exempt from corresponding entrance examinations.
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{xtypo_dropcap}T{/xtypo_dropcap}o enroll in the specialised master's programme on "Jurisprudence" on a competitive basis a person having higher education must submit academic transcripts for the previous degrees obtained (bachelors, specialist or masters), including those obtained their degrees not in "Jurisprudence". Alumni of any higher educational establishment are eligible for participation in competition. Admission to the master's degree is carried out either on the places subject to federal budgetary financing, or tuition fee paying. {xtypo_info}Applicants who have obtained a bachelor's degree and are willing to acquire the specialised master's programme for the first time, are eligible for participation in competition on the places financed by the federal budget. Those applicants who fail to pass though the competition for such places are eligible to participate in competition with tuition fee payment.{/xtypo_info} In 2009 under the RF Ministry of Education decision specialists are eligible for participation in competition on the budgetary basis as well. The SFU Law institute offers 6 programmes of specialised master's degree training in jurisprudence:
Alumni of master's programmes:
The programme of SFU Law institute development provides working out and the assertion of new master's programmes: "Juvenile justice"; "State government", “Political management”, “Bank law”. Moreover, joint programs with SFU Institute of economy, management and national resources management together with other higher schools are developed.
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{xtypo_dropcap}T{/xtypo_dropcap}he curriculum on a specialist training provides more disciplines, and on some conterminous disciplines – more hours: social security law; Russian enterprise law; commercial law, criminology; legal psychology. Moreover, such general professional disciplines as natural resources law, public prosecutor's supervision, legal aspects of security measures are compulsory. The Law Institute offers three different specialisations: "Civic law", "Criminal law" and "State law" for specialist programme students. "Civil law" Specialisation*
*Quantity of hours spent by students in classrooms under the supervision of a teacher "Criminal law" Specialisation
"State law" Specialisation
Well-known scientists from Russian and foreign higher educational establishments take an active part in educational process as visit-professors.
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{xtypo_dropcap}T{/xtypo_dropcap}he curriculum on bachelor in jurisprudence training assumes studying general humanitarian, social and economic, general mathematical, natural-scientific, general professional and special disciplines. The curriculum on bachelor training a jurisprudence-bachelor degree The general humanitarian and social and economic disciplines*
*Quantity of hours spent by students in classrooms under the supervision of a teacher Special disciplines
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In 2007-2008 the educational-methodical complexes of disciplines (EMCD) were developed on the majority of disciplines. Moreover, students can attend classes aimed basically at acquiring practical skills optionally, (for example, Professional lawyer's skills, Manual on registration law, etc.).
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LawInstitute of Siberian Federal University is the first regional educational establishment which has started to train lawyers. It was organized in 1955 as the educational and consulting unit of AUEMLI. It was later reorganized into postal tuition institution of Tomsk State University. In 1969 Krasnoyarsk State University was established in Krasnoyarsk and the Law Department became a part of it (Krasnoyarsk State University was included into Siberian Federal University in 2006). Now Law Institute is one of others 19 institutes of SFU. For more than semicentenial development Law Institute has turned into one of the leading centres of legal personnel training in Russia: prominent representatives of various branches of law work here, there are 16 doctors of sciences (the teachers having a scientific degree, make 74%) among them. The Institute is well-known in Russia and abroad for the fundamental scientific research in the field of theory and history of the state and law, criminal law and criminology, civil procedure and criminal procedure. Scientific research institute of legislation and legal policy is created on the basis of the Institute. Today in Siberian Federal District Law Institute is the leading educational establishment in the field of jurisprudence. I.Shishko, director of the Institute, is the chairperson of educational and methodical council on jurisprudence. About 2500 students are trained at the Institute. Educational activity is conducted according to the programs of higher and additional vocational training. At the Institute along with the traditional five year training there is a multilevel system of preparation of lawyers, which provides higher education. The students are given a bachelor’s degree after four years of training and master’s degree – after six years. Six master degree programmes are carried out by the Institute, one of them “Foreign and comparative law” is implemented together with a number of foreign universities. The Institute provides postgraduate study in five chief subjects, with participation of foreign partners including. Since 2008 doctor’s council for three chief subjects functions.
The Institute participates in grants of the largest foreign foundations (Carnegie Corporation, Robert Bosch's and Mc’Carthors Foundations, DAAD) in the field of jurisprudence and education development. The Institute is fivefold grant receiver of the European program ТЕМРUS together with universities Graisfald University (Germany), Tilburg University (the Netherlands), Ionsuu University (Finland). Lately the geography of the international contacts has extended thanks to the bilateral contracts of cooperation with Chunbuksk University (Republic of Korea), Vilnius University (the Lithuanian Republic) and Karlov University (Czech Republic). Lecturers of the Institute actively participate in working out and examination of projects of the Russian and regional laws, co-operate with regional and Russian authorities. Professors and senior lecturers are members of advisory councils and the commissions of state governing bodies, members of the qualifying commissions. At the initiative of the Institute scientific and advisory council is created at Krasnoyarsk Regional Court. The most qualified lecturers of the Institute along with judges participate there.
Students of the Institute leave abroad to train and teachers – to improve their professional skills and to give lectures. In turn, students and lecturers of foreign higher schools come to the Institute for training and work. Since 2001 the Institute structure includes the Legal clinic which was created in April, 1998 on the basis of Krasnoyarsk public reception office Committee on Human Rights Protection. In 2008 the center of additional vocational training was created by the decree of the rector of Siberian Federal University. 2010 the Institute has launched the educational programs on “International relations” and “Customs”. According to SFU academic Counsel regulation on February 28, 2011 “Mediation Center” has been established in the Institute. This Center helps many people to solve their controversies in pretrial order. Lecturers actively retrain. They regularly go through the official procedures required for obtaining an academic degree, retrain and improve their professional skills and qualification. Only in 2007-2008 years 19 lecturers of the Institute improved their qualification in other Institutes and Universities, from them 7 lecturers abroad (Germany, Republic of Korea, Italy, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and other countries).
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