NewsAchievements of the Law Institute of Siberian Federal University on the International competition named after P. Jessup.
From 3 to 7 February 2016 15th Russian Rounds of international competition on public international law named after Philip Jessup ("Jessup Competition") was held in Moscow. Being the "Olympic Games" for law students from over the world, the Jessup Competition takes place fully in English in the form of imitation of the meeting of the International Court of Justice and covers the most actual issues of public international law. For example in 2016 the dispute between fictional states Amestonia and Risland affects issues of legality of mass surveillance and preventive detention in the context of human rights, as well as their validity in the fight against the terrorist group, "The Hive" serving opposes of the using of neonicotinoids. In addition this year the case of the competition covers the issues of interpretation and compliance of international treaties, as well as the problems of bringing to liability the States for cyber attacks which cause the damage to another States. Clinicians from Krasnoyarsk in Human Rights Academy
Winter school for legal clinics students “Human Rights Academy” took place from January 31st to February 5th 2016 in Saint Petersburg. This is annual event that is held by Saint Petersburg Prince P.G. Oldenburg Law institute since 1999. This time, school was dedicated to participation in jury skills development. Krasnoyarsk was represented by two Law clinic students and one graduate on that school. Here are their impressions of participation: Tatyana Galeeva, Law clinic graduate, master’s degree program “Barrister in litigation” Read more: Clinicians from Krasnoyarsk in Human Rights Academy Monitoring for the regional Bailiffs' Service
Students of our Institute in next three months will monitor the activities of UFSSP divisions of the region under the guidance of a member of the Public Council under the Office of the Federal bailiff Service (UFSSP) of Russia across Krasnoyarsk territory, head of the Department of criminal procedure law Institute of the SFU, PhD, associate Professor A. D. Nazarov,. By order of the Chief bailiff of Krasnoyarskiy krai E. Lovando and the Public Council of the UFSSP in the region, students will conduct a survey of officers and citizens, monitor the activities of bailiffs in courts, will visit units of the judicial bailiffs. Based on the results of student’s monitoring reports will be submitted to the management of the regional SSP and the Public Council of the Ministry. Workshop-training with a professor from the UK took place in the Law Institute of the SFU
On the 15-16 of February 2016 in the Law Institute of the SFU the methodical seminar ‘Education of Lawyers in the UK. The case method in teaching lawyers’ took place. It was aimed on professional development of professors. The main speaker Stuart Weinstein, professor of the Coventry University. He is well-known expert in the field of legal risks, operations with securities and derivatives, and he is a brilliant lecturer with a good sense of humour. He has a high awareness of the USA and the UK legal systems. Professor consistently held the audience’s attention for two days and answered many questions. At one of the seminars Stuart Weinstein demonstrated a simulation game for the case study with students of the Comparative Law Department. Daria Ushakova, Alyona Kapelina, Daria Kazachkova, Maxim Grebnev and Irina Rykovanova showed the ability not only to analyze the text of the court’s decisions, but also demonstrated skills of public speaking in English. The participants of the course appreciated this part of the methodological workshop. Special attention should be given to a high-quality translation from English to Russian, which was carried out by Marina V. Lomaeva, an assistant of Labour and Environmental Law Department. Read more: Workshop-training with a professor from the UK took place in the Law Institute of the SFU Teacher of SFU’ Law Institute is the winner of the contest for the grants of the President of Russian Federation for state support of scientific research - 2016
The Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation jointly with the Council of RF President for state support of young Russian scientists and for state support of leading scientific schools of Russian Federation announced the winners of the contest for the grants of the President of Russian Federation for state support of fundamental and applied scientific research conducted by young Russian scientists - 2016 — candidates of Sciences, whose age at the time of termination of the grant does not exceed 35 years. The competition received over two thousand applications. In one of the ten areas of knowledge — "Social Sciences and Humanities" — was approved by the 66 recipients of this scholarship. More Articles...
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