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April 25, 2013 at 15h in the Aud. 3-10 held a ‘roundtable’

April 25, 2013 at 15h in the Aud. 3-10 held a ‘roundtable’ with the participation of the Department of Civil Law of the Siberian Federal University, Department of Civil Law of the Samara State University; Departments of Civil Law, Private International Law and Family Law of Saratov State Law Academy in videoconference mode.

Topic: "The problems of private law during the legislative reform."

We invite all interested persons to participate in a roundtable.

Following the discussion will be published a collection of articles.

Human Rights: From Colombia to Russia

Lecturer in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights of the National University of Colombia, Mr. Nelson Enrique Perez Pulgarin, visited the Law Institute of SFU on the 17th of April 2013. He visited Krasnoyarsk in order to participate in the First International Socio-Cultural Forum "Kaleidoscope Theatre."

N. Perez is experienced in researches in the sphere of human rights in Latin America and Europe, as well as comparative law. During the meeting with leadership of Law Institute of SFU Mr. Perez said that one of the most serious problems in Colombia is application of human rights and their protection.

At the meeting with N. Perez representatives of Law Institute of SFU (Director of the Institute I. V. Shishko, the Head of the Comparative Law Department I. D. Mishina, coordinator of European projects L. V. Mayorova, the Head of the Department of International Relations T. Yu. Sidorova) discussed the prospects of cooperation with the National University of Colombia, the possibility of joint research in the field of international human rights and comparative law, the possibility of training by university professors and academic mobility. The meeting was attended by Acting Head of the External Relations Department of the Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai A. A. Kuzmin and Senior Specialist of Representative offices  of MFA in Krasnoyarsk A. A. Zakharov.

N. Perez also had a meeting with students of the Law Institute. There were students of the first year of studying in “International Relations” program and students of the second year of studying from the Comparative Law Department. During the meeting, Nelson Perez spoke about the role of students in the political life in the countries of Latin America, the protection of human rights in Colombia, the problems that arise in this sphere. After his lecture, an active debate started on the measures which should be taken to avoid human rights violations and how to bring up a law-abiding citizen. Mr. Perez even gave examples of Russian films that touched the problem of human rights; one of them was the film "Moscow does not believe in tears." In conclusion, N. Perez expressed hope that this is not the last meeting with the students of Law Institute of SFU.

Gratitude to the Institute

Read more: Gratitude to the InstituteThe Law Institute has received a letter of gratitude from the Administration of the Justice Ministry of the Russian Federation of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, signed by the Head of the Administration I.V. Astanina.

The letter expresses gratitude for our Institute for facilitating the holding of the seminar-meeting of Territorial Justice and registrar’s office bodies of the Siberian Federal District. The Administration particularly noted the informative presentation of the docent of the Department of the Civil law I.S. Bogdanova.

It is truly pleasant to receive such a letter. The Law Institute actively cooperates with law enforcement agencies that have a positive impact not only on the interaction of the "theory and practice", but on employment prospects of our graduates also! 

Best educational programms of innovative Russia

Read more: Best educational programms of innovative RussiaAccording to the results of the successive stage of All-Russian project "Best Educational Program of Innovative Russia" which were held in order to increase the prestige of the Russian education, basic education program 030900.62 "Jurisprudence", implemented by our institute, once again among the best!

Law institute graduates are hilghly sought on the international market

Comparative Law Department`s  graduate of 2007, Olga Albertovna Vnykova, earned a first class Master`s degree (LL.M. in American Legal Studies) after graduating from  Vermont Law School.  On the 27 February 2013, she was admitted to the practice of law in New York State.  In 2013 there was only 35% out of 3000 of international applicants that were admitted to the practice of law.