V. F. Yakovlev Ural State Law University (USLU)

Уральский государственный юридический университет имени В. Ф. Яковлева (УрГЮУ)
Former names	Siberian Institute of Soviet Law (1931—1934) Sverdlovsk Law Institute (1935—1954, 1962—1981) A. Y. Vyshinsky Sverdlovsk Law Institute (1954—1962) R. A. Rudenko Sverdlovsk Law Institute (1981—1992) Ural State Law Academy (1992—2014) Ural State Law University (2014—2022)
Motto	Russian:Интеллект, честь, творчество Latin:Intelligentia, honorem, glossarium
Motto in English	Intelligence, honor, creativity
Type	Public
Established	1918 (1918) (as the Law Faculty of theIrkutsk State University), 1931
Rector	Prof. Vladimir A. Bublik (since 2007)
Academic staff	554 (February 2022)
Students	8358 (February 2022)
Location	Yekaterinburg , Sverdlovsk Oblast , Russia {{{text}}}
Campus	Urban
Building details
Academic building on Kolmogorov St, 54

V. F. Yakovlev Ural State Law University (USLU,Russian:Уральский государственный юридический университет имени В. Ф. Яковлева, УрГЮУ), formerly theUral State Law Academy (USLA,Russian:Уральская государственная юридическая академия, УрГЮА) and theSverdlovsk Law Institute (Russian:Свердловский юридический институт, СЮИ), is apublic, research university which includes law schools, colleges, faculties and other public graduate and undergraduate educational institutions. USLU's main campus is situated in theYekaterinburg, Russia. Founded in 1918, USLU is one of the largestlaw schools in Russia.^[1] USLU is organized into 15 schools, colleges, and institutes, located inYekaterinburg.

National Universities rankings ranked the academy in 5 place of the best Law schools in theRussian Federation.^[2] The Federal Agency for Scientific Research in information and telecommunication technologies of The Russian Federation ranked USLU in the 2nd position for the best law schools in Russia in 2008.^[3] In 2004 USLA was awarded by gold medal in "One hundred best universities in Russia".^[4]

The Siberian Institute of Soviet Law (Russian:Сибирский институт советского права) was founded on 20 April 1931 inIrkutsk by the decision of theGovernment of the Soviet Union based on the Faculty of Law ofIrkutsk State University. On 1 August 1934 the resolution of theGovernment of the Soviet Union transferred the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law fromIrkutsk toSverdlovsk. In 1935, the Siberian Institute of Soviet Law was renamed to Sverdlovsk Law Institute (Russian:Свердловский юридический институт). The institute carried the name ofProcurator General of the USSRAndrey Vyshinsky from 1954 to 1962 and after Prosecutor General of the USSRRoman Rudenko from 1981 to 1992. On 24 December 1992 Sverdlovsk Law Institute was renamed to Ural State Law Academy. The academy was renamed to Ural State Law University by decree of RussianMinistry of Education and Science on April 22, 2014.^[5] On 9 February 2022 the university was named after the first President of theHigh Court of Arbitration of RussiaVeniamin Yakovlev.

• Institute of Justice
• Institute of Business and Law
• Institute of the Prosecutor's Office
• Institute of State and International Law
• Institute of Special Educational Programs
• Institute of Additional Education
• Institute of Pre-University Training
• Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies

• Department of Administrative Law (Head: Assoc. Prof. Sergey Khazanov)
• Department of Civil Law (Head: Prof. Bronislav Gongalo)
• Department of Civil Procedure (Head: Prof. Vladimir Yarkov)
• Department of Constitutional Law (Head: Prof. Marat Salikov)
• Department of Corporate Law (Head: Prof. Vladimir Belykh)
• Department of Criminal Law (Head: Prof. Zinaida Neznamova)
• Department of Criminalistics (Head: Prof. Alexander Belyakov)
• Department of Financial Law (Head: Prof. Danil Vinnitsky)
• Department of History of State and Law (Head: Assoc. Prof. Natalya Zipunnikova)
• Department of IT Law (Head: Prof. Pyotr Kuznetsov)
• Department of International Law (Head: Prof. Lev Lazutin)
• Department of Judicial Activity and Criminal Procedure (Head: Prof. Vladimir Bozrov)
• Department of Labour Law (Head: Prof. Svetlana Golovina)
• Department of Land Law, Urban Planning Law, and Environmental Law (Head: Prof. Andrey Vinnitsky)
• Department of Legal Theory (Head: Prof. Dmitry Gribanov)
• Department of Physical Education and Sport (Head: Assoc. Prof. Valery Petrov)
• Department of Prosecutor's Activity (Head: Prof. Yevgeny Yergashev)
• Department of Russian and Foreign Languages (Head: Assoc. Prof. Natalya Yushkova)
• Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines (Head: Prof. Alexander Mitin)

Since 1993, the University publishes scientific, theoretical and practical research projects of its students in cooperation with theMinistry of Justice .

USLU maintains and develops relationships with a number of leading universities inEurope and theUnited States.

Over the years Ural State Law University trained over 60,000 qualified professionals.

• Sergei Alexeyev (1949), a Soviet and Russian legal scholar, one of the co-authors of theConstitution of Russia of 1993.
• Veniamin Yakovlev (1953), a Soviet and Russian jurist who served as the 5thMinister of Justice of the USSR from 1989 to 1990 and as the 1st President of theHigh Court of Arbitration of Russia from 1992 to 2005.
• Alexander Karlin (1972), a politician who served as the 5thGovernor ofAltai Krai from 2005 to 2018.
• Yury Skuratov (1973), a Russian jurist who served as the 5thProsecutor-General of Russia from 1995 to 2000.
• Yury Biryukov (1975), a Russian jurist who served as the First DeputyProsecutor-General of Russia from 2000 to 2006 and theSenator fromKalmykia from 2014 to 2019.
• Yury Chaika (1976), a Russian jurist who served as the 6thMinister of Justice of Russia from 1999 to 2006 and the 7thProsecutor-General of Russia from 2006 to 2020.
• Sergey Trakhimenok (1977), a Belarusian writer.
• Serhii Kivalov (1980), a Ukrainian politician who served as the 4th Head ofCentral Election Commission of Ukraine during the2004 Ukrainian presidential election.
• Alexander Yevstifeyev (1980), a Russian politician who served as the 4thHead of Mari El from 2017 to 2022.
• Vladislav Tumanov (1983), a Russian politician who served as the 2nd Governor ofPskov Oblast from 1992 to 1996
• Vasily Piskaryov (1984), a lawyer who served as the Deputy Head of theInvestigative Committee of Russia from 2012 to 2016 and currently seves as a deputy in the8th State Duma.
• Pavel Krasheninnikov (1989), a Russian politician and jurist who served as the 5thMinister of Justice of Russia from 1998 to 1999.
• Andrey Selivanov (1995), a chess player, theWorld Chess Solving Champion of 2003.
• Atakhan Abilov (1999), aTalysh national minority and human rights activist fromAzerbaijan.

Students at the Law School publish several legal journals:^[6]

• Lawyer
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