Legal education in Russia

Legal education is now - one of the most popular in our country.Despite assurances from various experts that an overabundance of lawyers in Russia, every year thousands of high school graduates apply for the legal department of various universities.

Organization of training of lawyers in modern Russia as a whole follows the traditional Soviet system of legal education.And this is her forte - used and proven technique always justify themselves.

main way to get a legal education - training in the law faculties of public universities, and specialized legal institutes and colleges.However, recent graduates do not have the highest and the average legal education.

To get a higher legal education in Russia provided the passage of five full course of full-time study.But it is for graduates who wish to obtain the status of a standard professional to master this period more for bachelor contrary - less.There are also traditional for students already working evening and correspondence training methods, calculated by 5 and 6 years.

According to the established principle of the educational process focuses on the preparation of generalist lawyers who, after completion of the training will be able to take any position requiring legal education.This qualified lawyers should have a sufficiently in-depth knowledge of some particular area of ​​law.Because in addition to study socio-economic, humanitarian and general subjects provided a wide range of highly specialized legal sciences.Among them: the general theory of state and law, history of political and legal doctrines of different history of state and law in Russia and in foreign countries.It also includes Roman law, criminology, judiciary, and public and private international law.Well, of course, the various sectors of the Russian legal system - administrative, civil, tax, labor, financial and criminal law, and especially the various processes - civil and criminal proceedings.

Recent studies suggest courses of additional cycle of special courses, where law students specialize in a particular profile: civil, state and legal, criminal, legal, international legal and other.At the same courses and are intended for items vary depending on the selected profile.

After completing basic training for students ochnikov provides for compulsory practical training, such as in the courts.During her professional future is already receiving the basic skills that support legal education.

In addition, Russia is there a network of special institutions of higher legal.These include the Russian Academy of Justice, Academy of the Russian Interior Ministry, will replace the Higher Police School and the Academy of Public Service and Administration, the Academy of State and Municipal Administration, etc.RAP trains specialists, who will work (or already work) in the judiciary, the Police Academy - specialist police officers, and the Academy of Civil Service produced the future staff of employees of the state, municipal and local government.Here, in addition to legal education can be retraining or refresher courses.His Academy is in all federal districts, it's not one institution.

received a law degree who wish to continue their education and do research at the graduate school, and then - in doctoral studies.After defending candidate and doctoral theses can get the appropriate degree of candidate or doctor of jurisprudence.