This is a list of main law schools in Russia in alphabetical order.
Russian law schools do not require attendees to have a bachelor's degree. For example, Vladimir Putin attended law school straight out of high school. [1]
In Russia, the higher education is considered to be a higher education if only it was acquired at state or private institutions of higher education which had the state accreditation for particular speciality at the time of graduation. In addition, there is non-state professional-social accreditation of quality of directly legal education provided for in Decree of President of Russia of 26 May 2009, №599, which is carried out by Association of Lawyers of Russia (Ассоциация юристов России ). [2] However, as of 2020, the Association of Lawyers of Russia assessed only a small number of russian law schools. Also, there are many rankings done by private agencies.
Moscow State University is a public research university in Moscow, Russia.
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.
The National Research Tomsk State University, TSU is a public research university located in Tomsk, Russia. The university, which opened in 1888, was the first university in the Asian part of Russia and, in practice, the first Russian university East of the Volga.
Saint Petersburg State University is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the university from the beginning has had a focus on fundamental research in science, engineering and humanities.
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) is an institute of higher education located in Moscow, Russia. The institute is run by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MGIMO is considered one of the most prestigious and elite universities in Russia.
The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by entrepreneur Alexei Vishnyakov as the first finance-specialized college in the Russian Empire.
HSE University, officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics is a public research university founded in 1992 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Along with its main campus located in the capital, the university maintains three other regional campuses in Nizhny Novgorod, Perm and Saint Petersburg. There is also the Lyceum at HSE University in Moscow.
Vladimir Sergeyevich Gruzdev is a Russian entrepreneur and a politician. He was a deputy of the State Duma (2003-2011) and governor of the Tula Oblast (2011-2016). Since December 2016 - Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia.
The European University at Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as EUSP, is a non-state graduate university located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1994.
Perm State University or PSU, PSNRU, is located in the city of Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. Founded in 1916, it claims to be one of the oldest universities in the Ural and eastern territories of Russia. Its current rector is Dmitriy Krasilnikov.
Narxoz University is a university in Almaty, Kazakhstan offering courses in economics, business, finance, and law.
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation is a public university located in Moscow, Russia. It was considered among top five universities in Russia in 2010 according to Forbes and RBC as well as one of the oldest Russian universities preparing economists, financiers, philosophers, bankers and financial lawyers. It was ranked between # 1,001 and 1,200 globally in 2023 in the QS World University Rankings.
Ural Federal University, named after the first President of Russia, B. N. Yeltsin, is an educational institution in the Ural region of Russia. The Ural Federal University was formed by a merger of the Ural State Technical University and Ural State University. It is one of 10 Russian Federal Universities. The university cooperates with the Russian Academy of Sciences and serves as a research and innovation center for the Ural region. UrFU offers educational programs in four areas of knowledge and 108 academic majors.
Dmitry Vladimirovich Shumkov was a Russian lawyer, businessman, public figure, and a billionaire. In 2012, Shumkov was named the Lawyer of the Year award winner, which is the highest honor for lawyers in the Russian Federation. The award was established by the Edict of the President of the Russian Federation on 8 October 2009. Shumkov was listed as having been among the top 10 lawyers of the Russian Federation.
Ilham Mammadhasan oglu Rahimov – Azerbaijani and Russian legal scholar, entrepreneur, and author of scientific works on criminology.
The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) (Russian: Московская высшая школа социальных и экономических наук) is a non-state university founded in 1995 by Teodor Shanin, a renowned sociologist, peasant studies researcher, historian, and professor at the University of Manchester. Since 2011, the Rector of MSSES is Sergey Zuev.
The Saint-Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the EMERCOM of Russia is a state institution for the training of specialists in the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. It is currently led by Internal Service Major General Bogdan Gavkalyuk.
On 4 March 2022, the Russian Union of Rectors signed an address in support of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The letter was signed by heads (rectors) of 304 higher education institutions in Russia. It was highly publicized inside Russia, but internationally it only led to further isolation of Russian educational institutions.