Irkutsk State University of Justice. Russian State University of Justice, East Siberian branch of the Federal State Educational Institution of Education (r

The branch was created on the territory of the East Siberian Federal District on August 10, 2001 in accordance with the decision of the founders of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation.

The main building of the branch (and the student dormitory, located fifty meters from the building) is located in a picturesque location on the banks of the Angara River. This district of Irkutsk is called Student Town; many educational institutions of the city with their own infrastructure are concentrated in it: dormitories, sports complexes, and technology parks. This is truly the epicenter of intellectual youth and student life in Irkutsk.

The East Siberian branch today is one of the leading higher educational institutions in Irkutsk. The judicial community of the Irkutsk region and the management of the Judicial Department in the Irkutsk region played an important role in the creation of the branch. The branch carries out training, retraining and advanced training of personnel for the judicial system of several constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Irkutsk region, Trans-Baikal and Krasnoyarsk territories, the Republics of Buryatia, Tyva, Khakassia, Sakha-Yakutia.

The East Siberian branch is headed by Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Alexey Sergeevich Stepanenko. Working with him is a team of high-level professionals he has assembled. Among them: First Deputy Director, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Council of Judges of the Irkutsk Region, Chairman of the Union of Lawyers of the Irkutsk Region Nikolai Gavrilovich Kulik, Deputy Director for Educational Work - Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor Lyudmila Mikhailovna Ivanova, Deputy Director for Scientific Work - Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor Diana Arkadyevna Stepanenko, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraining of Judges, State Civil Servants of the Courts and the Judicial Department - Tatyana Valerievna Zhilenkova, Dean of the Faculty of Training of Specialists for the Judicial System - Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor Marina Anatolyevna Dneprovskaya, Dean of the Faculty of Continuing Education – Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor Natalya Viktorovna Egorova, Head of the Academic Department, Master of Law, Associate Professor Evgenia Viktorovna Yambaeva.

Educational, educational, methodological and scientific work is provided by nine departments: the Department of Criminal Law (the department is headed by Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor Nelly Lvovna Romanova), Criminal Procedure Law (Deputy Head Elena Timergalievna Burnina), Civil Law (Deputy Head Associate Professor Larisa Anatolyevna Cherdakova) , civil procedural law (candidate of legal sciences, professor Sergey Yuryevich Nekrasov), state legal disciplines (Doctor of Philosophy, professor Alexey Sergeevich Stepanenko), theory and history of law and state (candidate of sociological sciences, associate professor Konstantin Yuryevich Yakubenko), humanitarian and social -economic disciplines (candidate of sociological sciences, associate professor Nadezhda Viktorovna Gritskikh), general education disciplines (deputy head, senior teacher Nadezhda Viktorovna Ivanova), organization and security of judicial and law enforcement activities (candidate of legal sciences Alexander Vladimirovich Orlov).

The branch consists of three faculties:

– Faculty of Continuing Education for the training of specialists for the judicial system – on the basis of basic general education;

– Faculty of training specialists for the judicial system (Faculty of Law) – on the basis of complete (general) secondary, secondary vocational and higher education;

– Faculty of advanced training and retraining of judges, state civil servants of courts and the Judicial Department (FPC of judges and civil servants of courts).

Forms of study: full-time and part-time.

Duration of training: standard and accelerated.

Training programs offered: specialty, bachelor's, master's degrees.

Language of instruction: Russian.

Formation of the personality of a modern lawyer, comprehensively developed, with the necessary set of human and professional qualities, is one of the main tasks of the university, requiring not only constant improvement of the educational process, but also carrying out enormous educational work. The leadership of the branch and student government bodies (in particular, the student parliament is active) closely cooperate in solving this problem. Particular attention is paid in the branch to the general civic, patriotic education of students, the creation of conditions for their cultural and aesthetic growth, and the mastery of general and professional ethics. Students of the branch have the opportunity to realize their creative abilities by studying in the literary and drama studio “In the Beginning Was the Word...”, a choreographic dance ensemble of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, a vocal studio, demonstrating resourcefulness and humor in the KVN team of the branch, trying themselves as a student correspondent newspapersBonostudio", achieving sporting success in various sports sections, developing their managerial talent in student government, showing their active life position, participating in the activities of the volunteer group "Our Baby".

A large place in the life of the branch is occupied by the research activities of the teaching staff and the research work of students. These types of activities are aimed at developing fundamental and applied scientific research in the field of organization of the judicial system, scientific support of law enforcement practice of courts, lawmaking, as well as improving the educational and methodological process.

As of November 1, 2014, the branch employed 178 people (113 main employees, 65 part-time employees). The number of teaching staff is 111 people, that is, 62.3% of all employees in the branch are teachers.

75 teachers have an academic degree (67.6%), of which: 18 – Doctor of Science (16.2%),57 are candidates of science (51.3%).Currently, 5 university employees are conducting research on doctoral dissertations, 4 graduate students and 3 applicants are conducting research on candidate dissertations.

Two of the scientific and pedagogical workers were awarded the honorary title “Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation,” and three bear the title “Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation.”Federal judges and professors from Moscow take part in the educational process, regularly giving lectures to students.

The branch has created a system of scientific clubs and student laboratories. The student scientific society is actively functioning. At the annual review-competition of the results of scientific activities of teaching staff, graduate students, applicants, students of the East Siberian branch of the RSUP, faculties, departments, scientific creative teams, scientific circles and laboratories, young scientists and scientists with a name sum up the results of their scientific activities for the year, demonstrate their achievements and successes, and these achievements are becoming more and more every year.

Students of the branch can test the theoretical knowledge acquired during training and gain professional skills in the legal clinic, which works in several areas.

Legal scholars and representatives of the region’s judicial community received with great interest the publication of the collection of scientific works “Verbъ justice." On the pages of this collection, law enforcers, scientists, as well as students, undergraduates, graduate students, and applicants discuss current scientific problems, share experiences, express their opinions on various issues of legal science, practice, legal education, ethics and psychology of professional activity, information provision of citizens in the field exercise of judicial power.

Together with the Irkutsk Regional Court, the Arbitration Court of the Irkutsk Region, the Administration of the Judicial Department in the Irkutsk Region, the Administration of the Department for Supporting the Activities of Justices of the Peace, the Council of Judges of the Irkutsk Region, the East Siberian Branch of the RGUP conducts permanent scientific and practical seminars, round tables on various issues related to increasing the efficiency of the region's judicial system.

Experienced practical workers of the judiciary participate in the educational process of the university, which allows them to quickly convey relevant modern knowledge to the student audience, refracting it to real judicial activities.

The branch strives to expand its international relations and strengthen cooperation with colleagues from other countries (the priority of the branch is the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, in particular China, Korea, Mongolia). The forms of such cooperation are participation, organization and holding of international scientific and practical conferences, congresses, round tables, student exchanges, teacher internships, lecturing, master classes, etc.

Over the thirteen years of its existence, the East Siberian Branch has trained 2,081 graduates of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Continuing Education. More than 7,000 assistant judges of courts of general jurisdiction, arbitration courts, court secretaries, court staff, and justices of the peace were trained here at the faculty of advanced training and retraining.

The branch continues to develop as a scientific and methodological center of the region's judicial system. Its graduates are in demand, and many of them successfully work in the judiciary.

Studying with us is prestigious, comfortable and interesting!