Education

The School comprises over 80 highly qualified specialists in various fields of law, who fully support the educational activities of the undergraduate and graduate programs. For example, Professor O.M. Oleynik, a tenured professor at the university, teaches the course “Entrepreneurial Law” in the Bachelor’s program of the Faculty of Law. This course is devoted to the study of private and public law principles and the foundations of the formation of the legal regime for doing business in Russia. This course analyzes entrepreneurial activity as a form of human economic activity, manifestations of their personal qualities and attitudes. Students are invited to study the system of requirements imposed on entrepreneurial activity, regardless of its form; the control system, including the various types and forms of state and municipal oversight of business; the content, grounds for imposition, and the procedure for implementing legal liability in business; and the main means of protecting the rights of entrepreneurs.

Associate Professor A.I. Shaidullin teaches the course “Bankruptcy” in the master’s program, which is devoted to the presentation of the main categories and institutions of bankruptcy law. Students studying this course gain theoretical and practical knowledge in the legal regulation of insolvency (bankruptcy) relations. Associate Professor M.I. Gubenko teaches the course “Corporate Law-2” in the master’s program, which aims to provide an in-depth study of current issues in the theory and practice of legal regulation of corporate relations. Students studying this course gain fundamental knowledge in corporate governance and control.

Associate Professor E.V. Mokhova is a leading lecturer in the course “Private International Law”, which is taught in the bachelor’s program and is dedicated to an in-depth study of current issues in the theory and practice of cross-border relations affecting the main branches of private international law. In addition to general issues regarding the subject, methods, subjects, and sources of private international law, as well as conflict of laws rules as the basis for the legal regulation of cross-border relations, this course examines the main branches of private international law: international property law, international intellectual property law, international commercial law, international transport law, international settlement law, international civil procedure, and international commercial arbitration.

Associate Professor D.V. Kaisin teaches the course “International Investment Arbitration” in the master’s program, which is dedicated to an in-depth study of current issues of doctrine, international and national legal regulation, and law enforcement practice in the resolution of international investment disputes. Students studying this course gain knowledge about the jurisdiction of international investment arbitration and the admissibility of disputes, the relationship between contractual and international legal obligations in international investment law, legal regimes for foreign investment, and the balance between the protection of the rights of foreign investors and states in modern investment arbitration practice. Associate Professor A.P. Klementyev teaches the course “Securities and Derivatives in Private International Law” in the master’s program, the purpose of which is an in-depth study of the theory and practice of cross-border relations affecting securities and derivatives as financial instruments, including the characteristics of certain types of cross-border securities (for example, depositary receipts) and derivative (forwards, options, swaps).