Address:
210038, Republic of Belarus,
Vitebsk, Moscovsky Avenue, 33
office 331
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Telephones:
+80212 428360
+375 33 317 95 08

Dean of the faculty is Kozlovskaya Violetta Viktorovna.

History:

The Faculty of Law is a harmonious combination of fundamental theoretical knowledge and modern practical skills that are necessary for every lawyer.

Our main goal is to train modern, competitive lawyers who meet the needs of the most demanding employers.

We use the latest educational technologies, including interactive training and in-depth study of reference legal systems.

The Faculty of Law was established on October 26, 1998. There are over 700 students at the faculty nowadays. From 2022 to date, the Faculty of Law is headed by Kozlovskaya Violetta Viktorovna. In 2020, the faculty started a Master's degree program in the specialty: «Jurisprudence», the profilizations:

- «Legal regulation of foreign economic activity»

- «Judicial, prosecutorial and investigative activitiesр»

- «Economic law».

Forms of education:

-the daytime form: 1 year

-the part-time form: 1,5 year

Departments of the Faculty:

Department of History and Theory of Law

Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure

Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

Specialties:

6-05-0421-01 «Jurisprudence»: specializations «Judicial, prosecutorial and investigative activities» and «Economic law» (daytime and part-time forms of education);

6-05-0421-02 «International law» (daytime education).

People with secondary vocational education, as well as people receiving a second higher education, are trained in reduced time in the specialty 6-05-0421-01 «Jurisprudence».

Alumni today:

Our alumni are in demand in the legislative, executive and judicial bodies; prosecutor's offices; justice institutions, other state organizations and institutions; bar associations; commercial and non-profit organizations.

Alumni of the specialty «International law» can work in organizations that carry out their activities at the international level both on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and abroad (preparation and legal examination of contracts with the participation of foreign partners, participation in negotiations, representation in court).

Laboratories / centers / branch offices:

-Educational, scientific and production complex «Themis», set up on the basis of the Economic Court of Vitebsk region, Vitebsk Regional Court, the Main Department of Justice of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Department of Internal Affairs of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and Vitebsk Customs;

- Training laboratory «Laboratory of legal information» (legal clinic);

- Branch of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure in the Department of Enforcement of the Main Department of Justice of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee;

- Branch of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure in the Vitebsk Regional Bar Association;

- Branch of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure in the Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus in Vitebsk region;

- Cluster for cooperation in the field of preventing and combating cybercrime;

- Student Club in International Law «ErgaOmnes».

Scientific and educational facilities:

- Forensic laboratory

- Forensic testing ground

- Training laboratory «Laboratory of legal information» (legal clinic).

International cooperation:

The Faculty has signed cooperation agreements with the Economic Court of Vitebsk Region, Vitebsk Regional Court, the Main Department of Justice of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Department of Internal Affairs of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Vitebsk Customs, Smolensk University for the Humanities, Russian Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice of Russian Federation, Belarusian State University, the Institute of Law and Humanitarian Education of Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, the Institute of State History and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, the St. Petersburg Law Academy, Leningrad State University named after A. S. Pushkin.

Research Аreas:

- Topical issues of the theory and practice of jurisprudence

- Historical and legal, general theoretical, constitutional and international legal problems of comparative law

- Modern state and law in the context of digital reality

- Methodological and legal foundations of artificial intelligence and robotics

- Legal bases, sources and directions of implementation of state information policy

- Current problems of criminology

- Current problems of criminalistics

- Psychological foundations of corruption crime

- The legal nature of state immunity in civil law relations

- Relevant issues of the constitutional law of foreign countries

- Current problems of representative government

Alumni:

   Martirosyan Edgar – «Jurisprudence», 1998-2003, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus.

   Ryzhikov Nikolay – «Jurisprudence», 1998-2003, Minsk Transport Prosecutor, Senior Adviser to Justice.

   Latyshevnikolai Viktorovich – «Jurisprudence», 1998-2003, Deputy Head of the Criminal police Department of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.

   Gornak Inessa – «Jurisprudence», 1998-2003, Head of notary office №1of Oktyabrsky district of Vitebsk.

   Babakin Ruslan – «Jurisprudence», 2004-2009, Head of the interdistrict department of the Traffic Police Department of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.

   Borodavko Dmitry – «Jurisprudence», Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the administration of Oktyabrsky district of Vitebsk.