Business law

Program description:

Area of studies:
40.03.01

Branch of science:
Social Sciences

Institute:
Graduate School of Economics and Management

Degree awarded:
Bachelor's degree

Intake Year:
2024

Mode and duration of study:
Full-time: 4 years

Languages:
Russian

PROGRAM FEATURES

The program prepares lawyers involved in legal support of business activities.

It is aimed at obtaining basic knowledge in the field of jurisprudence with a focus on the legal regulation of the economy.

Graduates of the program can work as corporate lawyers in public and private companies - economic entities, in government bodies that regulate and control the activities of economic entities, and engage in private practice to protect the interests of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in civil, administrative and criminal cases. The program can become the basis for studying in the legal magistracy and, accordingly, training personnel for the judiciary.

The program “Business Law” is aimed at comprehensive training of a lawyer for the economic sphere, therefore it includes training in general theoretical disciplines (theory of state and law, etc.), disciplines of a private law nature (civil law, etc.) and public law nature ( administrative law, criminal law, etc.). The program is complemented by modern legal disciplines that ensure the acquisition of competencies necessary for the work of a lawyer in the digital economy and the implementation of innovative entrepreneurship.

The program is implemented on the basis of the Department of Legal Regulation of Economic Activities of the Institute of Economics and Management, which has been providing legal training to university specialists for more than 15 years. The department employs three doctors of science, 11 candidates of legal sciences, practicing lawyers, court employees, and experts.

The continuous educational trajectory of the program graduate is ensured by the master’s program “Legal support of economic activity in the digital environment” in the direction of “Jurisprudence”, which is open at the Institute of Economics and Management. Graduates who want to improve their qualifications have the necessary knowledge, which gives them a significant advantage over graduates of other programs when entering this master's program.

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• company lawyer (in-house lawyer);
• legal consulting (private legal practice or work in companies providing legal services to economic entities);
• specialist in competition law;
• specialist in real estate transactions;
• lawyer in the field of notaries;
• assistant referee;
• lawyer in government bodies that regulate or control the activities of economic entities.

COMPETENCIES GRADUATES HAVE

Legal competencies:

• carry out legal analysis;
• solve legal problems;
• conduct legal examination;
• professionally interpret the rules of law;
• construct oral and written speech in a reasoned and clear manner with the correct use of professional legal vocabulary;
• draw up legal documents;
• participate in the preparation of draft regulatory legal acts;
• use legal databases;
• use professional legal digital tools and programs;
• advise individuals and legal entities on the application of economic legislation;
• represent the interests of economic entities in courts and other law enforcement agencies;
• identify violations of economic legislation and conduct checks to ensure compliance with its requirements.

Additional competencies:

• think systematically and critically;
• develop and implement projects;
• work in a team;
• carry out business communication in Russian and foreign languages;
• interact with authorities, commercial organizations and civil society institutions, educational organizations, and the media
• own information technologies necessary in business;
• plan your time rationally, build and implement a trajectory of self-development;
• maintain the proper level of physical fitness.

PROGRAM COURSES

General disciplines

• Fundamentals of project activities
• Practice effective communication
• Russian history
• Philosophy
• Foreign language
• Natural science picture of the world
• Logic and theory of argumentation
• Information technologies and services
• Fundamentals of military training and life safety
• Foundations of Russian statehood
• Basics of Economics
• Fundamentals of Management

Legal disciplines

• History of state and law of Russia
• History of state and law of foreign countries
• Foreign language in the field of jurisprudence
• Theory of Government and Rights
• Constitutional law
• Administrative law
• Civil law, including
• General part of civil law
• Property right
• Law of obligations
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Inheritance law
• Civil process
• Arbitration process
• Labor law
• Criminal law
• criminal process
• Environmental law
• Land law
• Financial right
• Tax law
• Business law
• International law
• International private law
• Forensics
• Criminology
• Social Security Law
• Family law
• Information technologies in legal activities

Disciplines of specialization "Business Law"

• Corporate law
• Practice of concluding contracts
• Banking legislation
• Legal regulation of bankruptcy
• Antimonopoly legislation
• Legal regime of real estate
• Digital Law
• Legal regime of means of individualization
• Customs law
• Legal regulation of procurement
• Fundamentals of advocacy
• Basics of legislation on notaries

PRACTICAL TRAINING

Practices in law firms, commercial structures, courts

• introductory practice – at the end of the 2nd year of study;
• law enforcement practice - at the end of the 3rd year of study;
• pre-graduate practice – at the end of the 4th year of study.

Project-based learning

• in each semester, students participate in the implementation of a specific project at the request of the business and legal community.