The State Higher Educational Institution of Professional Training “The Russian Law Academy of the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice (hereinafter the RLA of the Ministry of Justice, Academy) was set up in accordance with the enactment of the RFSSR government dated Dec. 2, 1991 N 28 “On the establishment of the Russian Law Academy of the RFSSR Ministry of Justice” on the basis of the Law Academy of the USSR Ministry of  Justice, which was the successor of the All-Union Institute of Continuing Education for Lawyers founded by the USSR Ministry for Justice in accordance with the decree of the Central Committee of the USSR Communist Party and the USSR Council of Ministers dated July 30, 1970 N 634  “On measures of improving the work of judicial and prosecution bodies.”

     At present the Academy is the only fundamental educational and research institution of the Russian Ministry of Justice and it trains practicing lawyers of new formation able immediately on graduation to participate in putting into life planned targets of the Russian Ministry for Justice (expert examination of all Federal and other legal drafts for their corruption capability, legal support of small business, protection of private property, creation of the system of free legal support for socially unprotected citizens).

     As for qualification of the staff the Academy ranks as one of the leaders among law educational establishments in Russia.

     As a higher educational institution RLA of the Ministry of Justice implements the curricular of secondary, higher, postgraduate and further professional training.

     The Academy carries out:

-         training of experts with vocational and higher legal degrees;

-         retraining and further education of employees of legal bodies and agencies; bailiffs; executives and experts of different organizations;

-         legal training and further education of experts in executive and legislative bodies;

-         training highly qualified research and academic staff at the postgraduate courses or extramural postgraduate students at the relevant departments with the purpose of awarding a scientific degree.

     The Academy consists of departments, faculty of law, legal studies faculty (Academic law college), faculty of continuing education, a scientific research institute, postgraduate courses and a doctorate, an international cooperation and public relation department, academy access course, a legal support center, a library, a publishing department and affiliations.

     The Academy is a leading body of the Russian Ministry of Justice which ensures the development of theoretical problems in the field of staff retraining and further education as well as coordinates scientific, educational,  methodological, publishing activities relating to lawyers in-service training within the framework of the Russian Ministry of Justice.