Ural State Law Academy

The Ural State Law University was founded in September of 1918 as the Faculty of Law of the Irkutsk State University. By the August of 1934, the University was transferred from Irkutsk to Sverdlovsk and renamed the Sverdlovsk Law Institute. During that time, the Institute consisted only of three chairs: the Chair of Socio-Economic and Political Studies, the Chair of Soviet Economic Law and the Chair of Criminal Law and Procedure. Afterwards, new chairs were established and those that had already existed were enlarged. Besides, the number of students was gradually growing.

The Siberian Institute of Soviet Law was founded on April 20, 1931 in Irkutsk by the decision of the Government of the Soviet Union. In August 1, 1934 the resolution of the Government of the Soviet Union transferred The Siberian Institute of Soviet Law from Irkutsk to Sverdlovsk. In 1935, The Siberian Institute of Soviet Law was renamed as Sverdlovsk Law Institute. Finally in 1937, Siberian Institute of Soviet Law had received the new name - The Sverdlovsk Law Institute (SUI). During this period, the institute had been cooperating with the following scientists and professors: Professor V. Durdenevsky, S.F. Kechekyan, B.A. Landau, B.B. Cherepakhin, K.S. Judelson, S. Yushkovs and others. In December 24, 1992 The Sverdlovsk Law Institute was renamed as the Urals State Law Academy. The academy was renamed as Ural State Law University by decree of Russian ministry of education and science in April 22, 2014.