Administrative Law, Administrative Process

Profession

Protecting interests in court, adjudicating administrative claims, working with cases of administrative offenses and other categories of cases is a serious challenge. It requires good professional training. During their studies, law students receive a wealth of knowledge and skills sufficient to work in court and prosecutor's office, Investigative Committee, public authorities, and legal departments. Moreover, graduates can engage in scientific and pedagogical activities, apply for advocacy, and if they have a bachelor’s degree in law, sit as a judge.

Educational Process

The RUDN academic school of administrative law and administrative procedure was founded in 1970s, and it is successfully developing today. The school’s characteristic feature is the common use of comparative legal and hermeneutic methods. Recently, the school professors have developed original courses based on the analysis of the Russian and foreign sources. The courses included in the curriculum of the Master’s programme meet the requirements of the leading foreign universities. Master’s programme Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure gives an opportunity to gain knowledge, develop skills and abilities in the field of substantive administrative law and administrative procedure. It allows to acquire professional knowledge of administrative law and administrative procedure in foreign countries and to master skills in conducting comparative legal research. The programme provides training for work in all branches of the government, in municipal bodies and institutions, as well as commercial and non-profit organizations, including the issues of application of innovative information and communication technologies in public administration.
Disciplines:
— Current Issues of Administrative Law;
— Administrative Process Theory;
— Administrative Procedures;
— Administrative and Punitive Process;
— Administrative Justice;
— Public and Municipal Service;
— State Control and Supervision in the Russian Federation;
— Administrative and Legal Forms and Methods;
— Information Technologies in Public Administration and Administrative Court Proceedings;
— Authorization System;
— Enforcement Proceedings in the Russian Federation;
— Administrative Procedures in the Banking Sector;
— Administrative Procedures in the Tax Area;
— Public and Private Partnership;
— Administrative and Legal Mechanisms Combatting Corruption;
— Legal and Administrative Regimes;
— Customs Law;
— Antitrust Law;
— Migration Law.

Practice

Undergraduates undertake internships in federal ministries and departments, in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in the prosecutor's office and in courts.

Career

Having successfully mastered the educational programme, graduates get the opportunity to apply the knowledge in the field of administrative law and administrative process while working in legislative, executive and judicial authorities, municipal bodies, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation and in the regions, and international and Russian non-governmental organizations.
The list of potential Moscow employers having agreements with RUDN University includes:
— International Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation,
— INTERSPUTNIK International Organization of Space Communications,
— Gazprom PJSC,
— Koblev and partners Law firm,
— Egorov ,Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners Law firm,
— Ivanov, Makarov and partners LLC,
— United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees.