The Academic Law Institute (russian: Академический правовой институт (АПИ); ''translit'': Akademichiskii Pravovoi Institut, API) is a private law school founded in
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
under the auspices of the
Institute of State and Law
The Institute of State and Law (ISL) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) (''Russian'': :ru:Институт государства и права РАН, Институт государства и права :ru:Российская акад ...
of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...
. The ALU teaching staff is composed of Institute of State and Law fellows and legal academics within the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In 2010, the Academic Law University was renamed from the ''Academic Law University'' (russian: Академический правовой университет, АПУ) to better reflect the specialized scope of study at the institution.
Notable alumni
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Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov (russian: Сергей Александрович Волков; born April 1, 1973, in Chuhuiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Russian cosmonaut and engineer. He was a member of three missions to the Inter ...
, Russian cosmonaut and son of Soviet cosmonaut.
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William E. Butler, LL.M. (1997), the foremost Western scholar on Russian law.
References
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Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Universities in Moscow
Law schools in Russia
Educational institutions established in 1993
1993 establishments in Russia