Text a Ufa Law Institute of the Interior of the Russian Federation

We are living in the epoch of scientific and technological progress in all spheres of life that requires an ever increasing number of specialists of higher education. Millions of young people are studying at the institutes, universities, academies and special higher schools. They are going to be highly qualified specialists. To meet the requirements of this new age of scientific and technological progress, to cope with ever increasing educational and cultural level of society and to control criminalization of our economy the Ministry of Internal Affairs is planning to improve the overall quality of the Militia personnel and effectiveness of command service through its system of higher law enforcement professional education. It is clear that high standards in legal and general education are quite necessary for a modern professional officer of our Militia. A number of colleges, institutes and academies in the system of the Interior are functioning now training lawyers of higher education for the agencies of the Militia. They are fulfilling the task — to train highly qualified law enforcement professionals. They arc preparing future militia officers to experience and solve the major social problems of our lime ■— crime prevention and crime decrease in our country.

Ufa Law Institute of the Interior of the Russian Federation is one of the famous institutions in the system of the law enforcement professional education in Russia. The institute was founded in 1988 and it has a good tradition of providing good education.

There are two departments in our institute now: a day department and a correspondence one. The day department involves four faculties. The first faculty is called economic crime fighting. This faculty trains economic crime lawyers. The second faculty is called investigators' training faculty. It Irakis investigators. The third one is called criminal detection faculty. It trains operative workers

(operatives). And the fourth faculty is law faculty training future barristers, judges, procurators, notaries. 1 am a first-year (a second-year) student of the law faculty.

In order to enter our institute an applicant must pass the entrance examinations successfully.

The students of our institute have all conditions for getting a good education. There are instructors of great practical experience including Doctors, Candidates of Sciences and Assistant Professors who deliver lectures and do their best to give our students professional specialization and provide them with general and cultural education. A great deal of the trainees of our institute are combining practical and life experience with academic achievements.

Every day the students have lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical classes. In order to become a good lawyer we study such special subjects as Family Law, Civil Law and Civil Process, Administrative Law, Tax Law, Land Law, Criminal Law, Criminalistics, Criminology, Labour Law, Operative-Detective Activity etc. In order to be educated and well-read persons our students study the following general subjects: Logics, History, Foreign Languages, Russian, Philosophy, Sociology and others. Our students could participate in a wide range of specialized training programmes, share their ideas during scientific conferences.

The instruction process is provided with excellent training facilities: well equipped classrooms, laboratories, three lecture-halls, two gyms, two libraries (special and general), many computer rooms, the TV-center, two reading-rooms. There are also many studies, a stadium, a shooting-range, two hostels, a canteen, a club, a medical department and a training camp in our institute. After classes the students can be engaged in sports, can have scientific societies, various clubs.

The term of training is five years at the day department and six years at the correspondence one. After graduating from our institute students get a diploma of a lawyer. At the same time they get the rank of a lieutenant Our institute is justly proud of its graduates. Every year about 400 highly-qualified specialists graduate from our institute. They can work as operatives, divisional inspectors, criminalists, investigators, inspectors of administrative service, notaries, procurators, judges, barristers, legal advisers, economic crime lawyers. Graduates of our institute can also work in law inforccment agencies as well as in different firms, companies, banks, enterprises.

Ex. 11. Answer the following questions.

171. Where do you study?

172. When was your institute founded?

173. What departments are there in your institute?

174. How many faculties are there at the day department?

175. What specialists does your faculty train?

176. What is the term of training at the day department (at the correspondence department)?

177. What subjects do you study?

178. What training facilities are there at your institute?

179. WЪat diploma do the graduates get?

10. Where can our students work alter graduating from the institute? Ex. 12. Make up sentences using the table.

Our institute There

Our students

The term of training

Our graduates

Instructors

The day deparunent

I aw faculty

study a diploma of a lawyer

get in 1988

was founded two departments in the institute

is 5 years

are general and special subjects

delivci lectures

trains future barristers, judges, procurators

involves four faculties

Ex. 13. Match the words in column Л with the words in column B.

180. the term of training

181. general subjects

182. a higher school

183. to get education

5. to be well equipped (>. a day department

184. a correspondence department

185. law enforcement professionals

186. Militia personnel

В

a. выполнять задачу

b. общие предметы

c. заочное отделение

d. кадры милиции

e. высшая школа

£ профессионалы в области правоприменения

g. быть хорошо оборудованным

h. дневное отделение

i. получать образование

Ex. 14. Complete the following answers using the words given below.

library, economic crime lawyer, investigator, canteen, Criminology, district inspector, barrister. History, judge, notary, procurator. Philosophy. Law faculty, lawyer, diploma

187. How is your faculty called? Our faculty is called...

188. Where do you get your books? Wc get our books at the ...

189. Where do you have meals? Wc have*bals in...

190. What subjects do you study? We study...

191. What profession do our graduates get? They get the profession of...

6. What document will you get after graduating from the institute? After graduating from the institute we'll get...

Ex. 15. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents.

1. Constitutional Law

а. Исправительная психология

of Foreign Countries

2. Operative-Detective Activity

.3. Professional Ethics

4. Forensic Medicine and Psychiatry

192. Human Psychology

193. Criminal Procedure

194. Criminology b. Финансовое право

c. Уголовная процедура

d. Криминология

e. Психология человека

f. Психология преступника

g. Судебная медицина и

8. Crime Psychology

9. Financial Law

10.Corrcclive Psychology

психиатрия

h. Оперативно-разыскная деятельность

i. Профессиональная этика j. Конституционное право

зарубежных стран

Ex.16. Translate the following Russian words and word-combinations into English.

Министерство внутренних дел, высшая школа, получать образование, быть основанным, отделение очного обучения, отделение заочного обучения, включать r себя, факультет, борьба с экономической преступностью, сотрудник ОБЭЦ период обучения, выпускник, следователь, хорошо оборудованный, спортивный зал, учебный кабинет, стадион, общежитие, столовая, медицинская часть, юридический институт, министерство внутренних дел, тир, кандидат наук, доцент, судья, нотариус, прокурор, иметь все условия, после окончания института, лагерь для полевых учений, период обучения, получать диплом, высококвалифицированные специалисты, огромный практический опыт, общие предметы, специальные предметы, лекционные залы, выполнять (осуществлять) задачу.

Ex. 17. Make up your own situations using the text above.

195. You are a graduate of Ufa Law Institute of the Interior of Russia. You arc taking part in the international conference, fell your guest about your Law Institute, invite him to visit it.

196. You are an instructor of Law Institute. You are meeting the guests from Britain at your Law Institute, fell them about your Institute.

3. Your friend is a student of Ufa Law Institute. Tell your parents about his studying there, about the training facilities.

Ex. 18. Read and learn the following words and expressions by heart

• a daily routine - распорядок дни

• to attend - присутствовать, посещать

• compulsory - обязательный

• a period - занятие

• daily - ежедневно

• mostly - в основном

• to get down - засесть

• to borrow - брать на время

• an account - рассказ, описание

• to sit up late - засиживаться до поздней ночи

• to do well - хорошо успевать (в учебе)

• to work hard - упорно работать

• to have a short rest - немного отдохнуть

• to go for a walk - гулять (ходить на прогулку)

• a break - перемена

• a time-table - расписание

• to be good at something - быть способным в к-л предмете Syn. - to be clever at something

Am. - to be poor at something - быть слабым в каком-либо предмете

- to bo quite at home in something - хорошо владеть предметом,

разбираться

• to con - зубрить

• to crib - списывать

• to do (take) a subject - проходить предмет

• to learn - учить, изучать, выучить

• to miss - пропускать

• to read up for examinations - готовиться к экзаменам

• to pass an examination - выдержать экзамен

• (о take an examination - сдавать экзамен

• to fail an examination - не сдать (экзамен), провалиться

• a first-year student - студент первого курса

• an undergraduate - студент последнего курса

Ex. 19. Read and translate the text.

My working day

I'm a first-year (second-year) student of Ufa Law Institute of the Interior of the Russian Federation.

My working day begins early. 1 always get up ai 7 o'clock, wash, dress and then have breakfast. After breakfast 1 go to the Institute. 1 usually go there by bus and it takes mc half an hour to get there.

Our classes begin at 8.30 a.m. As a rule we have three or four classes every day (seminars, lectures, practical classes and tutorials). Our lecturers including Doctors of Law, Candidates of Sciences leach us general and special subjects. Between classes we have short breaks . We have no a long break, so we have no enough time to go to our students" canteen to have a snack.

Our classes are over at 15.15 p.m. and I hurry home. I'm always tired and 1 have a short rest alter the dinner. I like to listen to music or watch TV, play computer games or chat with my friend over the telephone. Then I begin preparing my homework. But if you want, after classes you can be engaged in sports, can have scientific societies, various clubs.

Sometimes I go to the library where I can get any books 1 need or work at my reports. I like to work in the reading room of our library. There I can find all the necessary periodical literature and new publications. 1 often sit up late, because I try to work hard at all the subjects and I'm doing well at the Institute.

Ex. 20. Answer the following questions.

197. When do you get up?

198. Where do you live?

199. Where do you study?

200. When do your classes begin?

201. How many classes do you have a day?

202. What general (special) subjects do you study?

203. What subject do you like best?

204. Do you like Foreign Language?

205. What is your favourite special subject?

10. What subjects are easy to learn? 11 .What is your favourite lecturer.'

12.Have you any friends at the institute?

13.1s your group lriendly (united)?

14.Do you have breaks between classes?

206. What do you do in the evening?

207. When do you prefer preparing your homework?

208. Why do you sit up late? 18.When do you go to bed?

19. Are you doing well at the institute? 20.Is your institute well equipped'Ex. 21. Work in pairs and make up your own dialogues using the following substitution patterns.

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1) "What's your favourite subjects?"

" I like English / Psychology / Criminology / History of State and Law/ Philosophy / most of all (best of all).

2) "What is Jim good at?"

clever at

poor at "He is good at History".

poor at solving problems

clever at memorizing foreign words

clever at Criminology

3) " Why didn't you attend the previous lesson in Theory of Slate and

Law?"

lecture on Philosophy seminar in History of State and Law laboratory classes "The point is that I was not well."