Law Institutes of the mia in Russia

Higher educational establishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Russia are designed to train highly qualified law enforcement officers and provide them with high standards in legal and general education.

In order to enter a Law Institute of the MIA the applicants should pass a physical examination, a background investigation, a psychological test, an oral interview and some entrance examinations. If there are passing grades, proper moral and physical standards, they will become students of the Institute. The tuition here is free.

According to the regulations the students of the Law Institute of the MIA are to wear a special militia uniform since they are going to become militia officers, not civil lawyers. Upon graduation the students will get a diploma of a lawyer and become lieutenants of militia ready to work in different militia agencies. Their future profession is law, crime detection, crime investigation and crime prevention.

Knowledge of special means, methods and forms of crime detection and crime investigation is quite necessary for the graduates of Law Institutes so that under any circumstances they could perform their duties in a professional manner. That is why the students have lectures, seminars and practical exercises in many special education subjects: Law Enforcement Tactics, Firing Drill, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Forensic Sciences, Crime Detection, Crime Psychology, Criminology and some others. In addition to special education subjects there are general education subjects on the curriculum such as Political Science, Sociology, Philosophy, History of Russia, Foreign Languages and some others. They aim at broadening the students’ horizons, developing their intellectual capacities, their reasoning power and their ability to communicate.

The lecturing and instructional staffs of Law Institutes of the MIA are experienced lecturers, well-known scientists and law enforcement experts of great practical experience.

Most Law Institutes of the MIA in Russia have good living and instruction facilities: specially equipped classrooms; computer laboratories equipped with up-to-date computers; lecture-halls; self-study classrooms; libraries; indoor and outdoor shooting ranges; clubs; camps for field training; physical technique complexes with gymnasiums, obstacle courses and running tracks; dining halls and dormitories.

The term of training is four and a half or five years, but there is always an opportunity for further education at postgraduate courses at the Academy or other Law Institutes.

Task 39. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations; memorize them.

1. поступить в юридический институт МВД

2. сдать вступительные экзамены

3. проходной балл

4. соответствующий моральный и физический уровень

5. бесплатное обучение

6. в соответствии с уставом

7. стать лейтенантом милиции

8. получить диплом юриста

9. исполнять свой долг

10. расширять кругозор

11. преподавательский состав

12. полоса препятствий

Task 40. Make up short stories with the following words and word combinations.

1. Law Institute of the MIA, to be designed, to train, highly qualified, law enforcement officers, to provide, high standards, legal education, general education.

2. To enter an institute, an applicant, to pass, a physical examination, a background investigation, a psychological test, an oral interview, entrance exams, passing grades, proper moral and physical standards, to become a student, tuition.

3. Regulations, to wear, a militia uniform, to become militia officers, graduation, to get a diploma, lieutenants of militia, militia agencies, crime detection, crime investigation, crime prevention.

4. Special means, methods and forms of crime detection, graduation, under any circumstances, to perform one’s duty, professional manner, special education subjects, general education subjects, to broaden one’s horizons, to develop one’s intellectual capacities and reasoning power.

5. The lecturing and instructional staff, experienced lecturers, well-known scientists, law enforcement experts, practical experience, the term of training, an opportunity, further education, postgraduate courses.

6. Living and instructional facilities, a specially equipped classroom, a computer laboratory, up-to-date computers, a lecture-hall, a self-study classroom, a shooting range, a physical techniques complex, a gym, an obstacle course, a running track, field training, a camp, a dining hall, a dormitory.

Task 41. Answer the questions.

1. What year student are you?

2. What higher educational institution do you study at?

3. When was your Law Institute founded?

4. What kind of specialists do they train here?

5. What departments do they have at the Institute?

6. What kind of education is provided at the Institute?

7. What should the applicants pass in order to enter the Institute?

8. What requirements should they meet to become students of the Institute?

9. Do the students pay for the tuition?

10. What uniform do the students wear at the Institute?

11. Are the students of the Institute going to become civil lawyers or law enforcement officers?

12. What will you become after graduation?

13. What diploma will you get?

14. What will your profession be?

15. What kind of knowledge is necessary for the graduates of the Institute?

16. What special education subjects do the students of the Institute take?

17. What do they need these subjects for?

18. What general education subjects are there on the curriculum?

19. What do these subjects aim at?

20. What kind of lecturing and instructional staff do they have here?

21. What kind of living and instruction facilities do they have at the Institute?

22. How long is the term of training here?

23. Are there any opportunities for further education for the graduates of the Institute? What are they?

24. Why did you choose this very Institute?

25. Was it easy for you to get accustomed to the system of lectures and seminars after the school system of classes and home-tasks?

26. Do you have to work much after your lectures and seminars are over?

27. What subjects are on the second/third-year curriculum at your Institute?

28. What are your favourite subjects?

29. Do you think you’ve made the right choice having entered this Institute?

30. What career opportunities do you see for yourself?

Task 42. Make up a story about your Institute.

Task 43. Give written translations of the texts.