V. F. Yakovlev Ural State Law University (USLU, ), formerly the Ural State Law Academy (USLA, ), is a public, research university which includes law schools, colleges, faculties and other public graduate and undergraduate educational institutions. USLU's main campus is situated in the Yekaterinburg, Russia. Founded in 1918, USLU is one of the largest law schools in Russia. USLU is organized into 15 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in Yekaterinburg. USLU operates international scientific relations facilities in London, Helsinki, Nur-Sultan, Berlin, Kyiv, and Minsk. The university has high entry requirements for its prospective students. National Universities rankings ranked the academy in 5 place of the best Law schools in the Russian Federation. The Federal Agency for Scientific Research in information and telecommunication technologies of The Russian Federation ranked USLU in the 2nd position for the best law schools in Russia in 2008. In 2004, USLA was awarded by gold medal in "One hundred best universities in Russia". History The Siberian Institute of Soviet Law () was founded on 20 April 20, 1931 in Irkutsk by the decision of the Government of the Soviet Union based on the Faculty of Law of Irkutsk State University. On 1 August 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 to Sverdlovsk Law Institute (). The institute carried the name of Procurator General of the USSR Andrey Vyshinsky from 1954 to 1962 and after Prosecutor General of the USSR Roman Rudenko from 1981 to 1992. On 24 December 1992 Sverdlovsk Law Institute was renamed to Ural State Law Academy. The academy was renamed to Ural State Law University by decree of Russian Ministry of Education and Science on April 22, 2014. On 9 February 2022 the university was named after the first Chairman of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of Russia Veniamin Yakovlev. Structure Institutes Institute of Justice Institute of Business and Law Institute of the Prosecutor's Office Institute of State and International Law Institute of Special Educational Programs Institute of Additional Education Institute of Pre-University Training Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies Departments Department of Administrative Law Department of Civil Law Department of Civil Procedure Department of Constitutional Law Department of Corporate Law Department of Criminal Law Department of Criminalistics Department of Financial Law Department of History of State and Law