FACULTY OF LAW

The Faculty of Law was founded in 1972. The faculty prepares highly qualified specialists capable of carrying out legal, research and teaching activities.

The mission of the faculty is to create and transmit knowledge for the formation of a new generation of legal personnel with professional competencies in the field of jurisprudence, attitudes and values that meet the requirements of the modern labour market, with in-depth skills in the application of IT in the field of law, with developed linguistic competence in law enforcement and law-making activities.

The faculty offers a multilevel legal education. Bachelor's, master's, doctoral programs, multilingual education and academic mobility programs are being implemented.

The faculty includes 4 departments: Constitutional and International Law; Theory and history of state and law; Civil and Labor Law; Criminal law, process and forensics.

The faculty has a training laboratory for forensic science and forensic expertise, a courtroom, language laboratories, computer classes, multimedia classrooms, a fund of educational literature, and a reading room. Students have the opportunity to practice at the Legal Clinic, which provides free assistance to socially vulnerable citizens.

The Faculty has a Research Institute for Legal Research and State Studies.

Dates and facts

History:

History

The Faculty of Law was founded in 1972. In 1977, three departments were opened: theory and history of state and law, civil law and procedure, and criminal law and procedure. The first dean of the faculty was Ph.D., associate professor Z.Ya. Bezgans, who laid the foundations of legal education at the Karaganda University.

In subsequent years, the faculty was headed by: Candidate of Law, Associate Professor M.T. Imashev (1975-1980), - candidate of legal sciences, associate professor V.D. Shopin (1980-1984), candidate of legal sciences, associate professor K.K. Kusnidenov (1984-1986), Candidate of Law, Associate Professor V.I. Kulikov (1986-1989), - Doctor of Law, Professor B.Zh. Zhunusov (1990-1994), candidate of legal sciences, associate professor M.K. Umurkulov (1994-1999), - Doctor of Law, Professor E.K. Kubeev (1999-2000), Doctor of Law, Professor G.Z. Kozhakhmetov (2001-2019), - Candidate of Law, Associate Professor A.S. Kizdarbekov (2019-2020). Thanks to the professionalism of the leaders and the staff of the law faculty, the Karaganda scientific school of jurisprudence was created, and competent lawyers were trained for various spheres of the country's economy. Today, graduates of the faculty work in well-known companies in Kazakhstan develop legal practice and engage in teaching and research activities in domestic and foreign universities.

Teachers:

The faculty employs 72 teachers, including doctors, candidates, masters of science, 15 holders of the republican title "The best teacher of the university".

Students:

Today, 1408 students study at the faculty, including holders of state grants, the sign "Altyn belgi", representatives of other regions of Kazakhstan, citizens of Russia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. There is an annual growth in the number of students of the faculty.

Employment:

The employment rate of graduates is 77%.

Dissertation Council:

The faculty has a dissertation council for the defense of doctoral dissertations under the program 6D030100 - "Jurisprudence".

Educational programs:

6В04201 - "Jurisprudence", bachelor’s degree

6В04202 - "Legal support of business", bachelor's degree

6В04203 - "International Law", bachelor’s degree

6В04204 - "Judicial and prosecutorial activities", bachelor's degree

7М04207801 - "Legal support for the activities of public authorities and management", magistracy

7М04207802 - "Legal support of business", master's degree

7М04207803 - "Forensic and prosecutorial activities", magistracy

8D04207801 - "Jurisprudence", doctoral studies.

Double degree program:

7М04207804 - "Combating money laundering and financing of terrorism and economic security", implemented jointly with the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI".

Accreditation and Leadership:

All educational programs of bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies have national accreditation in IQAA and occupy worthy positions in national ratings: the program 6M030100 "Jurisprudence" took 1st place in the IQAA rating in 2019 and 2020; the program 8D04207801 "Jurisprudence" took 3rd place in the IAAR rating in 2019 and 2nd place in 2020; in the rating "Atameken" the program 6В04203 "International Law" took 3rd place in 2019.

Academic mobility and internships:

The faculty is open to cooperation. The practice of guest lectures by leading foreign legal scholars from the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Kyrgyzstan has become widespread:

- Wroclaw University of Administration, Economics and Law (Poland): professors Christian Tsomplak, Artur Lavniczak; Topics of guest lectures: “Constitutional and legal mechanisms for the protection of children in Kazakhstan and Poland”, “Migration in Europe: the model of legal reguiation”, “Actual problems of complance with international electoral standards in national legislation”.

- All-Russian Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: Professor Gladkikh V.I.

- Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin (Kyrgyzstan): professor Sydygalieva A.S., topic of the lecture: "Financial Law: Comparative Analysis".

- Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan: professor U.Sh. Shapak, lecture topic: "Model of constitutional control".

Teachers and students of the faculty undergo internships in leading international educational centres in Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, USA, according to the programs of JSC National Centre for Advanced Studies "Orleu".

Partners:

Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan)

Wroclaw University of Administration, Economics and Law (Poland)

State University of Infrastructure and Technology (Ukraine)

Eurasian National University. L.N. Gumilyova (Kazakhstan)

Kyrgyz State Law Academy under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)

Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin (Kyrgyzstan)

Southwestern University "Neofit-Rilskiy" (Bulgaria)

Scientific publications:

The scientific journal “Bulletin of Karaganda State University. Series of Law ", which is included in the List of COXON MES RK. Scientists from Slovakia, Russia, France, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, etc. are regularly published in it.

Training base:

Forensic Science and Forensic Science Laboratory

Courtroom

Forensic training ground

Education for Justice Office

Legal Information Cabinet,

Mediation room,

Office of forensic technology, forensic psychology, and investigation.

Graduates:

The reputation of the Faculty of Law of Karaganda Buketov University is formed by its graduates, including senators, mazhilismen, members of the Constitutional Council, judges of the Supreme Court, ministers, vice-ministers, heads of departments in the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, judges of regional and district courts, lawyers, investigators, notaries, prominent scientists, heads of local executive bodies, business entities, and businessmen:

Akhmetzhanov Marat Muratovich - Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Bizhanova Gulnara Kadirzhanovna - deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the seventh convocation.

Dulatbekov Nurlan Orynbasarovich - Doctor of Law, Professor, Chairman of the Board - Rector of the Karaganda University named after the academic E.A Buketov.

Yeraly Lukpanovich Tugzhanov - Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Zhunusov Bakhtybai Zholzhaksynovich - Doctor of Law, Professor, Rector of the Central Kazakhstan Academy.

Kubeyev Erkin Kinayatovich - Rector of the KSU named after E.A. Buketov (2004-2019), Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Higher Education.

Kozhakhmetov Arman Tuleshovich - deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the People's Democratic Party "Nur Otan".

Makhambetov Mansurkhan Makhambetovich - Director of the Institute of Parliamentarism of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Nurkina Aigul Kabdushevna - specialist in family law, environmental law, advocacy, deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic.

Tusupbekov Rashid Toleutaevich - State Counsellor of Justice of the 2nd class, candidate of legal sciences, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2000-2009), Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2009-2012), Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Economic and Corruption Crime ( Financial Police) (2012-2014), Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2014-2015), Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2015-2019).

Shapak Unzila Shapakovna - member of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Law, Professor.