Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University is self-governing (autonomous) state higher law educational establishment of IV level of accreditation. The history of the University has begun since XIX century, on November 17 1804 the Kharkiv Empire University was established by the order of Alexander I and the ethics and political department was part of it. In 1835 it was officially renamed as the Law department of University. At different times famous lawyers worked here, such as professors M.M. Alekseenko, L.E. Vladimirov, M.A. Hredeskul, V.P. Danevskyi, I.I. Ditiatin, L.N. Zahurskyi, D.I. Kachenovskyi, O.V. Kunitsin, M.O. Kuplevaskyi, O.I. Paliumbetskyi, A.M. Stoianov, M.O. Taube, I.F. Timkovskyi, M.P. Chubinskyi and others. In 1920 by the decision of the government of Ukraine the Institute of National Economy was established on the basis of the Kharkiv University law faculty. It was the basis of the Law Institute which trained lawyers for state and economic bodies. The first lecturers of the law faculty – the founders of the Institute – were famous law professors: V.M. Hordon, V.M. Koretskyi, O.D. Kisilev, V.F. Levitskyi, M.O. Maksimeyko, M.I. Palienko, V.I. Slivitskyi, V.S. Trakhterov and others who worked at the Kharkiv University before....