Kutafin Moscow State Law University

Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Московский государственный юридический университет имени О. Е. Кутафина (МГЮА)
Former names
Moscow Institute of Soviet Law (1931—1933)
Central Institute of Soviet Law (1933—1937)
All-Union Correspondence Institute of Law (1937—1990)
Moscow Law Institute (1990—1993)
Moscow State Academy of Law (1993—2013)
MottoRussian: Не для школы, а для жизни мы учимся
Latin: Non scholae sed vitae discimus
Motto in English
Not for school but for life
TypePublic
Established1931 (1931)
RectorViktor Blazheev (since 2007)
Academic staff
900 (2021)
Students15 544 (2021)
Location
Russia Moscow
,
Moscow
,
Russia
CampusUrban
Websitewww.msal.ru
Building details
Academic building on 9, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya St
Map
General information
Coordinates55°45′43″N 37°35′10″E / 55.762°N 37.586°E / 55.762; 37.586
Orenburg Branch of Kutafin Moscow State Law University

Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) (Russian: Московский государственный юридический университет имени О. Е. Кутафина) is a coeducational and public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1931. MSAL was renamed after Oleg Kutafin in 2012 and was then known as Kutafin University. Its rector is Viktor Blazheev.