Бакалавр юриспруденции

To earn a bachelor’s degree at KIMEP University a student must complete 146 KIMEP credits or 240 ECTS.

Category of Courses	KIMEPcredits	ECTS
General Education courses	36	56
Program Foundation Requirements	41	67
Program Foundation Electives	27	45
Program Specialization Requirements	15	25
Program Specialization Electives	21	35
Other Graduation Requirements	6	12
Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation	146	240

For General Education requirements please see the General Education section of the Catalog.Program Foundation Required courses is divided into six different modules. Students have to complete 41 credits, 67 ECTS.

Module of Language, Research and ProfessionalSkills		11 cr	18ECTS	Prerequisites
GENxxxx	Business Russian / Kazakh	2 cr	3ECTS	None
GEN1100	Academic Speaking	3 cr	5ECTS	Academic Listening and NoteTaking (English)
LAWENG1121	Academic Reading and Writing forLaw Students	3 cr	5ECTS	Academic Reading and WritingI (English)
LAW1301	Legal Research, Reading and Writing	3 cr	5ECTS	LAWENG1111;LAWENG1121
Module of Legal Theory		3 cr	5ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW1101	Theory of State and Law	3 cr	5ECTS	None
Module of Legal History		3 cr	5ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW2303	Roman Law	3 cr	5ECTS	None
Module of State Regulation / Public Law		6 cr	10ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW2104	Constitutional Law of Kazakhstan	3 cr	5ECTS	None
LAW3311	Public International Law	3 cr	5ECTS	Theory of State and Law
Criminal law		6 cr	10ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW2106	Criminal Law of Kazakhstan:General Part	3 cr	5ECTS	Theory of State and Law
LAW2107	Criminal Law of Kazakhstan: SpecialPart	3 cr	5ECTS	Criminal Law of Kazakhstan:General Part
Civil law		9 cr	15ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW2108	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: GeneralPart	3 cr	5ECTS	Theory of State and Law
LAW2109	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: Special Part	3 cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: GeneralPart
LAW3312	Private International Law	3 cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan:Special Part
Internship		3 cr	4ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW3602	Internship I	3 cr	4ECTS	90 credits plus Civil Law ofKazakhstan: General Part

Program Foundation Electives courses.In this section students must complete 27 credits, 45 ECTS. For those students who want to obtain Minor degree from other colleges, they need to take only 15 credits, 25 ECTS. The rest 12 credits, 20 ECTS will be counted toward Minor degrees.

Module of Legal Theory. Students musttake one elective course in this module		3 cr	5 ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW2301	History of Political and LegalStudies	3 cr	5 ECTS	None
LAW2302	Philosophy of Law	3 cr	5 ECTS	None
Module of Legal History. Students must take one elective course in this module		3 cr	5 ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW1102	History of State and Law ofKazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	None
LAW1103	History of State and Law inForeign Countries	3 cr	5 ECTS	None
State regulation / Public law. Students must take three elective course in this module		9 cr	15 ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW1101	Introduction to the Legal System of Kazakhstan	3 cr	5ECTS	None
LAW2105	Administrative Law ofKazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	Constitutional Law of Kazakhstan
LAW3308	Environmental Law of Kazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	None
LAW3309	Animal Law	3 cr	5 ECTS	None
LAW3310	Customs Law	3 cr	5 ECTS	None
Criminal Law. Students must take one elective course in this module		3 cr	5 ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW4512	Criminalistics	3 cr	5 ECTS	Criminal Law of Kazakhstan: Special Part
LAW4519	Criminology	3 cr	5 ECTS	Theory of State and Law, Criminal Law ofKazakhstan: General Part (pre- or co– requisite)
Civil Law. Students must take three electivecourse in this module		9 cr	15 ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW2110	Labor Law of Kazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW3302	Tort Law of Kazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW3303	Company Law of Kazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW3304	Family and Inheritance Law ofKazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW3306	Intellectual Property law ofKazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW3307	Land Law of Kazakhstan	3 cr	5 ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW3313	Property Law	3 cr	5 ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part (co- requisite)

Program Specialization required courses. Students need to complete 15 credits, 25 ECTS.

Internship		3cr	5ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW4603	Internship II	3cr	5ECTS	LAW3602 Internship I plus completion of atleast 120 credits of courses
Procedural courses		6cr	10ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW4401	Criminal Procedure Law ofKazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Criminal Law of Kazakhstan: Special Part
LAW4402	Civil Procedure Law ofKazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: Special Part
Business law		3cr	5ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW3301	Contract Law of Kazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
d) Comparative Law		3cr	5ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW3305	Comparative ConstitutionalLaw	3cr	5ECTS	Constitutional Law of Kazakhstan

Program Specialization Elective coursesStudents should complete 21 credits or 35 ECTS from program specialization elective courses.

a) State Regulation. Students must take one elective course in this module		3cr	5ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW3040	Antimonopoly Law	3	5	None
		cr	ECTS
LAW4507	Law of Energy and NaturalResources	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4508	Financial Law of Kazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW4509	Tax law of Kazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
b) Procedural Law. Students must takeone elective course in this module		3cr	5ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW4510	Procuracy Supervision inKazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Criminal Procedure Law of Kazakhstan (co– or prerequisite)
LAW4511	Advocacy in Kazakhstan andProfessional Ethics of Lawyer	3cr	5ECTS	Criminal Procedure Law of Kazakhstan (co– or prerequisite)
LAW4513	Court System of Forensic Inquiry	3cr	5ECTS	Criminal Procedure Lawof Kazakhstan
c) Business law. Students must take fourelective courses in this module		12cr	20ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW3101	Civil Law General Part Seminar	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW3040	Antimonopoly Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4501	Commercial Litigation inKazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Procedure Law of Kazakhstan
LAW4502	Law of the WTO	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4503	Law of the European Union	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4505	International Investment Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4506	International Commercial Law	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: Special Part
LAW4508	Financial Law of Kazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW4509	Tax Law of Kazakhstan	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part
LAW4533	Eurasian Economic Union Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
ECN4153	Law and Economics	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4534	Fundamentals of LegalConsulting	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4999	Selected Undergraduate Topicsin Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
d) Comparative Law. Students must take one elective course in this module		3 cr	5 ECTS	Prerequisites
LAW4517	Comparative Contract Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4535	Comparative Law	3cr	5ECTS	The completion or parallel study of theTheory of State and Law (LAW 1101) is an advantage
LAW4536	Introduction to Common Law	3cr	5ECTS	Theory of State and Law (pre- or co–requisite)

BLLB Students have an option to choose minor or the second major in International Law. The courses must not be double-counted in Program Foundation or Specialization elective courses.Major in International Law for LLB students (42 credits or 70 ECTS):

LAW3040	Antimonopoly Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4502	Law of the WTO	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4503	Law of the European Union	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4504	International Human Rights Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4506	International Commercial Law	3cr	5ECTS	Civil Law of Kazakhstan:Special Part
LAW4507	Law of Energy and Natural Resources	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4514	Law of International Treaties	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4515	International Criminal Law	3cr	5ECTS	Criminal Law of Kazakhstan:Special Part
LAW4516	Introduction to the Legal System of ForeignCountries	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4517	Comparative Contract Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4520	Public International Law (Advanced)	3cr	5ECTS	Public International Law
LAW4521	History of International Law	3cr	5ECTS	None
LAW4523	International Institutional Law / Law ofInternational Organizations	3cr	5ECTS	Public International Law (co-requisite)
LAW4526	International Humanitarian Law	3cr	5ECTS	None

Final Attestation
LAW4769	Thesis I	3 cr	6 ECTS	Prerequisite all academic credits plus completion of at least130 credits of courses
LAW4707	Thesis II	3 cr	6 ECTS	Prerequisite all academic credits plus completion of at least 130 credits of courses
	TOTAL	6 cr	12 ECTS

Or*

LAW4710	State Examination	4cr	8ECTS	Prerequisite all academic credits pluscompletion of at least 130 credits of courses
LAW4708	State Examination in Civil Procedure Law	1cr	2ECTS	Prerequisite all academic credits plus completion of at least 130 credits of courses
LAW4709	State Examination in Criminal Procedure Law	1cr	2ECTS	Prerequisite all academic credits plus completion of at least 130 credits of courses
	TOTAL	6cr	12ECTS

MINOR IN LAW FOR UNDERGRADUATES

The School of Law offers students of other colleges two types of minor in law programs: 1) Minor in Law; and 2) Minor in International Law

To obtain Minor degree in Law students need to earn 15 credits

 

Minor in Law			ECTS
Prerequisite
LAW1001	Introduction to the Legal System of Kazakhstan	3	5
Any four courses (12 credits) from the list below
LAW1101	Theory of State and Law	3	5
LAW2104	Constitutional Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
LAW2106	Criminal Law of Kazakhstan: General Part	3	5
LAW2108	Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part	3	5
LAW2110	Labor Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
LAW2301	History of Political and Legal Studies	3	5
LAW2302	Philosophy of Law	3	5
LAW2303	Roman Law	3	5
LAW3301	Contract Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
LAW3302	Tort Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
LAW3303	Company Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
LAW3304	Family and Inheritance Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
LAW3305	Comparative Constitutional Law	3	5
LAW3306	Intellectual Property Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
LAW3309	Animal Law	3	5
LAW4509	Tax Law of Kazakhstan	3	5
TOTAL		15	25

 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS OF BACHELOR OF LAWS PROGRAM

LAW1101 Theory of State and Law (3 credits)

Prerequisites: None

Previously listed as GEN1630

This course aims at introducing the students to the main important concepts and principles of the theory of state and law (TSL). The fundamental nature of TSL for all legal branches – both practical and special legal sciences, is explained. The interaction between the state and law is clarified. Students learn and analyze a number of major theories that describe the origin and nature of the state and law. The course provides a systematic description of TSL discussing the main characteristics, typology of the state, its forms and functions, the nature, content, sources, structure, application and interpretation of the law and legal norms. Students will discuss, in an interactive manner, such key notions as lawful behavior, legal responsibility, and legal awareness and culture. The main aim of the course is to provide the students with a balanced perspective on this crucial discipline combining both theoretical and practical approaches, as well as analytical tools to reflect critically on the major concepts of law pertinent for all legal disciplines, both public and private, in order to be used in their future legal practice.

LAW1102 History of State and Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: None

Previously listed as LAW2101

This course considers the emergence of the ancient states in the territory of Kazakhstan and then examines the development of feudal nomadic monarchies of Huns, Turks, Mongol-Kypchaks and Kazakhs. Special attention will be paid to the major principles of the organization and activities of the Kazakh Khanate as well as the main characteristics of customary Kazakh law. Next, students learn the development of state and law in Kazakhstan when it was a part of the Russian Empire. Subsequently the legal status of Soviet Kazakhstan is examined with special emphasis placed upon the constitutions of 1926, 1937 and 1978. Finally, the course analyzes the development of state and law in independent Kazakhstan paying special attention to the process of the adoption of the Declaration of Sovereignty of October 25, 1990; Constitutional Law on Independence of December 16, 1991; the first Constitution of Kazakhstan of January 28, 1993 and the current Constitution of August 30, 1995.

LAW2104 Constitutional Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: None

Previously listed as LAW2103

The course introduces Constitutional Law of Kazakhstan (CLK) as a leading legal branch science. It explains the notion, object, sources, system and methods of CLK, its basic principles and concepts. A characterizing overview of the Constitution of Kazakhstan is provided. The constitutional basis of status of the individual and citizen in Kazakhstan are discussed. The constitutional status of social political institutions (state, administration, state and non-state organizations, political parties, etc.) are reviewed. Students will familiarize themselves with constitutional basics of organization and functioning of such key state institutions as Parliament, President, Government, and judiciary, Office of the Prosecutor, local state and self-governing bodies as well as the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan. Suffrage and the electoral system are discussed. The course is thus aimed at providing the students with up-to-date information and theoretical / practical knowledge on major pillars of CLK.

LAW2105 Administrative Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2104 Constitutional Law of Kazakhstan 

This course introduces students to the body of law governing the legal issues of state administration and state service. It deals with forms and methods of the state administration and explains the system of organs of state administration. In addition, students are introduced to the various legal administrative regimes and the principles of the organization of the state service. Since state administration is engaged in a variety of different spheres, the course examines a number of branches of the administrative legal structure. Furthermore, the course focuses upon legal issues of administrative liability and proceedings. 

LAW2106 Criminal Law of Kazakhstan: General Part (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW1101 Theory of State and Law

Previously listed as LAW2301

This course considers in detail the principles and main concepts of criminal law and legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (CrLRK). Students will learn, from dynamic and comparative perspectives, specific rules with respect to the operation of criminal law in time, space and by person, the notion and various categories of criminal offences, incomplete offences as well as general conditions for criminal responsibility. The course will also extensively review the law governing complicity in a crime and the circumstances excluding, mitigating and aggravating the criminality of acts. Subsequently the concept, types and the purposes of criminal punishment as well as the conditions of the release from criminal responsibility and punishment are examined with particular attention to the specifics of the criminal responsibility and punishment of juveniles. Mandatory medical measures are also discussed.

LAW2107 Criminal Law of Kazakhstan: Special Part (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2106 Criminal Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

Previously listed as LAW2302

Criminal Law Special Part extensively reviews individual crimes and the particular punishments applicable to each. In particular the course deals with crimes against human life and health; against freedom, honor and dignity of persons; against sexual inviolability and freedom; against the constitutional rights and freedoms and against minor persons. Special attention will be paid to crimes in the sphere of economics, crimes against property and crimes against the interests of commercial and non-commercial organizations. Subsequently the course will examine crimes against public security, order and morality; ecological crimes and crimes against traffic safety. Finally students will learn rules with respect to the crimes against the fundamentals of the constitutional system and state security; corruption crimes and other crimes against state administration; crimes against military service as well as crimes against peace and mankind’s security.

LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW1101 Theory of State and Law

Previously listed as LAW2201

This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and principles of civil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The course deals in particular with the following major issues: (1) foundations of civil law in Kazakhstan, focusing upon application and interpretation of civil legislation, the exercise of civil rights and protection of freedom of entrepreneurship; (2) the law governing persons, including natural persons (especially their legal and deed capacity as well as entrepreneurial activities) and  legal entities (in particular their types and forms, issues related to their foundation documents, legal capacity, liability, reorganization, etc.); (3) the law of transactions with particular emphasis on the rules related to the execution, termination and invalidation of contracts; (4) the property law covering  acquisition and protection of the right of ownership, legal issues related to immovable property, state ownership, etc.; and (5) the law of obligations, including execution of obligations, methods of securing the execution of obligations, replacing persons in obligations and responsibility for violating obligations.

LAW2109 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: Special Part (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

Previously listed as LAW2203

The course provides a systematic overview of all types of individual contractual obligations provided by the Special Part of the Civil Code of Kazakhstan, obligations arising due to infliction of damage, obligations due to unsubstantiated enrichment, intellectual property rights, inheritance rights and international private law.

LAW2110 Labor Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

The course focuses upon legal rights and obligations of employees and employers under Kazakhstan law. Students not only learn the labor legislation, but also study related court cases, and draft employment contracts and acts of an employer. Areas to be covered include: (a) individual employment contract (including peculiarities of labor law contract against those of services contract under civil law) (b) worker’s compensation law and practice; (c) mandatory employment standards (duration of vacation, working time, etc); (d) peculiarities of some employment relationships including those of minors, women, disabled, government officials, etc, (e) social partnership agreements, and collective contracts, (f) trade unions (rights and obligations of an employer and a trade union), (g) mandatory safety standards and (i) government control.

LAW1001 Introduction to the Legal System of Republic of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: None

This survey course provides a framework to understand the normative dimensions of the legal system of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It introduces students, through lectures, seminars and practical exercises, to basic legal concepts of law and state and subsequently exposes them to fundamental principles and doctrines of Kazakhstan’s legal system.  The course reflects the breadth and diversity of the legal system of Kazakhstan and covers the basics of its main branches, including: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Financial Law, Tax Law, Labor Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Family Law, etc.

LAW3301 Contract Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

This course focuses on the law of contractual obligations covering the formation and interpretation of business transactions, legal limitations on the bargaining process, claims and defenses related to breach of contract, and remedies for breach. In addition, it explores legal peculiarities of each type of contract, i.e., purchase and sale, barter, lease, transportation, construction, bank servicing, loan, insurance, storage, and many other contracts. It develops necessary skills and competencies to draft and efficiently negotiate business contracts.

LAW3302 Tort Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

The second part of the course focuses on civil obligations arising out of injury (damage). It introduces students to the fundamentals of tort doctrine, focusing primarily on ‘injury (damage),’ ‘illegality,’ ‘causation,’ and ‘guilt’ elements required to establish conditions for civil liability, and types of liabilities, including personal injury, products liability, and moral distress, etc. Working on skills-based exercises, students will practice analyzing and applying tort principles to factual scenarios. Finally, the course deals also with the legal issues of unjust enrichment.

LAW3303 Company Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

The course builds on the introduction to legal entities.  Students study the concept, attributes and legal capacity of legal entities as well as rules related to the creation of legal entities; organs of legal entities; branches and representations of legal entities; reorganization and liquidation of legal entities. Besides students will study in detail various forms of legal entities: business partnerships (general partnership, kommandit partnership, limited liability partnership, partnership with additional liability and joint stock company), production cooperative, state enterprise as well as non-commercial organizations. The practical component of the course consists of drafting documents relating to the creation and operation of a legal entity.

LAW3304 Family and Inheritance Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

Previously listed as LAW3209

The social, political and economic transformations which faced Kazakhstan in the last fifteen years made an impact on family relations and thus family legislation and inheritance legislation. The first part of the course examines the basic laws governing issues such as the definition of marriage; marriage contracts; termination of marriage; marital support; marital property; debts and family business in marriage as well as matters which regard parental rights and obligations; children’s rights and adoption. Cross-border cases, such as international marriages and international adoption are analyzed in the course. The second part of the course is dedicated to inheritance issues, such as the form and content of testament as well as the procedure of inheritance by law, in a case the testament is missing. During the semester the students will receive theoretical knowledge regarding family and inheritance issues and will be offered numerous challenging cases to solve in order to develop the ability to apply these laws in practice.

LAW3306 Intellectual Property Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

Previously listed as LAW3206

Intellectual property is one of the most important issues of business and of common life since it involves the rights of producers as well as those of consumers, the rights of authors and of those who enjoy their creations. The course describes objects of intellectual property rights and their methods of protection as well as remedies available to the injured party. The legislative regulation of copyright, patents, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets and appellations of origin of goods are studied within the course – from the point of view of Kazakhstani legislation and in accordance with international agreements on intellectual property. In addition, students will encounter novel contractual innovations such as licenses that protect open-source ware. Together with the theoretical analysis of IP legislation the students will be offered numerous cases to solve, which involve both local and international intellectual property laws.

LAW3307 Land Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

Previously listed as LAW3401

The course analyzes legislative regulations of relations in the sphere of management, usage and perseverance of land resources of Kazakhstan. Rights and responsibilities of state, natural persons and legal entities towards the land are described in the course as well as difference between types of land: lands reserved for agricultural use, lands of municipality, industrial lands, and protected land territories, lands of forest and water funds are to be analyzed from legislative point of view.

LAW3308 Environmental Law of Kazakhstan (3 credits)

Prerequisites: None

Previously listed as GEN2721 Environmental Law

Environmental protection is a matter of everyone’s concern. The first part of the course consists of an introduction to environmental studies, and provides an understanding of the scientific study of nature; the relationship between human beings and the environment; corporate social responsibility; the causes and consequences of major environmental problems; and cost/benefit analysis to evaluate possible solutions to regulation of the environment. The second part of the course focuses upon the concept, principles and tasks of the Environmental Law of Republic of Kazakhstan, the legal mechanism of the protection of environment, the legal forms of the environmental control and the issues of the juridical liability for the violation of Kazakhstani laws regulating the use and protection of the environment. In addition, the course examines international agreements and policy goals dealing with the mitigation of the adverse effects of cross-border pollution and other environmental damage and the allocation of liability for that damage.

Tuition & Fees

Scholarship opportunities
There are many opportunities for merit-based scholarships for Kazakhstani and international students.
While studying at KIMEP University, students may also apply for part-time positions available on the University campus.
Contact the Office of Financial Aid, if you would like to apply for scholarship.

At the successful completion of this Program, the student is able to::

• Correctly employ specific legal and political terminology
• Correctly interpret and apply normative legal acts, and provide legal advice
• Draft memos and other legal documents
• Analyze understanding of the role and influence of international trends on Kazakhstan’s legal system
• Effectively explain the specific features of the legal system of Kazakhstan and their relation to long- term process in the legal and constitutional history of the country
• Make legal decisions based on legal acts and ethical values
• Effectively process legal information in English, Russian and Kazakh
• Conduct legal research individually and in teams

Having achieved these learning outcomes, students are prepared to pursue further study of law at the Master level or to work locally. For example graduates will be qualified to work in:

• Law Firms
• Business Firms
• Financial Services Firms
• Government bodies
• Independent law practice