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)
Motto	Russian: Не для школы, а для жизни мы учимся Latin: Non scholae sed vitae discimus
Motto in English	Not for school but for life
Type	Public
Established	1931 (1931)
Rector	Viktor Blazheev (since 2007)
Academic staff	900 (2021)
Students	15 544 (2021)
Location	Moscow , Moscow , Russia {{{text}}}
Campus	Urban
Website	www.msal.ru
Building Building details
Academic building on 9, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya St
General information
Coordinates	55°45′43″N 37°35′10″E / 55.762°N 37.586°E / 55.762; 37.586

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.