EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING THE ACADEMIC SUBJECT "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FRAMEWORK OF ENERGY LAW" AT THE KUTAFIN MOSCOW STATE LAW UNIVERSITY (MSAL)

Abstract

The article discusses the features and current approaches to teaching new branches of jurisprudence based on positive experience gained at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), where in 2010 the Institute of Energy Law (now the Institute of Contemporary Applied Law) was founded -- the first and only educational institution at that time in Moscow and in Russia that focused on training professional lawyers for the energy industry. The paper carries out an analysis of an innovative learning system developed for teaching "Constitutional and Legal Framework of Energy Law" in accordance with current legislation and recommendations of the educational-methodical literature. The article outlines specific characteristics of the training course "Constitutional and Legal Framework of Energy Law" formed in such a way that in the process of studying this subject the student masters both basic knowledge in the field of constitutional law and additional knowledge necessary for a lawyer in the sphere of energy. The education results of the students of the Institute are largely determined by the competences, students' abilities to apply that knowledge, skills and personal qualities acquired by students in accordance with the objectives of professional activity.