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Legal work experience

15 October 2026, 12:45

Legal professional experience includes the time spent working in positions that do not require legal education: state positions in federal government agencies, state agencies of the subjects of the Russian Federation, other state agencies established in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, constitutions (charter) of the subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as in state agencies that existed in the Russian Federation prior to the adoption of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation; municipal positions, including those in local self-government bodies. In addition, time spent working in positions requiring a legal education in the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in legal departments of organizations regardless of their organizational and legal forms and forms of ownership, in scientific research institutes and other scientific research institutions, time spent teaching legal disciplines in secondary vocational, higher vocational, and postgraduate professional education institutions, as well as time spent working as a lawyer and notary is included in the work experience in the legal profession (ceased to be in force on 2010-12-29)¹.

Federal Law No. 169-FZ of December 15, 2001, "On Amending and Supplementing the Law of the Russian Federation 'On the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation' of December 15, 2001, as amended on April 5, 2005, Article 1, paragraph 2, which has lost its force since December 29, 2010 // RSZ RF. 2001. No. 51. Item 4834. ↩

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