Research work

The challenges facing modern jurisprudence are so complex that their solution requires research skills. The very profession of a lawyer (investigator, prosecutor, judge, lawyer, etc.) is of a search, research nature.

A lawyer should be able to:

• collect regulatory and factual information;
• interpret and apply laws and other regulatory legal acts;
• legally correctly qualify the facts and circumstances;
• to uncover and establish the facts of offenses;
• systematically improve their professional qualifications, study legislation and the practice of its application, navigate in the specialized literature;
• analyze judicial and administrative practice. Therefore, a modern lawyer should possess not only the necessary amount of legal knowledge, but also certain skills of creative solution of practical problems. All these skills are acquired at the university through the active participation of students in research work.

R&D is a continuation and deepening of the educational process, one of the important and effective means of improving the quality of training lawyers with higher education.

The goals of students' scientific work are the transition from mastering ready-made knowledge to mastering methods of obtaining new knowledge, acquiring skills of independent analysis of socio-legal phenomena using scientific methods.

The main objectives of students' scientific work are:

• development of creative and analytical thinking, expansion of scientific horizons;
• instilling sustainable skills of independent research work;
• improving the quality of assimilation of the studied disciplines;
• development of the ability to apply theoretical knowledge and modern methods of scientific research in legal activity.

The research work of students carried out during extracurricular time includes:

• work in a scientific circle created at the department;
• participation in research work on the cathedral topic;
• presentations and presentations at scientific-theoretical and scientific-practical conferences held at the university;
• participation in intra-university, inter-university and republican Olympiads and competitions for the best scientific work;
• preparation of publications based on the results of the conducted research;
• study and generalization of the best practices of legal practice (investigative, judicial, lawyer, prosecutor, notary, etc.).

The research work of students in the Law and International Law is represented by the participation of undergraduates and students in the work of the scientific circle "Themis" and the regular holding of scientific seminars of the department with the participation of students.

The main content of the activity of the circle is the performance of scientific research in extracurricular time on a certain topic of the department.

Within the framework of the work of the circle, the preparation of scientific reports and reports is provided, their hearing and discussion at the meetings of the circle is organized, the presentation of the best student works for competitions and conferences, the involvement of professors and teachers of the department in working with students, the organization of meetings of members of the circle with practitioners. Also, students participate in the republican subject Olympiads held annually.

Results of participation of students of the Department of "National and International Law" for 2023

in international and national competitions

On October 30, 2023, the IV International Student Internet Olympiad "Electoral Systems of the world" ended. This year, 2,476 students from CIS countries took part in it. 
We are proud to announce that a student of our university "Turan-Astana" OP "International Law" Aidana Meirambek became a prize-winner and winner of the diploma of the winner of this Olympiad!
The organizers were the International Institute for Monitoring the Development of Democracy, Parliamentarism and Respect for the Electoral Rights of Citizens of the IPA CIS member States, the Saratov State Law Academy and the International Center for Scientific Information. The main goals and objectives of the Internet Olympiad are to increase the level of knowledge of young voters about the principles of democratic development of modern society, parliamentarism and the electoral rights of citizens, the formation of students' creative abilities and interest in scientific knowledge of the world.

In December, the first republican competition of anti-corruption projects «Innovative solutions against corruption» ended in Karaganda. The event was organized by the akimat of the Karaganda region, the regional department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Anti-Corruption and the public association «Union of Youth and Children's Organizations of the Karaganda Region».  From the 120 submitted projects 18 made it to the finals.
On December 1, 2023, at the final ceremony, the project of the senior teacher of the Department of National and International Law A.F. Yagmusova and 1st year student of the Faculty of  Law K.A. Filippi was awarded a prize of 1,000,000 tenge from the public organization «Adildik  Zholy»  for the implementation of his project.

On November 17, 2023, the Police Department of the Karaganda region of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan noted the participation of students of higher educational institutions of the Republic in the essay competition "Modernization of the Kazakh police." Aydana Meyrambek, a 2nd year student of "International Law" direction at "Turan-Astana" University, and her scientific director Yskak S.A., a senior lecturer at the Department of National and International Law, were awarded for their contribution to this competition.

Exchange of scientific experience of teachers of the Department of National and International Law. 
Assel Karipova, Associate Professor of the Department of National and International Law, and Akerke Yagmusova, Senior lecturer at @nuedukz at the "Impact Central: Bridging Social Development and Entrepreneurship in Central Asia" International Conference.

The Department of National and International Law took part in the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference "Innovations based on artificial intelligence: the view of young researchers".  
On February 28, the Department of National and International Law took part in the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference "Innovations based on artificial Intelligence: the view of young researchers". This is an important event, jointly organised with the Moscow Polytechnic University, brought together scientists from different countries, including Kazakhstan, Spain, Germany, Angola, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and many others.

In February 2023, a meeting of the scientific student’s club "Phemida" was held on the issue: "Actual problems of improving the penal enforcement legislation."

Students of the specialties "Jurisprudence", "International Law", as well as undergraduates of the specialty "Jurisprudence" took part in the work of the club.

On February 25 2023, the Department “of National and International Law” held a scientific and methodological seminar on the topic: “The implementation of the Concept of the Anti-Corruption Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023-2026”.  Associate professor in Law R.Sh.Karymsakov made a report. Bachelor students and undergraduates of the Educational Program “Jurisprudence” and “International Law” took an active part in the seminar.

The speaker announced the progress in anti-corruption agenda in Kazakhstan and introduced some approaches to develop corruption fighting policy that will be realized through the implementation of the tasks specified in the Concept, answered the questions of the seminar participants.

The discussion of the fundamental issues of the “Concept of the Anti-Corruption Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023-2026”  demonstrated the importance of adopting the Conception and the formation of intolerance towards corruption.

In March 2023, a regular meeting of the scientific student club "Phemida" was held. The subject of the meeting was the discussion of issues of civil law regulation of representation relations, letter of attorney, civil law terms.

Students of EP 6B04201 "Jurisprudence", EP 6B04202 "International Law", as well as undergraduates of EP 7M04201 "Jurisprudence" took part in the work of the "Phemida" club.

The reports of students and undergraduates were heard, reflecting certain aspects of the study of master's theses and graduation projects, including - A. Aytzhan "Representative office", A. Zhenisbek and M. Enbekov "Letter of attorney", S. Senbi "Agreement", T. Kazyken " Deadline".

Representatives of law enforcement bodies attended the meeting of the club. The best reports were recommended for publication.

In April 2023, within the framework of the scientific and methodological seminar of the Department of National and International Law, a speech was organized by the professor of the Department, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kapsalyamov Kairat Zhaksylykovich on the topic: "Methods of conducting classes in special legal disciplines". K.Zh. Kapsalyamov in his speech, based on a scientific analysis of the teaching methods of active forms of education, generalized the organization and procedural order of conducting various types of classes with students and undergraduates on the example of the discipline of criminal procedure law.

In addition, at the scientific and methodological seminar, Professor K.J. Kapsalyamov shared his experience in developing programs for a Mass Open Online Course (MOOC), elaborated on the methodology for the formation of teaching materials for Digital educational resources of the Central Educational Institution, as well as on the problems of developing the structure and coordination of video lectures.