The ISL is part of the Philosophical, Sociological, Psychological, and Law Department of RAS.

By Edict of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 16.04.75, the ISL was awarded the Labor Red Banner Order for its services in the development of legal sciences and the training of a scientific staff of lawyers.

2174) entrusted the ISL with the Analytical Center of Legal Policy of the President of the Russian Federation.

The Academic Law University (Russian: Академический правовой университет (АПУ); translit: Akademichiskii Pravovoi Universitet, APU) offers an undergraduate as well as graduate law degrees.

[4] In 2010, the Academic Law University was renamed to the Academic Law Institute (Russian: Академический правовой институт (АПИ); translit: Akademichiskii Pravovoi Institut, API).