School development strategy

DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 2024-2028

Academic School of “Law”

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL

Goal of the Academic School: To create conditions and organize the educational process in a way that future specialists not only acquire theoretical knowledge but also develop a set of practical skills and competencies across a wide range of professional activities. This development plan for the Academic School of “Law” is aligned with the Strategic Development Plan of Kainar Academy, taking into account key factors in the university’s overall development, and aims to achieve a socially significant, large-scale, and comprehensive impact through the implementation of innovative principles in the school’s operations.

Objectives of the Academic School:

• Improving undergraduate and graduate curricula and developing corresponding teaching materials in accordance with state higher education standards;
• Supporting and developing scientific and pedagogical innovation programs;
• Enhancing the quality of the educational process organization; introducing new educational technologies;
• Providing the educational process with modern literature and technical equipment;
• Actively developing research activities among faculty and students;
• Attracting highly qualified instructors and practitioners to the educational process;
• Forming a modern system of educational work;
• Developing cooperation with other universities, government bodies, local self-government, law enforcement agencies, commercial and non-profit organizations, and implementing joint educational and scientific projects;
• Conducting career guidance work with prospective students.

Vision: The Academic School of “Law” strives to be a competitive, dynamic, and creative team of professionals with high cultural and performance standards in key areas: educational, research, and international.

Expected Outcomes: Ensuring academic excellence and increasing the competitive appeal of education among talented youth.

IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS OF THE DEPARTMENT’S STRATEGIC PLAN

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #1. Training Competitive Specialists

Improving educational programs aimed at training competitive specialists through the integration of education, science, and industry.

• Developing new educational programs and forms of their implementation.
• Developing and implementing new educational technologies and student support systems.
• Enhancing the system of working with talented youth and the university alumni community.
• Building the university’s reputation as a provider of high-quality legal education services.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #2. Research Activities

Developing and increasing the efficiency of the school’s research activities.

• Expanding international research collaboration.
• Supporting and encouraging professional growth among faculty.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #3. International Cooperation

• Integrating into the international environment to adopt global standards in education and achieve international quality in educational programs.
• Attracting scholars and professors from foreign law schools (from Bologna Process countries, Russia, the USA) to teach legal disciplines.
• Preparing a platform for launching dual-degree programs in law.
• Collaborating with international organizations (humanitarian, legal, public, and socio-cultural) supporting academic exchanges, research, and internships in education.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #4. Student Personal Development

4.1 Developing leadership qualities, socio-cultural, moral-spiritual, and entrepreneurial competencies in future specialists.
4.2 Forming socially adaptable individuals with high civic responsibility, patriotism, and tolerance.
4.3 Equipping future specialists with competencies to develop entrepreneurial projects.
4.4 Cultivating success-oriented leaders.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #5. Strategic Analysis of the Academic School’s Activities

5.1 Creating an Education Quality Diagram for the school.
5.2 Criteria for a modern academic school.
5.3 Identifying “weak links” in the educational process.
5.4 Developing a goal achievement roadmap.
5.5 Monitoring short-, medium-, and long-term staffing needs in humanities and law, defining a talent pool list, and identifying faculty meeting reserve requirements.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #6. Student Employment

6.1 Signing agreements with enterprises and organizations for internships and employment.
6.2 Organizing roundtables on employment issues with employers.
6.3 Improving professional practice content, supporting career development, and strengthening cooperation with Employment Centers.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #7. Faculty Development

7.1 Faculty Professional Development:
– Establishing a “Lawyer” club;
– Requiring each faculty member to complete at least one 72-hour professional development course annually;
– Enhancing faculty qualifications through international programs (especially in Bologna Process countries);
– Promoting trilingualism among faculty.

7.2 Enhancing Educational Activities:
– Improving teaching materials (textbooks, video lectures, e-resources);
– Developing self-study resources for students and graduate students;
– Creating e-courses for “Law Enforcement,” “Business Law,” and “Public Administration” programs.

7.3 Boosting Research:
– Expanding joint research on key themes (e.g., “State Regulation of Repatriation,” “Current Legal Issues”);
– Increasing student and graduate involvement in research;
– Advancing research in core programs.

7.4 Strengthening Graduate Employment Support:
– Partnering with employers for internships/jobs;
– Hosting roundtables with Almaty employers on employment challenges.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION #8. Infrastructure Development

8.1 Updating library and classroom resources.
8.2 Launching virtual forensic labs for the “Law Enforcement” program.

Reviewed and approved at the meeting of the Academic School of “Law”
Minutes No. _6_ dated “17” _01_ 2024