Article by Timur Sinuraya (researcher at Leiden University Law Faculty) looking at the impact of the transition to open market economy in Russia on the reform of the legal system and in turn on the legal training curriculum. Published in the Letter from … section of Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.