About the Malyi Center for the Study of Institutional and Legal Integrity

The Malyi Center for the Study of Institutional and Legal Integrity is the Law School’s newest center, established in 2023. The Malyi Center stimulates new research on the sources of sound institutions, their consequences, and the conditions of their endurance. The Malyi Center sponsors academic research on institutions by researchers within the University of Chicago community and beyond and encourages real-world impact through conferences, speaker events, and visiting scholars. Professor Tom Ginsburg, a leading international and comparative law expert, is the Malyi Center’s faculty director.

Pavel Malyi graduated in 1991 from the Moscow State University of International Relations with a degree in International Law. In addition to his LLM, Pavel also holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.