The center No. Pr-1796 based on the leading legal scientific educational institutions of the Russian Federation is formed according to Order of the President of the Russian Federation of July 17, 2012:
- law department of Moscow State University of a name of M.V. Lomonosov (MSU),
- law department of St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU),
- Moscow state legal university of O.E. Kutafin (MGYuA),
- Ural state legal academy (URGYUA).
To "The center of legal initiatives" the organization of selection and synthesis of suggestions for improvement of new edition of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation with monthly representation to the Russian President of the report on a possibility of their implementation is assigned.