Medvedev's Son to Study Law

July 30, 2012

The son of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev intends to follow in his father's footsteps and study law.

Ilya Medvedev, who will turn 17 on Friday, has been accepted to the law department at Moscow State University, according to a list of students published on the university's website Monday.

As a winner of an Olympiad, a school academic competition, he will study for free.

Dmitry Medvedev, a lawyer by training, graduated from Leningrad State University in 1987 and later earned a master's degree from the same university.

(MT)

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