In the academic year 2006/2007 a Study group was established at the Chair of Private International and Civil Law, MGIMO-University with the aim of a profound study of Private International and Civil Law issues, as well as of the problems of international commercial arbitration. The mentors of the Study group are Kabatova E.V., associate professor, and Vershinina E.V., senior lecturer of the Chair of Private International and Civil Law.On the 22nd of December 2006 the Study group held a session dedicated to the 15 years of application of the UN Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in Russia. The session was opened by Prof. Lebedev S.N., who took part in working out the text of the Convention.The reports related to the aspects of the Convention’s application were made by students of the Faculty of International Law and master programmes in International Law and European Law.