 The judicial lyceum was from then on funded directly by the Imperial Russian Government, which mandated the institution of a four-year course which, upon successful completion, culminated in the student concerned being awarded the title 'candidate of judicial sciences'.Twenty scholarships which afforded government maintenance funds to their holders were also prepared and awarded each year.After the first students graduated, the judicial lyceum’s interim statute was made permanent, with Alexander II finally approving the new Statute on January 6, 1875.