In 1964 he graduated from the Law Department of the Yerevan State University and later continued his post graduate studies at the Institute of State and Law at the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1974.

Since 1963 he had been affiliated to different institutions, factories, ministries, research institutes and colleges.

In 1978 Yury Mkrtchyan established the first Legal Counseling Center in the USSR and in 1988 was the initiator of the first private Law School “Myud “ in Armenia.

He is also the Chairman of “Myud” Legal Corporation and a professor at ”Myud “ Law School.

Yury Mkrtchyan is married and has two sons.