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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
The objective of the study programme is to prepare lawyers who have excellent knowledge of the essential and specific elements of the Lithuanian legal system as well as EU and international legal knowledge, able to effectively and ethically represent and consult their clients, settle disputes between the parties in a humane manner, given the exceptional role of a lawyer as a guarantor of justice in the society, able to switch easily to work under the civil and common law traditions, develop their activities in transnational organizations, international companies and the European Union institutions. Studies develop students’ skills of applying legal norms and legal principles to the facts, using modern legal databases and preparing procedural legal documents; students moreover master the legal English language. The programme aims at active participation of the students in the learning process, i.e. creating an environment that promotes discussions and encourages dialogue between teachers and students in lectures, avoiding a monologue type of teaching, paying great attention to a student’s abilities to apply legal norms and principles to the factual situation. This shapes creative and critical thinking skills of students, develops their skills of analyzing legal problems and discussing legal issues.
Learning outcomes:
1. To explain, apply, analyze, and evaluate the principles and content of all main branches and institutes of law in terms of national and international legal regulation.
2. To apply the law in judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings, prepare legislative acts, interpret and apply the law based on the knowledge of economics, philosophy, sociology and other sciences.
3. To prepare and organize normative legislative acts, apply rules of the juridical technique of lawmaking.
4. To argue, write essays, formulate practical and scientific problems and conclusions in both Lithuanian and English language, using legal databases and various modern information technologies.
5. To plan, organize and control activities and working hours while working independently and in a team; by communicating and cooperating with specialists from other fields.
6. To analyze and assess human behavior and activities as well as those of social institutions from the legal point of view; the nature, versatility, relevance and application of various texts; make reasoned decisions on the settlement of legal conflicts.
7. To be impartial, sensitive to the impact on others and the environment, reconcile divergent interests and act in accordance with the established standards of professional conduct.
8. To develop coherent, logical and critical thinking; to study effectively and continuously.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Future lawyers study university-level general education, study basics, specific professional and optional subjects of the study programme, of which mandatory are Legal Theory and Constitutional Law, Civil and Civil Procedure Law, Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law, Administrative Law and Procedure, International Public Law, Financial Law, Legal History, EU Law. Moreover, students study Labour Law, Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property Law and other subjects.
Some of the subjects are taught by foreign visiting lecturers (from such countries as the USA, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, etc.).
During the last year of the studies, the students have legal internships (16 ECTS) in courts, law firms, notary offices, bailiff offices and other agencies or institutions, with which the VMU Faculty of Law concludes practical training agreements. Additional practical training is ensured by developing the skills of using modern national and international legal databases, drafting procedural documents and simulating court proceedings during lectures.
Study programme is completed with a final master’s thesis. Graduates are awarded a qualification degree of Master of Law.
During the studies information search, analysis of documents and scientific sources, problem solving, analysis of problematic situations and questions, case study, discussion, debate, preparation of research project, essay writing, oral presentations, group work take place.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
The university applies a cumulative grade evaluation system for the assessment of learning outcomes.
Learning outcomes of students are evaluated by means of midterm tests, other intermediate evaluations (auditorial tests, presentation of papers, homework, individual tasks) and examination of independent work (project) performed by students. If the subject is taught as an intensive course, its outcomes are evaluated by means of the final examination only.
The assessment methods used during the studies are: testing or examination (mid-term and exam); monitoring and evaluation of discussions and debates; monitoring and evaluation of performed practical tasks; evaluation of problem solutions; monitoring and evaluation of coursework, essays, case studies, reports, project presentations.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Introductory courses to various branches of science and areas (16 ECTS). They are divided into 4 subgroups (Biomedical and Physical Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts) and Foreign Languages group (up to 24 ECTS).
Methodological Foundations of Law,
Technology law,
Roman law and Latin legal terms,
Legal Theory,
Public speaking,
Legal History,
Constitutional Law,
Labor Law,
Administrative Law and Process I,
Legal Argumentation,
Legal Technologies,
Administrative Law and Process II,
Criminal law: general part,
Civil Law I;
European Union law I: Institutional Law,
Legal Ethics,
Legal English,
Criminal Law: Special Part I,
Criminal Procedure Law I,
Civil Law II,
Civil Procedure Law I,
European Union law II: Material Law,
Enterprise Law,
Criminal Law: Special Part II,
Criminal Procedure Law II,
Civil Procedure Law II,
Financial Law,
International Public Law,
Preparation of the Research Work in Law,
Course Work,
Philosophy of law: justice, society, economics,
Master Thesis,
Legal Practice;
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Law and Technologies”: Programming for lawyers I, Intellectual property law, Internet law, Programming for lawyers II.
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Law and Business”: Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law, International Private Law, Tax Law, Comparative Contract Law, EU and Comparative Company Law.
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Modern Criminal Law”: International and EU Co-operation in Criminal Matters, Business crime, Evidence in White Collar Crime.
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Pre-trial Process in Criminal Justice”: Organization of pre-trial investigation activities, Cybercrime, Forensic Medicine, Data collection tactics, Evidence in White Collar Crime, Psychology and Law.
Specialisations:
No specialisations
Optional courses:
Alternative introductory subjects of study fields taught in study programs other than the student‘s studies (16 ECTS);
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Law and Technologies”: Cybercrime, Robotics and artificial intelligence law, Data protection, E-commerce, Internet Technologies in Legal Practice, FinTech Law, Education technology law (EdTech law), Health Technology Law, Natural language processing technologies, Special Course.
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Law and Business”: Health Law, Mergers and acquisitions, Comparative labor law, Business, social responsibility and law, Comparative Analysis of Legal Systems, ADR (Alternative disputes resolution), Agency Law, Intellectual Property Law, Business Crime, Investment Law, Special Course.
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Modern Criminal Law”: EU criminal law and policy, Criminalistics, Cybercrime, Psychology and Law, Drugs and Criminal Policy, Mental Disorder and Crime, Special Course.
Direction of deepening knowledge and competencies “Pre-trial Process in Criminal Justice”: Basics of Criminal Intelligence, International and EU Co-operation in Criminal Matters, Cybercrime, Protection of Individual Rights in Criminal Proceedings I, Protection of Individual Rights in Criminal Proceedings II, Business Crime, Special Course.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
Internationalism, interdisciplinarity, applied approach, focus on professional ethics, focus on deepening knowledge and competencies in specified areas (law and technologies; law and business; modern criminal law; pre-trial process in criminal justice).
Some of the courses are taught in English.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
Having completed this programme, students can engage in any legal profession (judge’s, lawyer’s, prosecutor’s, notary public’s, etc.), and have good possibilities of working in public institutions or private sector in Lithuania and abroad.
Access to further studies:
The graduate has the right to enrol to the third cycle studies.
