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General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: To prepare skilled professionals capable of successfully practicing law and working as an attorney at law, notary, prosecutor, judge or, in some other field of law, performing academic functions of a lecturer or scientist; to provide students with sufficient knowledge of legal norms and principles of the main fields of law with emphasis on Lithuanian legal framework and to develop their abilities to find, analyze and evaluate international, European Union and national legal acts, relevant case-law and legal doctrine, to apply them efficiently in professional practice of dispute resolution and legal problem solving in an innovative and integral way, as well as provide research based findings and proposals, taking into account ethics, human rights and equity. Learning outcomes: 1. Analytical and critical thinking 1.1. Students will be able to understand and interpret the meaning of legal norms and principles, as well as to analyze them, relevant case law and related information systemically and to properly apply this analysis to justify legal decisions. 1.2. Students will be able to explain, interpret, analyse and evaluate the legal doctrine ethically and in a critical manner. 2. Communication and interpersonal skills 2.1. Students will be able to communicate clearly and convey complex knowledge, well-grounded arguments, one’s own ideas and conclusions in a reasoned, critical and logical way to professional and laymen audiences orally and in writing using the correct legal language on national and international levels. 2.2. Students will be able to contribute to teamwork by respecting various opinions and seeking for dialogue and consensus in a group, to show leader’s capacities while planning time and organizing of teamwork by critically assessing one’s own and others’ activities, interests and attitudes. 3. The ability to learn and autonomy 3.1. Students will be able to identify one’s own professional (inter alia, scientific) interests and the need for further development of competencies and to take responsibility for the improvement of qualification by engaging in regular self-development and pursuit of new challenges. 3.2. Students will be able to plan and manage the process of learning and professional activities, to carry out advanced tasks and work effectively and independently within specified time limits. 4. Fundamental knowledge of the subject of law: comprehending law as theoretical discipline 4.1. Students will be able to explain major theories of law and some other related theories of social sciences. 4.2. Students will understand the core of the subject of law, its purpose and historical development. 4.3. Students will be able to identify and define the essential trends, recent developments and challenges in the separate theories of law. 5. Essential knowledge of the main fields of law 5.1. Students will understand principles and essential norms of the main fields of law (Lithuanian constitutional, administrative, criminal, civil, labour law, etc.). 5.2. Students will know relevant international and European Union legal and institutional framework and will comprehend interaction among Lithuanian law, international law and European Union law. 6. The competence of a legal researcher 6.1. Students will be able to identify contemporary scientific legal challenges and to model strategies for legal solutions. 6.2. Students will be able to initiate and conduct legal research autonomously, using mostly suitable research methods (inter alia, comparative method), collecting, systemizing and analyzing international, European and national data.
6.3. Students will be able to locate, access and use legal and other databases, relevant national and international legal sources, to systemically interpret and apply them, as well as to assess credibility of information and properly manage confidential information. 6.4. Students will be able to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge in one’s own individual legal research and present research results in international perspective. 7. Competence of applying legal knowledge and abilities in professional activities 7.1. Students will be able to analyse and assess global issues, as well as the behaviour of individuals and institutions from the legal point of view. 7.2. Students will be able to provide qualified legal advice, recommendations and findings, to draft legal acts (and other legal documents), creatively solve specific legal problems, represent or co-ordinate representation of legal interests of individuals or institutions. 8. Adherence to ethical principles 8.1. Students will be able to base scientific and (or) practical activities in diverse environment according to the requirements of professional ethics, principles of human equality and non-discrimination, respect to cultural differences and moral principles. 8.2. Students will be able to develop innovative solutions by evaluating possible social, ethical and legal consequences, understanding moral responsibility for one’s own activities and the impact of their results in different contexts. Activities of teaching and learning: The main forms of class activities are lectures, seminars and practical sessions. Various interactive teaching-learning methods are combined: analysis and solution of theoretical and practical problems, group discussions, brainstorming, simulations, moot, case studies, modelling of hypothetical or real-life situations, preparation and delivery of presentations (independently and in groups), drafting of legal documents, solution of practical tasks, etc. The major attention is given to student's independent work. Students are engaged in self-study of diverse legal sources, get ready for the seminars and practical sessions, prepare for assignments. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Achieved learning outcomes are evaluated by combining several assessment methods (participation in discussions, reasoning, formulation of problems, proposal of solutions, presentations, case studies, drafting of legal documents, participation in moot court case, research papers, tests, solution of practical tasks, etc.). Cumulative assessment is applied, the composition of which is calculated in accordance with the proportions established in the description of the course unit. Studies of a course unit are completed with the final assessment of the achieved learning outcomes – an examination or an evaluation of independent work (project) done by the student. Students' achieved learning outcomes are evaluated from 1 (very poor) to 10 (excellent) points. Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: Legal theory, legal history, constitutional law, administrative law and administrative procedure law, criminal law and criminal procedure law, general part of civil law, property law, law of obligations, family and inheritance law, civil procedure law, labour law, European Union law fundamentals, public international law, etc. are studied during 1st-7th semesters. From the 8th semester, students study in one of the eight specializations offered. The last semester is devoted to the preparation of the Master thesis (22 credits) and the final examination (8 credits). During the studies, professional practice (15 credits) is carried out in courts, prosecutor's office, attorneys at law or notary offices, various legal institutions, business companies or international organizations. Specialisations:
Criminal Justice, Labour and Social Law, Finance and Tax Law, Private Law: Civil and Business Law, Private Law: Civil Disputes, Applied Jurisprudence, International and European Union Law, Public Law. Optional courses: During studies in 2nd-7th semesters, 30 credits are allocated to students' independently selected course units of individualized studies, which they can choose both from the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University or other faculties of Vilnius University. Students choose 4 course units (20 credits) from the optional legal course units during 8th-9th semesters. Also, students choose a place of professional practice in Lithuania or abroad. Distinctive features of a study programme: The study programme is taught by top-level legal professionals: researchers and practitioners (judges, prosecutors, attorneys at law, civil servants), who have acquired their knowledge and experience in Lithuania and abroad. Students can choose to study some course units in English. Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: The acquired qualification enables graduate to practice as a lawyer and, in particular, to apply to work in the main legal positions in Lithuania, such as a judge, attorney at law, notary, bailiff, prosecutor, or to engage in any other legal professional activity (work as lawyers in business companies, legal consultants in both the public and the private sector, researchers or lecturers in research and study institutions, etc.). The eligibility for graduate to qualify for positions in the professions regulated by legal norms (judge, attorney at law, prosecutor, etc.) or to engage in certain activities depends on the qualification requirements laid down in the laws or other legal acts of the relevant country. Access to further study: Graduates can continue their studies at the third-cycle studies at Vilnius University or other higher education institution and acquire the doctoral degree, primarily in the field of law.
