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General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: To train legal experts and legal service professionals equipped with the comprehensive and profound knowledge about international and European legal norms that influence the most important areas of national legal systems, as well as development, interpretation and application of these legal norms; abilities to identify, analyse and solve complex problems related to law-making and legal application in the contexts of international and European law; abilities to apply the acquired competencies in professional practice of dispute resolution in international environment in an innovative and integral way; critical approach and skills to carry out independent research and provide research based findings and
proposals taking into account ethics, cultural diversity, human rights and equity. Learning outcomes: 1. Analytical and critical thinking 1.1. Students will be able to analyze and evaluate international and European legal norms systematically, their impact on national legal systems, as well as case-law (including interaction between national and international courts) and other related information and to properly apply this analysis to justify legal decisions. 1.2. Students will be able to explain, interpret, analyse and evaluate legal doctrine ethically and in a critical manner. 2. Communication and interpersonal skills 2.1. Students will be able to clearly present and discuss one’s own conclusions, complex knowledge and well-grounded arguments in a constructive dialogue with professionals and laymen, orally and in writing using the correct legal language in an international environment. 2.2. Students will be able to contribute to teamwork in a cross-cultural group, to show leader’s capacities while planning time and organizing 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 independently within specified time limits. 4. Subject-specific advanced legal knowledge about legal regulation in international, European and national levels 4.1. Students will have profound knowledge of international and European legal and institutional framework, including deeper knowledge of international organizations and legal remedies, advanced rules of the conflict of laws based on development of law theory and legal practice. 4.2. Students will be able to demonstrate advanced conceptual understanding of the specifics, dynamics, interdisciplinary aspects and tendencies of international and European law, the problems of the interaction among international, European and national law, to invoke legal remedies, to identify applicable legal norms and principles, to interpret and apply them. 5. The competence of legal researcher 5.1. Students will be able to identify contemporary scientific legal challenges in International and European Law development and to model strategies for legal solutions. 5.2. Students will be able to initiate and conduct legal research autonomously, using mostly suitable research methods, relevant databases, collecting, systemizing and analyzing international, European and national data, as well as systematically interpreting and applying legal sources. 5.3. Students will be able to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge in one’s own individual research, to interpret and evaluate research results, and present research results, as well as to determine their reliability and present findings in international and European perspective. 6. The competence of applying legal knowledge and abilities in professional activity in international public or business environment 6.1. Students will be able to analyze and assess the behavior of individuals and institutions from the legal point of view, to work in international interdisciplinary areas by applying legal knowledge creatively and in multi-perspective approach, as well as
attainments of different fields, inter alia, related with modern technologies. 6.2. Students will be able to draft legal acts (and other legal documents) related to international public and (or) business environment, to provide arguments for legal decisions, qualified legal advice and recommendations, represent or co-ordinate representation of legal interests of individuals or institutions. 6.3. Students will be able to independently identify, analyze and solve complex problems of various legal areas in the context of contemporary legal development by interpreting and applying methods of dispute resolution under international or European law and national legal norms. 7. Adherence to ethical principles 7.1. Students will be able to independently identify, analyze and solve complex problems of various legal areas in the context of contemporary legal development by interpreting and applying methods of dispute resolution under international or European law and national legal norms. 7.2. Students will be able to base scientific and (or) practical activities in various working groups of international nature according to the requirements of professional ethics, the principles of human equality and non-discrimination, respect to cultural differences and moral principles. 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 and seminars. Various interactive teaching-learning methods are combined: problem solving, discussions, case study analyses, group work, essays or short papers, simulations, presentation of arguments in writing or orally, reflections on accumulated experience, 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, prepare for assignments. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Achieved learning outcomes are evaluated by combining several assessment methods (research paper, presentation, drafting of legal document, active participation in discussions, participation in moot court case, practical tasks, group project, test, case study, essay, 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: The two compulsory course units (20 credits) in the first and the second semesters are designed for students to gain an in-depth understanding of International and European legal framework and disputes’ resolution. The other four compulsory course units (20 credits) are related to the student's chosen specialization - International Law and Human Rights, Tech Law or Business Law. Optional course units (20 credits) provide students with a possibility to design their own studies profile by opting for 2 course units out of 6 per semester within the areas of their interest and to pursue individual education agenda. The third semester is devoted to Master thesis (30 credits) preparation. Students attend seminars, which are designed to provide them with additional methodological assistance and guidance as regards the preparation of the thesis.
Specialisations: International Law and Human Rights, Tech Law or Business Law. Optional courses: There is a possibility to choose specialization, as well as to carry out voluntary professional practice in Lithuania or abroad. Distinctive features of a study programme: The study programme is delivered in English. Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: The completion of the study programme enables graduates to be legal experts (advisers) to both public and private entities, engage themselves as problem analysts or researchers in academic institutions as well as to work in all major legal professions in national and international, governmental and non-governmental organizations and companies. A possibility of holding an office in regulated professions (judges, solicitors, prosecutors, civil servants etc.) will depend on qualification requirements applicable in a particular country and the recognition of foreign studies. 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.
