What does this master's programme entail?
As the EU passes a growing number of economic regulations, these mandates increasingly interact with global trade regulations and with those of its Member States. Businesses that operate internationally are faced with various layers of jurisdiction that sometimes have an unclear hierarchy. In the European and International Business Law?programme, you will learn how to decipher the complex hierarchy of European and international business law.
You will learn to:
- apply your knowledge of the law, your experience and your skills in a professional environment
- formulate research questions and appropriate strategies for answering these questions and testing hypotheses
- apply adequate legal scientific research methods and tools and to present and communicate results and findings, both in an academic as well as in professional context
Reasons to choose European and International Business Law at Leiden University?
As a student of the advanced master?s European and International Business Law, you will benefit from:
1.???????Excellent reputation: This programme has more than two decades of history and is offered through Leiden Law School?s Europa Institute. The teaching is grounded in the Law School?s distinguished research programme ?The progression of EU law: accommodating change and upholding values.?
2.???????Expert instructors: Courses are taught by expert staff with an international reputation as well as by guest lecturers who hold senior positions with legal firms, international courts or business organisations.
3.??????Moot court skills: You will have the possibility of participating in the European Law Moot Court (ELMC), the most renowned competition in the field of EU law. If you advance to the oral round of the ELMC competition, you will receive training in research, analysis, legal writing and pleading in a simulation of an EU law case. If interested, you may have the opportunity to present at the?ELSA Moot Court, which relates to the field of WTO law.
