Type:
Master
Speciality:
042101.12.7 - Jurisprudence
Specialisation:
042101.12.7 - Judicial Law and Advocacy
Qualification awarded:
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Programme academic year:
2024/2025
Mode of study:
Full time
Language of study:
Հայերեն
1. Admission criteria/requirements
The admission is carried out in accordance with the regulations for admission to full-time master's programs at Yerevan State University, approved by the Academic Council of Yerevan State University in decision No. 9/2, dated May 26, 2022.
2. Programme Objectives
1. To provide students with in-depth, systematic, and comprehensive knowledge of private law, as well as judicial and extrajudicial procedures for the protection of rights.
2. To teach students how to analyze and interpret the provisions of civil and civil procedural legislation, and to instruct them on the practical application of these provisions.
3. To develop students' professional abilities and skills for conducting research in the field of private law.
2. To teach students how to analyze and interpret the provisions of civil and civil procedural legislation, and to instruct them on the practical application of these provisions.
3. To develop students' professional abilities and skills for conducting research in the field of private law.
3. Educational outcomes of the programme
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Present the content and significance of assessing the impact of general and sector-specific legal regulations within the context of the concepts of legal effectiveness and legal conformity
- Explain the fundamental principles and stages, as well as institutions of judicial and extrajudicial procedures for the protection of rights.
- Describe the sources of sectoral legislation in Armenia and foreign countries, the fundamental principles of their interpretation and application, and, when necessary, independently collect, analyze, classify, and systematically interpret foreign-language information with well-substantiated arguments
- Describe the methods for conducting research in the fields of private law and the protection of rights through specific procedures, the general patterns of state-legal phenomena, the methodological, philosophical, and anthropological foundations of jurisprudence, and sociological approaches to state-legal phenomena
- Explain the characteristics of judicial acts in Armenia, the precedents of the European Court, and the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, and discuss the legal principles underlying these decisions
- Examine the characteristics of various forms of civil case proceedings and their procedural rules.
- Interpret the provisions of procedural legislation, as well as those governing the field of private legal relations, and, when necessary, collect, analyze, classify, systematize, and provide comprehensive and reasoned interpretations of foreign-language information
- Assess and propose solutions to complex practical problems and situations related to the field
- Compile documents mediating civil, administrative, and procedural legal relationships, as well as drafts of legal acts
- Apply research methods in the field of legal regulation concerning private legal relations and the resolution of disputes arising from them
- Use various types of information, including foreign-language sources (both electronic and non-electronic)
- Adhere to professional ethical standards
- Effectively plan time and resources necessary for solving assigned tasks, both individually and in group settings, including in a multicultural environment, while making practical decisions based on the situation
- Present reports, research findings and policy briefs, creatively apply and refine acquired knowledge, communicate comprehensively and convincingly with both professional and non-professional audiences, explain and justify ideas, as well as obtain relevant information and concepts related to the field of law, logically substantiate viewpoints, including during scientific debates
4. Assessment methods
· Courses without Final Examination: Within each academic module, the mandatory components for student assessment are: 2 ongoing tests, scored between 7-9 points, which may be conducted either in written or oral form. The instructor selects at least two additional components from the following options: ongoing check, scored between 0-8 points; individual work, scored between 0-8 points; participation, scored between 0-3 points.
· Courses with Final Examination: Within each academic module, the mandatory components for student assessment are: 2 ongoing tests, scored between 6-8 points, and a final examination, scored between 7-9 points. The instructor selects at least one additional component from the following options: ongoing check, scored between 0-6 points; individual work, scored between 0-6 points; participation, scored between 0-3 points.
· Courses Ending Without Ongoing Examination: Within each academic module, the mandatory component for student assessment is the final examination, scored between 7-9 points. The instructor selects at least two additional components from the following options: ongoing check, scored between 0-8 points; individual work, scored between 0-8 points; participation, scored between 0-3 points.
Courses Assessed Only by Final Examination: General courses are evaluated only through the final examination.
Graduation certification is awarded after the defense of the master's thesis.
· Courses with Final Examination: Within each academic module, the mandatory components for student assessment are: 2 ongoing tests, scored between 6-8 points, and a final examination, scored between 7-9 points. The instructor selects at least one additional component from the following options: ongoing check, scored between 0-6 points; individual work, scored between 0-6 points; participation, scored between 0-3 points.
· Courses Ending Without Ongoing Examination: Within each academic module, the mandatory component for student assessment is the final examination, scored between 7-9 points. The instructor selects at least two additional components from the following options: ongoing check, scored between 0-8 points; individual work, scored between 0-8 points; participation, scored between 0-3 points.
Courses Assessed Only by Final Examination: General courses are evaluated only through the final examination.
Graduation certification is awarded after the defense of the master's thesis.
5. Graduates future career opportunities
Graduates of the program are equipped with relevant skills to perform effectively in public and local government bodies, judicial administrative staff, law firms, commercial and non-commercial organizations, the office of financial system arbitrators, international institutions and organizations, and permanent commercial arbitrations, occupying positions that require higher legal education.
Graduates of the program also have the opportunity to continue their studies in postgraduate programs at YSU Faculty of Law.
Graduates of the program also have the opportunity to continue their studies in postgraduate programs at YSU Faculty of Law.
6. Resources and forms to support learning
The following support resources are used in the learning process:
· A lab equipped with computers and software tools
· Electronic resources
· A lab equipped with computers and software tools
· Electronic resources
7. Educational standards or programme benchmarks used for programme development
National Qualifications Framework of the Republic of Armenia,
● The admission requirements and guidelines for similar master's programs at the University of Hamburg, the University of Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Utrecht University, St. Petersburg State University, and Moscow State University.
● The admission requirements and guidelines for similar master's programs at the University of Hamburg, the University of Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Utrecht University, St. Petersburg State University, and Moscow State University.
8. Requirements for the academic staff
1. To provide students with in-depth, systematic, and comprehensive knowledge of private law, as well as judicial and extrajudicial procedures for the protection of rights.
2. To teach students how to analyze and interpret the provisions of civil and civil procedural legislation, and to instruct them on the practical application of these provisions.
3. To develop students' professional abilities and skills for conducting research in the field of private law.
2. To teach students how to analyze and interpret the provisions of civil and civil procedural legislation, and to instruct them on the practical application of these provisions.
3. To develop students' professional abilities and skills for conducting research in the field of private law.
9. Additional information about the programme
The program summary provides a brief description of the main characteristics of the program and the educational outcomes expected to be achieved by the average representative student, assuming they fully utilize the learning opportunities offered by the program.
