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:
- To present a description and the specific features of the private-law regulation of legal relations.
- To analyze the sources of law, as well as the fundamental principles governing their interpretation and application.
- To evaluate the mechanisms and procedures for the judicial and extrajudicial protection of rights.
- To assess the legal regime of various institutions of private law, including their interrelationship with judicial proceedings and advocacy.
- To explain the distinctive features of the decisions and judgments of the courts of the Republic of Armenia, international courts, and other dispute resolution bodies, and to examine the legal foundations governing their regulation.
- To critically assess the interrelationship between law and technology (including legal informatics, databases, and legal information platforms).
- To interpret the provisions of legislation governing the sphere of private-law relations, systematizing and analyzing the existing information where necessary.
- To evaluate procedural and alternative dispute resolution strategies grounded in legal scholarship and established law-enforcement practice.
- To prepare civil, administrative, and other procedural documents, as well as other acts subject to state registration, contracts, notarial instruments, corporate documents, and legislative and subordinate normative acts.
- To conduct independent, practice-oriented research (including the formulation of research questions, data collection, and doctrinal and empirical analysis) concerning private law and dispute resolution procedures and mechanisms.
- To design the litigation strategy of the claimant or the defense, deliver oral and written advocacy submissions, and apply negotiation and alternative dispute resolution methods.
- To utilize leading legal databases, citation and knowledge management tools, and core analytical instruments.
- To coordinate cooperation with courts, notaries, registration authorities, law enforcement bodies, experts, and foreign partners, and to manage teams.
- To plan time and allocate the resources necessary for accomplishing assigned tasks at both individual and team levels, including within multicultural or unpredictable environments.
- To assume responsibility for professional outcomes, thereby contributing to the enhancement of professional knowledge, skills, and practice.
- To uphold professional ethics throughout the entire process of communication and to ensure continuous professional development.
- To demonstrate autonomy in conducting complex research and in professional practice.
- To apply research methodologies (including doctrinal, comparative, and socio-legal approaches) and the foundational theoretical principles of the relevant field.
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.