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Master's in Law: Litigation and Arbitration

Education objectives

This course intends to prepare students for the legal profession. Of these, advocay and the judiciary are the classical outputs of a law degree and the master intends to promote their specific learning, both theoretical and practical. Besides the traditional offering, it is added to this 2nd cycle the teaching of alternative means of dispute resolution, most notably arbitration but also mediation. The teaching of this course is clearly professional, seeking to develop specific skills such as oral communication, teamwork (group) and practice in the workplace (through internships). Attention is also given to an international dimension with courses taught in English.

General characterization

DGES code

M863

Cicle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Master Degree in Law: Litigation and Arbitration

Access to other programs 

Access to the PhD Program

Coordinator

Mariana França Gouveia, Frederico Lacerda da Costa Pinto

Opening date

September

Vacancies

45

Fees

- Annual fee for the taught component: 4,600.00€

- Non-taught component (dissertation) 1 semester: 1,300.00€

- Extension of the non-taught component (90 days): 600.00€

MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

- Students whose final average admission to this Master is equal to or higher than 17 points (on a scale 0/20) benefit from a 50% discount on the total amount of the tuition fee, which cannot be combined with other discounts;

-Students whose final average admission to this Master is equal to or higher than 16 points (on a scale 0/20) benefit from a 30% discount on the total amount of the tuition fee, which cannot be combined with other discounts;

Three merit scholarships will be granted in the non-curricular semester (in either the master's or specialization area): one corresponding to the total of the tuition fee, which will be awarded to the best grade in the taught component, and the other two merit scholarships will be granted to the second and third best classifications, which will receive a reduction of 50% of the tuition fee. To assess the best classifications in the taught component, only the classifications obtained in the NOVA School of Law will be taken into account. This scholarship assumes the conclusion of the taught component is within the stipulated time limit. 

ALUMNI DISCOUNT: 10%

FINANCIAL DISCOUNT: Students who choose to pay tuition fees in a single initial payment receive a 5% discount.

CURRENT PROTOCOL DISCOUNTS: Discount of 25%, which cannot be combined with other discounts, for members of:

- Association of Portuguese Judges and the Trade Union;

- Association of Public Prosecution Service Magistrates.

 

 

Schedule

This course is taught during working hours. 

Teaching language

Portuguese

Degree pre-requisites

Available soon

Conditions of admittance

Students who have completed a degree in legal studies and graduates who have completed courses of study of 240 ECTS in other scientific areas, depending on the respective curriculum and professional experience.

Evaluation rules

The Master course in Litigation and Arbitration have a common trunk and two fronts: law and judiciary. The first semester is common to the two strands and the second is separate. Students should choose at the end of the 1st half, the specialization ares they want to attend the 2nd half.

The course lasts for three semesters and 90 ECTS: two scholar semesters (60 ECTS) and one semester to prepare the dissertation stage of frequency or conducting project work (30 ECTS).

In the second semester, each component has a number of compulsory subjects and a set of optional subjects.

The common core (1st semester) are taught subjects essential to forensics and undeveloped in the 1st cycle, as Insolvency, Provisional Measures, Arbitration and Mediation.

In terms law (2nd semester) favor is sought by the current contents of the law practice, students can choose to matters of especialiação in arbitration or in criminal and civil law.

The judiciary strand (2nd semester) is part of a strong component of the frequent practice of our courts and content that are required in the tests of access to the CEJ: Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law, Civil Liability, Lease Contract, Promise, Family and Children, Constitutional and European Law. There will also be a specific discipline for practice tests access to the CEJ, whether written or oral.

The dissertation on the specialization judiciary should be based on recent case law analysis on usual subjects in the tests of access. On the specialization advocay students may alternatively the dissertation, to obtain a master's degree, by taking and discussion of a project work or by attending an internship in national or international institution for conflict resolution, development and public discussion of the respective report.

In any of the aspects, students can get the public and private accredited as mediators by attending the mediation of disciplines.