Master's in Law and Management

Education objectives

The Master’s in Law and Management is a creation of a partnership bringing together Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) and NOVA School of Law (NOVA Law).

Understanding the economic world in which advocacy and consultancy is located implies the ability to provide information built on rigorous, complete and increasingly interdisciplinary expertise. The course covers four of the five areas of Business Management. Regarding Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance are the core of the training and three complementary tracks are presented to the student, in order to enable micro specializations and reinforce the global understanding of companies and businesses. Due to the restricted numerus clausus, learning is personalized, based on the most relevant subjects and international best practices and does not abdicate from providing a solid conceptual and methodological formation. Autonomy and hands-on training is encouraged.

 

GOALS
The Master in Law and Management targets development of an integrated dialogue of the legal universe with the business context. It ensures the appropriation of the essential concepts and methodologies of management and integrates them into the know-how and the legal-business discourse. It aims to stimulate a critical, innovative, complex and interdisciplinary approach to knowledge, providing the necessary tools to predict corporate problems and to design planning solutions that are able to solve the complex and interdisciplinary issues that arise in the business and corporate environment of today.

 

TARGET APPLICANT
Law graduates who, in their professional career, want to combine legal and management areas. Candidates with a background in law will be given preference in admission. However, holders of any bachelor’s degree or equivalent are eligible to apply.

 

TIMETABLE
This course is taught during working hours.

General characterization

DGES code

M364

Cicle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Access to other programs

Access to the PhD Program

Coordinator

Pedro Caetano Nunes, Vasco Santos, Claire Bright.

Opening date

September

Vacancies

40

Fees

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

- Non-curricular phase (dissertation), one semester: 1,600.00€

- Extension of the non-curricular phase (90 days): 600.00€

 

 

MERIT AWARDS:

Candidates whose final classification for admission to a 2nd study cycle at NOVA School of Law, as assessed and ranked by a jury, is equal to or higher than 17 (on a scale of 0/20) and who enrol and attend the same course, will be awarded a prize in cash corresponding to 50% of the tuition fee they will pay for the course phase of the Master's degree. Candidates whose final classification for admission to a 2nd study cycle at NOVA School of Law, as assessed and ranked by a jury, is equal to or higher than 16 (on a scale of 0/20) and who enrol and attend the same course, will be awarded a prize in cash corresponding to 30% of the tuition fee they will pay for the taught phase of the Master's degree.

In the non-teaching phase, three academic merit awards are given (according to master's degree or area of specialisation, in the case of the Master's in Law). These awards presuppose the completion of the taught phase within the regular timeframe.  The best student of the taught phase of each study cycle or specialisation area of a study cycle who continues and attends the non-teaching phase is awarded a prize in cash corresponding to 100% of the tuition fee they will pay for the non-teaching phase of the Master's degree. The second best student of the academic phase of each study cycle or specialisation area of a study cycle who continues and attends the non-teaching phase will receive a prize in cash corresponding to 60% of the tuition fee they have to pay, corresponding to the non-teaching phase of the Master's degree. The third best student of each study cycle or specialisation area of a study cycle who continues and attends the non-teaching phase will receive a prize in cash corresponding to 40% of the tuition fee paid for the non-teaching phase of the Master's degree.

 

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

 

Schedule

This course is taught during daytime hours. Some optional Course Units may be taught after working hours.

Teaching language

English.

Degree pre-requisites

A master’s degree is awarded to students who have passed all the course units that make up the taught part of the course, for a total of 60 credits; and the dissertation, project work, or internship report.

Conditions of admittance

Law graduates who, in their professional career, want to combine legal and management areas. Candidates with a background in law will be given preference in admission. However, holders of any bachelor’s degree or equivalent are eligible to apply.

 

Evaluation rules

 

The final assessment of the curricular units consists, as a rule, of a written exam with a maximum duration of three hours, under an anonymous regime, designed to assess the extent to which students have achieved the curricular goals and learning objectives of such curricular units. Other complementary elements of assessment may be used, as long as they are announced to the students orally and in writing at the beginning of the semester.

 

Structure

1º ano - 1º Semestre
Code Name ECTS
37033 Corporate Governance 6
33210 Negotiation 3
Options
36121 Cybersecurity and Governance 6
33157 Banking Law 6
33203 Energy Law 4
37051 Life Sciences Law 6
33263 Patent and Trademark Law 4
33259 Law of Online Platforms 6
37057 Copyright and Design Law 4
37004 Diplomatic and Consular Law 6
33159 Financial Instruments Law 4
33158 Insurance Law 4
37020 Public employment Law 6
37032 Corporate Tax Law 6
33240 International Law of the Sea and International Courts 6
33122 International Humanitarian Law 6
271441 Advanced Public International Law 6
33216 Maritime Law and Civil Liability 4
33239 Fundamental Social Rights 6
33237 Social and Political Philosophy 6
45004 Globalization and Security 6
37030 Legal English 4
33179 Insolvency 4
33227 Intelligence and Strategic Analysis 6
33174 Introduction to Arbitration 4
33178 Introduction to Mediation 8
33187 Transitional Justice 4
33246 Natural Marine Resources and the Ocean Economy 6
33247 Ocean Policies 4
36120 Privacy and Security 6
33177 Interim Relief 4
33176 Civil Appeals 4
33145 Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets 4
45001 Security, Governance and the Rule of Law 6
33215 Maritime Security 4
33233 Human Rights International Protection Systems 6
29005 Threee forms of injustice: new work in legal and political philosophy 4
1º ano - 2º Semestre
Code Name ECTS
37034 Mergers & Acquisitions 6
Options
33153 International Commercial Arbitration 4
33255 Legal Argumentation 4
33241 Cybercrime 6
33183 Advanced Civil Law 4
33108 Competition Law 6
33184 Family and Child Law 4
37035 Data Protection and Management Law 6
33234 Environmental Law 6
33114 International Commercial Law 6
33116 Sports Law 4
33235 EU Asylum and Migration Law 6
33249 European Law of the Sea 4
37011 European Labour Law 6
33121 International Economic Law 4
45003 International and European Security Law 6
33120 International Tax Law 6
33195 Advanced Criminal Law 4
33238 EU Criminal Law 4
33124 Economic Criminal Law 6
33250 Port's Law and Shipping Management 4
37060 Labor Procedural Labor Law 6
33196 Business, Human Rights and Sustainability 4
33256 Energy, Climate and the Just Transition 4
33257 Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence 4
33243 Financing Sustainable Blue Economy and Integration of Policies and Development 4
37056 Fintech 4
33162 Risk Management in Financial Contracts 6
34113 Risk Managment and Security 6
33244 Ocean Governance 4
33228 Research and Crime 6
33260 Legaltech 6
33192 Methodology of Legal Research 8
33134 Methodology of Legal Research 8
33264 Economic Models for Sustainable Ocean Economy 4
33155 Moot Courts 4
37041 Tax Practice 6
33152 European Civil Procedure 4
33190 Special Criminal Procedure 6
33140 Intellectual Property Law and Sustainable Innovation 6
45005 Security and Geopolitics 6
36122 National Security and International Cooperation 6
33204 Emerging Techonologies: Governance and Regulation 4