Master's in Law

Education objectives

The Second Cycle has been planned according to the following two objectives: (i) developing the foundational knowledge acquired during the First Cycle, and (ii) allowing specialisation, with a choice of several areas of studies. After completing the Second Cycle, students are competent, rigorous, critical, and innovative enough to enter legal practice. They are able to practise in any legal field, both in traditional legal professions and in those requiring more contextualised legal knowledge. A high quality education is provided in order to assure that students are suitably prepared for the challenges awaiting them. During this Cycle, students will also acquire the skills they need if they are to move comfortably on to more advanced studies.

The Master´s in Law offers three specializations:

- Master's in Law ¿ Specialization in International and European Law - The Master¿s in International and European Law, lectured in English, offers students the opportunity to expand their legal knowledge in an area that is becoming increasingly essential considering world globalization, in which national boundaries are losing importance. Operating within an increasingly transnational and globalized world requires legal knowledge that today is less focused on classical issues of public international law, and more on areas that focus on issues related to the internationalization of businesses and private/public transnational legal relationships, as well as human rights, humanitarian law and new developments in international criminal law. European integration is part of the new geopolitical environment. This explains the focus of the master¿s on several areas of European Union law such as the freedom of movement of people and the European jurisdictional system. It is crucial for a lawyer to be familiar with the diverse and increasingly vast areas of International Law and European Union Law in order to successfully address the theoretical and practical challenges they face.

- Master's in Law - Specialization in Business Law and Technology ("Law & Tech") - The Master¿s in Business Law and Technology (¿Law & Tech¿) is part of the NOVA School of Law¿s strategy to be at the forefront of legal education, to prepare for the Economy 4.0, for digital transformation, and to be international, responsible and sustainable. The course is designed to prepare lawyers for the most advanced areas of technology (artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain), with a wide range of subjects, from data protection and management, intellectual property, digital contracts and cybersecurity to the challenges of governance and regulation, fintech, and programming for lawyers. The course content also relates to business and entrepreneurship, as well as corporate management and tax frameworks.

- Master's in Law ¿ Specialization in Public Regulatory Law - With the Master¿s in Law ¿ Specialization in Public Law | Public Regulatory Law, NOVA School of Law offers a ground-breaking academic experience in a field that has become one of the most relevant within Public Law: regulation. The selection and design of the courses included in the curricular component of the MPRL is driven by the ambition to combine some of the subjects taught at top Law schools with a strong interdisciplinary inclination and with the international-looking legal approach of our teaching body. The result has been a fully revised course structure where students can benefit from: General courses in core areas of Public Law (e.g. European Administrative Law; Constitutional Foundations of State Action; Public Procurement;
Specialized courses dealing with the different areas that are subject to public regulation (e.g. Law and Public Policies; Regulation and Public Health Hazards; Regulation and Environmental Hazards; Administrative Regulatory Law; State Aid; Law of Administrative Offences).