Program Overview
The UNC LLM program offers two concentrations: European Business Law and Human Rights and Social Justice. Through interactive lectures, group activities, and projects, students develop critical legal skills and analysis in their chosen concentration. Graduates are prepared for careers in legal consulting, government, the commercial sector, and international organizations. The program also provides a pathway to further postgraduate studies, such as PhD programs.
Program Outline
Outline:
The program has two specific concentrations in legal sciences:
- European Business Law
- Human Rights and Social Justice In the first semester, you explore these aspects of European Law including applications, policies and protection of human rights. Subsequent terms feature European Business Law subjects like procurement law, intellectual property, and consumer/e-commerce law alongside Human Rights and Social Justice related subjects, such as criminal law and employment law amongst others.
European Business Law Concentration
Content:
Applications of European law, European company law, competition law, European company/consumer protection law
Modules:
European Public Procurement Law, Energy and Environmental Law, Competition Law, Financial and Credit Law, Intellectual Property Law, Consumer Law and E-Commerce
Structure:
3 semesters including 6 modules that cover European Business Law. The modules typically run over approximately 6 weeks or more each.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion, you will obtain knowledge in specific subjects associated with the concentration as well as develop strong cognitive tools for legal science to tackle relevant problems associated with European and Business law at European and international levels.
Human Rights and Social Justice
Content:
European and domestic law in relation to Human Rights
Modules:
International Protection Of Human Rights, Criminal/Social Law and Social Justice, Public Employment Services and Law, Family-Bioethics, Media Freedom, Immigration/International Asylum Policies, European law of Faith's
Structure:
3 semesters with 6 modules in Human Rights and Social Justice across social-legal areas. They typically last more than 6 weeks.
Learning Outcomes:
You will achieve knowledge within specific areas, skills and competence with legal-social justice issues across European/Social Law including application on a domestic or international professional level through a strong grasp of cognitive analysis.
Assessment:
Assessment includes continuous assessment (through various methods including but not limited to interactive activities during lectures/projects/positive forum posts) alongside a comprehensive end module exam. Both these assessments hold weighting based on their respective grading methods and contribute to both your semester GPA's and overall cumulative total GPA, where a D- and grades above count, while maintaining minimum overall score requirements of 2.0 and above (C and more).
Teaching:
- Teaching Methods: This program combines lectures, interactive group activities, and projects to facilitate an enriched learning environment for student development in critical legal skills and analysis with their chosen concentration(s).
- Faculty: Experienced professors, adjunct lecturers and other instructors with knowledge in both European or Social-Legal fields will teach modules throughout the 3-semester LLM. They have specific knowledge and expertise of their given content areas (please see provided links/CV descriptions in context - for further information - beyond our extraction requirements). There is also an extensive program coordinator team in place from the Law, Politics, and Governance Departments which includes additional faculty members on their respective bios - viewable from links within the original content.)
Careers:
This Law LLM from UNC prepares graduates to pursue career paths of their choosing in areas such as legal consulting for organizations like public/semi-public agencies of various types (national/municipal), NGOs. It has been noted that it also helps graduates advance further into PhD positions after completion or other positions in governmental departments, commercial sector or the courts system/legal consultancy for businesses across various areas of commercial operation for a diverse range of clients or international organizations/diplomatic positions. Other: Students can access various English classes from UNC which can also help individuals reach needed standards for program acceptance with the appropriate course levels. It has also been highlighted that this program analyzes contemporary legal problems - both national and international through a specific focus on both theoretical frameworks - alongside practical considerations and application. There are specific course descriptions located with the content - which were beyond extraction requirements due to their extensive nature/text - but can provide further detail if required from the reader. The text also describes how to contact UNC through various social media pages, or in person/telephonically at either their Cyprus headquarters, or offices located within Greece. It highlights the program being available during both fall and spring admission periods. Lastly, it emphasizes how it allows students opportunities - to further themselves to postgraduate levels (PhD etc) after achieving the necessary qualification from completion - while providing an opportunity for graduates to expand within their careers - or transition into new employment areas for those that seek the necessary diversification into other sections (e.g a career change/transition from an employee's current chosen field), of legal operation through a wider-ranging comprehension for legal-social science and business-law principles and application at graduate level/professional implementation through the UNC LLM. The program itself has the objective to provide additional high level postgraduate qualifications into relevant areas and expand your cognitive-management expertise when engaging in legal subjects/issues which will lead to greater professional opportunities to be unlocked after graduation - including PhD pathways etc. The program itself has had proven high levels of success historically (with previous classroom-LLM versions from the same school). Graduates of this program typically find their niche working or seeking to operate across a broad spectrum as highlighted previously, in various positions or roles that require extensive legal knowledge alongside the application or analysis of law across a broad spectrum within European contexts that often require understanding within a wider domestic or broader (including international levels). There isn't any specific emphasis placed on whether it provides graduates with an immediate pathway into any specific careers/roles beyond those already highlighted - it allows for flexibility and diversification based on individual aspirations with no limitations to progression pathways from this particular LLM after degree completion. Lastly, the program is set out by UNIC itself as one which seeks to prepare graduates (with this LLM) to operate on either national, European, or International platforms through a diverse range of roles/possible careers (including business), which may require working independently, or within/for, larger commercial operations, national legal systems/agencies or even international, and inter alia.
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