Structure of the curriculum:
180 ECTS credits
University-Wide Courses – 18 ECTS
Core Courses – 140 ECTS (include Compulsory Speciality Courses, Institude Wide Courses and European and International Law and Finnish Law)
Electives – 16 ECTS
Final Exam – 6 ECTS
Bacherlor's Law Curriculum Examination
6 ECTS
Bacherlor’s Examination
In total 6 ECTS
Compulsory Specialty Courses
3 ECTS:
Comparative Constitutional Law
International Arbitration and Mediation
International Human Rights
Introduction to European Union Law
Law and Economics
Law of Business Associations
Principles of Criminal Law
Private International Law
4 ECTS
Civil Law II: Family Law, Property Law, Succession Law
5 ECTS
Public International Law
Civil Law I: Law of Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations
6 ECTS
Legal Research and Writing
Administration, Procedural and Enforcement Law
Practical Training
In total 56 ECTS
European and International Law & Finnish Law
European and International Law
4 ECTS
European Union Competition Law
International Commercial Law
International Criminal Law
International Economic Law
International Humanitarian Law
Maritime Law
6 ECTS
European Union Constitutional and Administrative Law
European Union Internal Market law
In total 36 ECTS
Finnish Law
4 ECTS
Finnish Administrative Law
Finnish Constitutional Law
Finnish Criminal Law
Finnish Procedural Law and Restorative Justice
Finnish Property Law
Introduction to Finnish Legal System
6 ECTS
Finnish Civil Law I
Finnish Civil Law II
In total 36 ECTS
NB! Students will major in either European and International Law OR Finnish Law. Students will study 36 ECTS on their major subject and 24 ECTS on their minor subject.
Institute Wide Courses
6 ECTS courses
Entrepreneurship and Economics
Legal Philosophy and Ethics
Society and Law
State, Politics and Government
In total 24 ECTS
Law Electives
4 ECTS
Advanced Legal Research and Writing
Comparative Legal Systems
EU Intellectual Property Rights
Foreign Legal System
International Courts
Moot Court (trial and appellate)
Topical Issues in Transnational Law
Transnational Criminal Law
Transnational Legal Theory
9 ECTS
International Internship
In total 49 ECTS
University Wide Courses
6 ECTS
Critical Thinking
Studying at the University
ELU – Enhanced Learning Unlimited
In total 18 ECTS
Primus Collegium
The student union of Tallinn University‘s Law Faculty in Helsinki
The Law School in Helsinki is part of Tallinn University’s School of Governance, Law and Society
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