Programme

Qualification awarded
Bachelor of Laws
Length of the programme
-
ECTS credits
240
Level of qualification
Bachelor
Mode
Part-time
Language
Dutch, with parts in English
School
  • School of Law
Locations
  • Groningen
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Profile of the programme

The Bachelor degree programme Laws comprises a programme of 240 ECTS credits (a first-year programme of 60 ECTS credits and a main phase programme of 180 ECTS credits). 
The degree programme comprises a major and a minor. The major is composed of compulsory and elective units. The minor may be chosen by the student and allows him or her to specialise in a chosen field or to broaden his/her generic or subject-specific knowledge and skills. The programme is practice-oriented: a work placement (30 ECTS credits) and other practical components form an essential and compulsory part of this programme, as does a thesis project (30 ECTS credits).
 
The degree programme equips the student with the competences required of a professional in the field of Law. These are: 
  1. Diagnosing
  2. Deciding
  3. Advising
  4. Looking after clients’ interests
  5. Mediating
  6. Regulation
  7. Legal audit
  8. Legal file
  9. Information management
  10. Legal quality management
Graduates of the Bachelor programme Laws are multi-disciplined legal Bachelors. They possess extensive knowledge of national, international and European law and are trained in communication. Graduates are qualified to apply their knowledge and skills in practical situations in which legal aspects play a major part.
 
The programme offers the following minors:
  • International Law
  • Law and Government
  • Company Legal Adviser
  • Private Law Legal Assistance Provision
  • Private Law Family Property Law 
  • Conflict Management
  • Law and Multi-problem
  • Law, Health and Debt
  • Labour Law
  • Contracts and Labour

Learning outcomes

The graduate of the Bachelor of Laws programme can demonstrate the ability to:

Formulate and solve questions of law by analysing the legally relevant facts and legal sources. (Legal analysing)

  • The graduate distils the facts from a complex legal practice situation and/or an open definition of a problem which involves multiple actors; s/he structures the facts according to legal relevance, and formulates the legal questions directly from the facts and is able to answer and account for them orally and/or in writing.
Give advice on the basis of a legal analysis. (Advising)
  • The graduate is able to draw up a univocal legal recommendation from a complex context.
  • The graduate is able to attune his legal advice to various target groups with various interests.
  • The graduate is able to draw up a substantiated legal recommendation within a complex context.
Attend to the legal interests of others by providing legal assistance, by negotiating and by mediating. (Representing)
  • The graduate is able to reach an accepted approach or solution from a complex situation with multiple (opposing) interests through negotiation and/or mediation.
  • The graduate is aware of the ethical aspect of his actions.
Establish the legal position of one or more persons within legal frameworks, weighing up legal arguments and social factors. (Deciding)
  • The graduate is able to name the legal position and legal consequences in a complex legal context.
  • The graduate is able to reach a decision based on an assessment of the interests of the various parties and other parties involved in this complex legal context.
  • The graduate is able to justify his decision in this complex legal context.
Draft and amend regulations. (Regulating)
  • The graduate is able to recognise in a complex context that a general arrangement is lacking, while this is desired.
  • The graduate is able to draw up this general arrangement in a legally appropriate manner and with due regard for the general or special interests and the relevant legal and social factors.
  • The graduate is able to draw up this general arrangement in such a manner that it can be upheld in legal proceedings.
Creating and managing legal files, monitoring follow-up and coherence, closing and transfer. (File management)
  • The graduate is able to create files or client management systems and to manage them.
  • The graduate is responsible for the accessibility, accuracy and completeness of the file.
  • The graduate plans and monitors the relevant terms and takes ensuing actions.
  • The graduate is responsible for the transference of the file.
Efficiently and effectively managing and coordinating organizational processes in a legal context, paying attention to process and quality management, knowledge and information management and innovation. (Organizing)
 
  • The graduate is able to make a contribution to organizational changes, related to the position of the lawyer in the organization and related to the type of organization, with the help of basic knowledge of project management, quality management, strategic management and behaviour in organization 
  • The gradute is aware of the diverified interest that exist in the organization as well as the organization's area of operation, and inegrates these in his/ her method.

Programme

Bachelor of Laws ftcredits

First Year of Laws pt 60

Second Year of Laws pt 60

Third Year of Laws pt 60

Fourth Year of Lwas pt 60

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