Master of German Law (LLM)

This is a three-semester, postgraduate course at the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster. It aims to familiarise students with the German legal tradition and to give them a foundational working knowledge of German law through the study of its principles and their application. The standard length of the course is three semesters. Within this period, students must successfully complete six modules with a total of 90 ECTS credits. At the beginning of their studies, students choose an area of law (civil law, criminal law, or public law) as the focus of their studies. The chosen area of law will be reflected in the lectures of the module II, III and IV. The choice will also influence the topic of the Master's thesis and the final oral examination. During the programme of study, students will be overseen by a tutor, who may be any professor or qualified research assistant at the Faculty of Law. Module I (Foundation Module/Basismodul): 16 ECTS credits Lecture: Deutsches Recht für ausländische Studierende und Methodik des deutschen Rechts (German Law for International Students and Methodology of German Law) (4 ECTS credits) Language course: Juristischer Fachsprachkurs (Legal German) (4 ECTS credits) Seminar: Propädeutisches Seminar (Propaedeutics Seminar) (8 ECTS credits) Modules II, III and IV (Extension Modules/Erweiterungsmodule): 32 ECTS credits Students choose only one of the following areas of law: Civil Law Public Law Criminal Law Depending on the chosen area, students attend: Civil law: Lecture & tutorial: Grundlinien und Allgemeiner Teil des BGB (Basics and General Part of the German Civil Code) (14 ECTS credits) Lecture: Allgemeines und Besonderes Schuldrecht (Law of Obligations) (12 ECTS credits) Lecture: Wahlfach (elective course in Civil Law) (6 ECTS credits) Public law: Lecture & tutorial: Deutsches und Europäisches Verfassungsrecht I (Constitutional Law I: The Political System) (14 ECTS credits) Lecture: Deutsches und Europäisches Verfassungsrecht II (Constitutional Law II: Fundamental Rights) (10 ECTS credits) Lecture: Verwaltungsrecht Allgemeiner Teil und Verwaltungsprozessrecht (General Administrative Law and Law of Administrative Court Procedure) (8 ECTS credits) Criminal Law: Lecture & tutorial: Strafrecht I (Criminal Law I) (14 ECTS credits) Lecture: Strafrecht II (Criminal Law II) (10 ECTS credits) Lecture: Strafrecht III (Criminal Law III) (8 ECTS credits) Module V (Profile Module/Profilmodul): 12 ECTS credits Students choose only one of the following specialisations: Business and Economics Labour Law and Social Law Information, Telecommunication and Media Law International Law – European Law – International Private Law Legal Practice and Dispute Resolution Public Law Criminal Law and Criminology Tax Law Depending on the chosen specialisation students attend: Two lectures: two Wahlfächer (two elective lectures from the chosen specialisation) (2 x 6 ECTS credits) Module VI (Completion Module/Abschlussmodul): 30 ECTS credits Thesis: Masterarbeit (Master's thesis) (25 ECTS credits) Oral examination: Mündliche Prüfung (Final Oral Exam) (5 ECTS credits) PDF Download

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Admission requirements for the Master of German Law are: 1. Successful completion of a course of study in law at a foreign university with a standard length of at least seven semesters (corresponding to 210 ECTS credits) OR with a standard length of at least six semesters (corresponding to 180 ECTS credits) and additional 30 ECTS credits resulting from preparatory studies, Master's degree studies or from equivalent accredited courses 2. Sufficient command of the German language (see below)

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