Magister Legum Europae

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The Magister Legum Europae (MLE) is a European Magister degree that is intended to take into account the effects of European integration on university education in law .

The course prepares students for international legal activities and, in addition to knowledge of European law, also imparts knowledge of the law of the various European legal systems, with reference to the social, political and economic framework conditions.

In order to acquire the MLE, a successfully completed undergraduate degree in law at a university in one of the EU or EFTA countries is required. Foreign students are admitted after being selected by the partner universities. In Germany, students must be enrolled in law at the University of Hanover and study for one academic year - supported by an ERASMUS scholarship - at one of the 30 partner universities of the program within the EU. The master’s examination includes a written master’s thesis and an oral examination. The maximum number of applicants from the partner universities that can be accepted annually is limited to 46 per year.

Content structure of the course

In order to obtain the degree of a Magister / Magistra Legum Europae - in addition to a successfully completed basic course in law - the following services must be achieved.

Successful participation in:

  • 4 courses in the law of the country of the partner university attended
  • 1 course in institutional European law
  • 1 course in comparative law
  • 1 seminar certificate, the subject matter of which must correspond to the research field of the master's thesis to be written

Additionally:

  • 1 master's thesis with a length of about 80 pages. A 45-minute disputation on the master’s thesis takes place before a three-person examination committee, which must consist of at least two university professors.

The candidate has six months to complete the master’s thesis. The semesters spent abroad can also be counted towards the so-called free shot . However, it is also possible to acquire the MLE without the first state examination in law.

Grading:

The grading of the course offered at the University of Hanover is based on the Latin terms

Partner universities

Participation is possible at the following universities:

University of Malta , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University of Copenhagen , University of Turku , University of Vienna , University of Le Havre , University of Rouen , Cergy-Pontoise, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , University of Complutense Madrid , University of Hanover , University of Leipzig , Panteion -University of Athens , University of Iceland, University College Dublin , University of La Sapienza , University of Oslo , Catholic University of Portugal, University of Zaragoza , University of Stockholm , Université Miséricorde de Friborg, University of Groningen , University of Durham , University of Strathclyde Glasgow, University of Southampton, University of Nottingham, Charles University Prague , Maria Curie Skłodowska University Lublin , Corvinus University Budapest , Vilnius University .

Career opportunities

The Magister Legum Europae is suitable for all legal professions, for example in transnational organizations, law firms with law firms in various EU countries , companies with special international connections in the field of the European Union and also in the public sector.

Study locations

The degree is also offered at the University of Göttingen , where it is only awarded in conjunction with the first state examination in law (grading scale from 1–5).

Master of European Law

The Master of European Law , also Master of European Laws or Master of European and International Business Laws , or LL.M. for short, must be distinguished from the MLE. Called Eur . This is a special type of Master of Laws ( LL.M. ) degree from the English-speaking world , a postgraduate course that is based on the dual degree system in the sense of the Bologna Process .

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