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Law and Business – (LL.B.)
Riga Graduate School of Law
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| Application Deadline: | 15 March (for foreign students and scholarships); June 28 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,000 | ||
| Location: | Riga / Latvia / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Riga Graduate School of Law
This programme directs itself towards students wishing to work either in a managerial environment, with a clear understanding of legal issues, or in legal practice with a clear understanding of business transactions. However, a clear understanding of interrelations between law and business will also make candidates attractive for many other positions.
Legal issues are dealt with in a comparative and international perspective, with the main focus on the legal environment of the EU and its Member States, as well as that of major trading partners, such as the USA, Russia, and China. The legal component of the programme has a comparative approach, drawing on several legal systems, and together with the elective courses, it covers all main topics found in a competitive law programme.
Business issues are addressed in all fields relevant for successful commercial operations. This includes major areas such as economics, accounting, management, and marketing. Together with legal awareness, this line of courses constitutes a sound basis for developing business strategies and applying them under actual market conditions.
Elective courses include English, French, and German, with a view to terminology that covers law, business, and international relations, to help students achieve a facility for deeper academic and professional work in these languages. Other electives include courses in law and business, with a special focus on inter-relationship between the fields of study as well as practical application.
Contents
The programmes comprise 180 ECTS credit points, corresponding to 120 Latvian credit points. They are based on courses in both mandatory and elective fields. Students will be following up to three courses at the same time. In order to ensure a broad choice of subjects, students can choose to follow an additional course when necessary.
Each course lasts six weeks with five class hours a week, to which is added research work on assignments and class preparation. At the end of each course an exam has to be passed. The overall duration of each programme is three years, ending with a Bachelor thesis.
Course materials are freely available in the form of compendia on the RGSL intranet, but can be also acquired in printed format. Reading assignments mainly refer to materials in the compendia, articles in electronic format on the RGSL library portal, as well as books and other printed material available in the RGSL library.
Mandatory courses
Law
- Comparative Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Comparative Contract Law
- International Public Law
- Comparative Property Law
- European Union Law
- Philosophy of Law
- International Human Rights
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Trade Law
- Competition and State Aid Law
- Internal Market Law
- External Relations of the European Union
- Comparative Company Law
- Free Movement of Capital
- International Private and Procedural Law
- Banking and Securities Law
Business
- Introduction to Marketing
- Principles of Economics - Micro Economics
- Business Accounting I
- Principles of Economics - Macro Economics
- Business Accounting II
- Economics and Politics of European Integration
- Economic Development and Demography
- Corporate Finance I
- International Trade Policy
- Corporate Finance II
- Business Strategy
- Information Management Systems
- Professional Ethics
- Management Accounting and Control
- International Monetary Economics
- Investments and Capital Markets
Research
- Research Methods
- Advanced Research Methods
- Study Work
Thesis
Elective courses
Law
- History of Law
- Comparative Personal, Family and Inheritance Law
- Comparative Criminal Law
- International Arbitration
- Business and Human Rights
- Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union
- Free Movement of Persons and Establishment
- Diplomatic Law
- International Tax Law
Business
- Process Management
- Organisational Behaviour
- Project Management
- Business Statistics
- Risk Management
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Economic Policy of the European Union
- Business Valuation
- Baltic and CIS Economic Policy
- International Financial Management
Languages
- English
- French
- German
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
English is the study language at RGSL. Alternative documentation for the level of proficiency in English may include certificates of an IELTS or TOEFL test.
Eligible applicants will be admitted in an order of priority based on points awarded for
- overall grade average on the final or latest grade transcript (priority to applicants with A and B levels according to ECTS)
- grade in English (priority to applicants with ECTS levels A and B in English)
- additional points may be awarded for academic and scientific achievements, active participation in youth organisations, and other relevant activities.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Accreditation
RGSL is a fully accredited university institution. All seven RGSL Masters programmes and 2 Bachelor programmes have received accreditation.
Funding details
RGSL tuition fee waivers for new Bachelor students from abroad
RGSL has introduced tuition fee waivers for first year of studies on the Bachelor programmes for applicants that are not already resident in Latvia. The purpose is to open the programmes more effectively for students from other countries, and in this way to increase the international study environment. For the 2012/2013 study year, 4 full and 8 half tuition fee waivers are available for programmes in Law and Business and Law and Diplomacy.
Tuition fee waivers will be awarded based on an overall evaluation of requests from qualified candidates. The request must be made in writing, with a statement of the grounds for the request, and a maximum of 2,000 characters. Requests must be submitted either together with an application for admission to the Bachelor programmes or with reference to an already submitted and pending application.
The deadline requesting tuition fee waivers 1 April 2012.
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