Law - Political Science - Administration

Master's Degree in Local Government Law

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

Know-how and skills

The Master's Degree in Local Government Law enables students to acquire the following skills:
- Understanding the legal environment of local authorities;
- Understanding local government administrations and the public and private bodies that work with them;
- Finding employment in a local authority or in a company that works with local authorities;
- Managing a department;
- Communicating with senior local government officials and elected representatives;
- Managing staff;
- Organizing and analyzing information;
- Organizing and leading meetings;
- Mastering project management and steering methods and tools;
- Mastering writing and oral communication techniques;
- Mastering tools related to information and communication technologies (ICT);
- Mastering one or more foreign languages.

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Organization

Program

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Master's Degree in Local Government Law

  • EU Language

    • Choose one of two options:

      • Spanish

      • English

  • In-depth public finances (ST)

  • EU litigation system (ST)

    3 credits
  • Public economic law (ST)

  • EU Urban planning law

    7 credits
    • Urban Planning Law Tutorial

      2 credits
    • CM Urban Planning Law

  • EU Administrative law of local authorities

    7 credits
    • TD Administrative Law of Local Authorities

      2 credits
    • CM Administrative Law of Local Authorities

      5 credits
  • International Environmental and Sustainable Development Law (ST)

  • Preparation for competitive examinations and exams: Summary note (ST)

    2 credits
  • Digital skills - In-depth documentary research

  • Optional

    • Legal clinic (F)

    • Memory (F)

    • Internship (F)

    • Professional integration workshops (F): CV/cover letter

    • Supervised project (F)

    • Apprenticeship (F)

    • Legal monitoring (F)

  • Environmental law (ST)

  • Digital skills - Pix+Law preparation

  • Legal Practice: Brief

    2 credits
    • Legal practice: drafting a defense brief

  • Public Digital Law (ST)

  • EU Public Procurement Law

    7 credits
    • CM Public Contract Law

    • Public Contract Law Tutorial

      2 credits
  • Public Economic Law 2 (ST)

  • EU Constitutional law of local authorities

    7 credits
    • CM Constitutional Law of Local Authorities

      5 credits
    • Constitutional Law of Local Authorities

      2 credits
  • Local finances (ST)

Master's Degree in Local Government Law

  • Litigation involving local authorities

    10 credits
    • Local government litigation

      2 credits
    • Public domain litigation

      2 credits
    • Urban planning litigation

      2 credits
    • Contract disputes

      2 credits
    • Expropriation litigation

      2 credits
  • Relations with citizens and users

    6 credits
    • Institutional Communication

      3 credits
    • Local democracy techniques

      3 credits
    • Protection of personal data

    • Digital and open data

  • Economic development strategies

    6 credits
    • Local administrative institutions for economic development

    • Funding for local projects

    • Land development tools

      3 credits
    • Valorization of public and private domains

      3 credits
  • Public contract practice

    6 credits
    • Execution of public contracts

      2 credits
    • Public procurement

      2 credits
    • Complex contractual arrangements (contract engineering)

      2 credits
  • Language - Legal English

  • Management

    4 credits
    • Project management

      2 credits
    • Team management

      2 credits
  • Legal news

    4 credits
    • Public contract news

    • Local government news

    • Urban planning news

    • News from the local civil service

    • Legal monitoring

      4 credits
  • Human resources

    6 credits
    • Human resources management

      3 credits
    • Ethics for local public officials

    • Responsibility of local public officials

    • Local Civil Service Status

      3 credits
  • Pre-professional skills

    • Choose 1 or 2 out of 3

      • Tutored Project

      • Legal Clinic

      • Memory

        6 credits
  • EU of choice

    • Choose one of two options:

      • Professional integration

        • Choose one of two options:

          • Apprenticeship

            10 credits
          • Internship

            10 credits
      • Professional integration/Commitment

        • Student engagement

        • Professional integration

          • Choose one of two options:

            • Apprenticeship

              8 credits
            • Internship

              8 credits

Admission

Target audience

The Master's Degree in Local Government Law is open to students who meet the necessary prerequisites and wish to pursue a career that requires knowledge of local government, its laws, and its environment. The Master's Degree in Local Government Law also welcomes individuals who are already working and enrolling as part of continuing education.

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And after

Continuing education

After completing the Master's degree in Local Government Law, graduates can continue their studies at IPAG to prepare for civil service exams, or at IEJ for those who want to become lawyers. It is also possible to pursue a doctoral thesis.

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Professional integration

Local government officials (administrators and attachés)

Contract agents in a local administrative institution (special advisors, cabinet positions, experts)

Executive positions in financial and banking institutions

Executive positions in private companies linked to local authorities (SEM, SEML, SPL, SPLA, SEMOP)

 Lawyer specializing in public law and environmental law

Consultants to local authorities and businesses

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