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.
Organization
Program
Select a program
Master's Degree in Local Government Law
EU Language
In-depth public finances (ST)
EU litigation system (ST)
3 creditsPublic economic law (ST)
EU Urban planning law
7 creditsEU Administrative law of local authorities
7 creditsInternational Environmental and Sustainable Development Law (ST)
Preparation for competitive examinations and exams: Summary note (ST)
2 creditsDigital skills - In-depth documentary research
Master's Degree in Local Government Law
Litigation involving local authorities
10 creditsLocal government litigation
2 creditsPublic domain litigation
2 creditsUrban planning litigation
2 creditsContract disputes
2 creditsExpropriation litigation
2 credits
Relations with citizens and users
6 creditsEconomic development strategies
6 creditsPublic contract practice
6 creditsExecution of public contracts
2 creditsPublic procurement
2 creditsComplex contractual arrangements (contract engineering)
2 credits
Language - Legal English
Management
4 creditsProject management
2 creditsTeam management
2 credits
Legal news
4 creditsHuman resources
6 creditsPre-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 creditsInternship
10 credits
Professional integration/Commitment
Student engagement
Professional integration
Choose one of two options:
Apprenticeship
8 creditsInternship
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.
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.
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