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Law Programme

The Law Programme  gives the student a good overall picture of the Finnish system of justice with the main focus on the branches of jurisdiction mentioned below.  The studies will equip the students with wide basic skills in the field of law  and also prepare the students for further studies of law.

The Law Programme  is suitable for everyone who needs basic skills  in law at his/her work or is planning to continue his/her studies in the field.

A small teaching group makes various study visits possible. besides lectures, solving cases and trial exercise are used as teaching methods. The students have the opportunity to influence the study entities offered.

Course contents:

  • Jurisprudential Information
  • The use of databases in the search of legal materials
  • Finnish Legal  System
  • Legal Systems and Legal History
  • Labour and Social Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Law of Obligations
  • Law of Procedure
  • Family Law
  • Law of Inheritance

A part of the studies will be implemented in cooperation with the University of Lapland.