1. to broaden and deepen the basic knowledge that has been acquired in the bachelor programme, about most legal disciplines. 
2. to prompt students to reflect about the law from a broader social, social-economical, historical and philosophical context.
3. in relation to objective 2 to instill in the students the attitude to constantly question the tension between law and ethics.
4. to make students aware of the international and in particular the European context in which the law functions, which should enable them to see that their own legal system in its connection to the context of time and place.
5. to sharpen the student’s legal reasoning and problem solving skills so that he/she is able to deal with the law autonomously and creatively.
6. to strengthen and pratice the scientific attitude and skills so that the graduate is able to independently perform scientific work.

• The Master of Law has thorough knowledge of the foundations, structures, methodology and systematics of Belgian, European and international law. He/she has thorough and scientific knowledge of one or more domains of law.
• The master has a certain knowledge of and insight in other legal systems and is familiar with the methods of comparative law. 
• The master demonstrates a scientific attitude, which enables him/her to approach the legal rules and the practical application critically and to carry out a critical study of specialised publications and evaluate their significance. 
• The master has the skill to handle and apply the acquired scientific research methods and techniques independently and creatively 

• The Master of Law is able to present a scientifically well-founded legal argument and is able to defend his/her own propositions in a discussion, using scientifically well-founded arguments, both written and orally. He/she is able to write a clear report and present it orally, adapted to a given forum.
• The master has sufficient knowledge of French, English and German in general and of their legal language in particular. He/she is able to analyze and evaluate legal texts and legal sources in Dutch as well as in the aforementioned foreign languages.
• The master is able to work with law, in an autonomous and creative way, is able to recognize and tackle problems and to choose, develop, implement and evaluate a solution. In the context of the master project which puts the future Master of Law in contact with the professional legal field, he/she has the competence to check the acquired theoretical knowledge against the legal practice and to critically reflect on it. This introduction to the legal pratice can contribute to a well-considered choice of profession.
• The master is able to mediate and negotiate and has interpersonal skills such as leading meetings or projects.

• The Master of Law should have the same social and reflective competences as the Bachelor of Law.
• The Master of Law is expected to be able to place his/her own legal system in a broad comparative perspective and to see its connection to the context in time and place.

Prof. dr. G. Pavlakos, georgios.pavlakos@ua.ac.be

Mw M. Briels, mieke.briels@ua.ac.be (admin)