Master in Law and Management
Lisbon, Portugal
DURATION
3 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 6,200 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 1st phase of applications: 3rd to 28th February
** 10.000€: total tuition fee for non-EU candidates
Introduction
The Master’s in Law and Management is a creation of a partnership bringing together Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) and NOVA School of Law (NOVA Law).
Understanding the economic world in which advocacy and consultancy are located implies the ability to provide information built on rigorous, complete, and increasingly interdisciplinary expertise. The course covers four of the five areas of Business Management. Regarding Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance are the core of the training and three complementary tracks are presented to the student, in order to enable micro specializations and reinforce the global understanding of companies and businesses. Due to the restricted numerus clausus, learning is personalized, based on the most relevant subjects and international best practices, and does not abdicate from providing a solid conceptual and methodological formation. Autonomy and hands-on training are encouraged.
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Ideal Students
Law graduates who, in their professional career, want to combine legal and management areas. Candidates with a background in law will be given preference in admission. However, holders of any bachelor’s degree or equivalent are eligible to apply.
Program Outcome
The Master in Law and Management targets the development of an integrated dialogue of the legal universe with the business context. It ensures the appropriation of the essential concepts and methodologies of management and integrates them into the know-how and the legal-business discourse. It aims to stimulate a critical, innovative, complex, and interdisciplinary approach to knowledge, providing the necessary tools to predict corporate problems and design planning solutions that are able to solve the complex and interdisciplinary issues that arise in the business and corporate environment of today.
Curriculum
The taught component consists of 60 ECTS, of which 24 correspond to mandatory courses in Management and 12 ECTS in Law. Students must also complete 12 ECTS in subjects of restricted option, completing the course with 12 ECTS in subjects to choose freely from NOVA School of Law’s offer (subject to availability).
1st Semester / 2nd Semester – Taught Component ECTS
Mandatory Courses
Law
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Management
- Accounting and Corporate Finance
- Business Economics
- Business Management
- Negotiation (Strategy)
Elective Courses
Tax
- Corporate Tax Law
- International Tax Law
- Tax Practice
Financial
- Financial Instruments Law
- Risk Management in Financial Contracts
- Fintech
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Sustainability
- Business, Human Rights and Sustainability
- Energy, Climate, and the Just Transition
- Data Protection and Management Law*
- Emerging technologies: governance and regulation
*Data Protection and Management Law is a course offered by NOVA School of Law’s Jean Monnet Module on the European Union Data Protection Law in Portugal (DataporEU).
3rd Semester – Research ECTS
Mandatory
- Dissertation, internship at a national or international institution, or project work.
Opportunity to benefit from the Themis Network international experience.
Three core elements: a semester abroad, an international internship, and the Themis seminar.
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Merit Awards
Merit Awards are awarded to:
- Candidates whose final average admission to a 2nd study cycle at NOVA School of Law, according to assessment and ranking by the appropriate jury, is equal to or higher than 17 points (on a scale of 0/20) and who enroll and attend the same course, benefit from an award in cash corresponding to 50% of the tuition fee for the taught component of the Master’s degree.
- Candidates whose final average admission to a 2nd study cycle at NOVA School of Law, according to assessment and ranking by the appropriate jury, is equal to or higher than 16 points (on a scale of 0/20) and who enroll and attend the same course, benefit from an award in cash corresponding to 30% of the tuition fee for the taught component of the Master’s degree.
In the non-taught phase, three prizes for academic merit are awarded (by master’s degree or area of specialization, in the case of the Master’s Degree in Law). These awards assume the completion of the taught component within the stipulated time.
- The best student of the taught component of each study cycle or specialization area of a study cycle who continues and attends the non-taught phase benefits from an award in cash corresponding to 100% of the tuition fee for the non-taught phase of the Master’s degree;
- The second-best student of the taught component of each study cycle or specialization area of a study cycle who continues and attends the non-taught phase, benefits from an award in cash corresponding to 60% of the tuition fee, corresponding to the non-taught phase of the Master’s degree;
- The third-best student of the taught component of each study cycle or specialization area of a study cycle who continues and attends the non-taught phase of the Master’s degree.
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Program Admission Requirements
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