Master in European Union Law
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Jan 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
09 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 8,100 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* until | ordinary phase from 2 December 2024
** current fees for the 23/24 academic year
Introduction
The University Master's Degree in European Union Law is a specialized LLM of excellence recognized during all these last 30 editions (Ranking El Mundo/Expansión 2024). It is focused on a bilingual education (English/Spanish), and promotes a practical approach (moot courts) together with the acquisition of competitive qualifications of transnational law (work in international teams, digital legal environment and leadership).
A mandatory period of curricular practices, supervised by the most prestigious professionals in this area of specialization, guarantees the acquisition of the most up-to-date skills in this field (Academic Council).
The Double Master with the WCL of the American University - LLM in International Legal Practice /LLM in EU Law - and the complement of specialization with the Law and Commercial Arbitration Program, Financial Market Law and Intellectual Property Law of the University of Zurich, prepare all the most for the legal practice in a globalized environment.
The high qualification of the knowledge gained throught the Master is also supported with various institutional distinctions such as the grants of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, the scholarships and the chair of Excellence of the Mutualidad de la Abogacía Foundation, or the Jones Day Award.
Master in Numbers
- The LLM is the only one on its field that has been included in the ranking of Best Masters in Law in Spain issued by El Mundo/Expansión in 20 EDITIONS IN A ROW
- More than 100 collaborating entities between offices, consultancies and companies
- 70% of teaching in English
- Employability: over 90% of students get a stable job after graduation. Most of them continue in the collaborating entities where they developed their compulsory practice.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Jones Day Award - Professor Rafael Illescas
Jones Day Law Firm organizes, in collaboration with MUDUE, a competition law award. The best 10 files of the master will have the opportunity to be presented.
The participants will prepare an SoD ("Statement of Defense") with the defense strategy they consider most appropriate. In the second phase, they will defend their brief and strategy before an exceptional court presided over by Rafael Illescas.
The winner will enjoy a financial scholarship and the opportunity to do an internship at the Jones Day law firm in Madrid.
Curriculum
The Study Program is composed of 7 compulsory courses and 12 credits of optional subjects following personal choice, which deepen and apply skills, achieved in common subjects. Students must select 4 optional courses of 3 ECTS credits each. This does not mean a specialisation in specific fields but a more in-depth assimilation of specific subjects only.
Further 30 ECTS credits are intended to be taken in external tutored internships in order to achieve the skills and knowledge required by the legal practice and companies advising as a European Union Law Attorney.
The Programme ends with a “Due diligence” evaluation consisting of 6 ECTS credits. Students shall apply their skills to solve a complex case composed by an international attorney and consisting of transnational matters, requiring mandatory application of the EU Legal framework. The preparation of the case shall be in teams whereas the defense in front of the examining board shall be individual.
Year 1 - Semester 1
- The Legal Order of the EU
- Human Rights and EU Citizenship Law
- Tax Policy in the EU
Electives
- European judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters
Annual (Semesters 1 and 2)
- Judicial remedies in the Legal System of the EU
Year 1 - Semester 2
- The Internal Market and the Law of the EU Trade Policy
- European Business Law
- EU and Spanish Competition law
Electives
- The Protection of Intellectual Property in the Law of the EU
- Consumer Protection in the EU
- Employment and Social Policy of the EU
- The Law of the Financial Services in the EU
- European Environmental Law and Policy
- Actions for damages under the EU Law
Year 2 - Semester 1
- Internships
- Master's Thesis