FACULTY OF LAW Ari Koivumaa International Coordinator Lawinter@ulapland.fi www.ulapland.fi/law

Faculty Established in 1979 One of the three law faculties in Finland Degrees offered by the Faculty Bachelor and Master of Laws qualification to enter legal profession Licentiate and Doctor of Laws post graduate

Staff Professors (16) Docents (21) Assistants and Senior Assistants (14) Lecturers (3) Administrative Staff (7) Researchers Research Assistants and Trainees

Students Ca. 850 registered graduate students Numerus clausus 130 - 140 new students / year 100 - 110 graduates / year Approximate study time 5.5 years Numerus clausus Written entrance exam on required reading Admitted directly to both bachelors and masters studies Ca. 100 post-graduate students 3 - 4 doctor degrees / year

Entrance Exam

Gender / Admitted (%)

Home Province / Admitted Southern Finland Western Finland Eastern Finland Oulu Lapland 2005 12 % 21 % 14 % 25 % 28 % 2004 18 % 3 % 31 % 23 % 2003 24 % 6 % 29 % 2002 7 % 26 % 2001 19 % 15 %

Research Own publication series National and international research networks and projects Research institutes Law and Informatics Commercial Law Air and Space Law Special areas of research, e.g. Legal informatics Legal linguistics Sex crimes and criminology Law of the sea and Air and space law

International Projects / Networks Legal Framework for Information Society – LEFIS Advanced Legal Issues in Virtual Enterprise – ALIVE Tambov State Technical University Strategic Planning of Management (Tempus/Tacis) European Legal Information Study Programme – EULISP Finnish-Russian Student and Teaching Staff Mobility Network – LAW-FIRST

Teaching Law degree is a general degree Law degree is a state office degree Teaching is offered in all main areas of law Also strong emphasis on specialties of the faculty Possible to include courses from other disciplines Methods of teaching include lectures case studies essays written exams and virtual courses

International Student / Teacher Exchange Socrates/Erasmus 41 partner faculties in 16 European countries Nordplus 11 partner faculties in Nordic countries First 4 partner faculties in Russian Federation Other exchange agreements University of Chile, Faculty of Law Student exchange 2005/6 47 outgoing and 49 incoming law students Teaching staff exchange Included in most agreements

Teaching in Foreign Languages Courses taught in English Aim: at least one course in each discipline of law 52 courses / 330 credits in the academic year 2005/6 Lectures given in English in Law Aim: at least one lecture series in each discipline of law 560 hours in the academic year 2005/6 Integrated to teaching of local students MCL non-degree diploma programme (60 cr.) Post-graduate 1 year qualification