1. FACULTY OF LAW Ari Koivumaa International Coordinator

2. 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

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

4. Students Ca. 850 registered graduate students Numerus clausus
new students / year
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
doctor degrees / year

5. Entrance Exam

6. Gender / Admitted (%)

7. 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 %

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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