Central European University DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL STUDIES

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Central European UniversityDEPARTMENT OF
LEGAL STUDIES

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Degrees offered

• Master of Laws in Comparative Constitutional Law
  (LLM in CCL)
• Master of Laws in Human Rights (LLM in HR)
• Master of Laws in International Business Law (LLM
  in IBL)
• Master of Arts in Human Rights (MA in HR)
• Doctor of Juridical Sciences (SJD)
• The Master's (LLM and MA) as well as the SJD
  degrees are conferred under the authority of the
  Board of Regents of the University of the State
  of New York.

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Entry requirements for the Masters Programs

• General CEU admission requirements
• Applicants for LLM completed law degree
• Exceptions
• CCL - degree in political science or
  international relations
• MA in HR - BA degree

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• Admission examination
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
• Legal Reasoning Test
• Academic essay of 45 minutes
• CCL (Constitution of the US, public law system of
  the country of residence of the applicant, etc.)
• IBL (conflict of laws, 1980 Vienna Convention,
  etc.)
• HR (International Covenant on Civil and Political
  Rights, etc.)

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Entry requirements for the SJD Program

• General CEU admission requirements
• LLM (MA) degree from CEU or another institution
  with a credit load and program similar to that of
  CEU
• B or higher average
• thesis graded completed with honours or higher
• detailed research proposal - proposed thesis,
  reason for choosing the topic, methodology, main
  problems to be researched, and jurisdictions
  covered (2000 words, including literature)

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Length of study

• LLM and MA 11 months
• SJD 35 months (average) submission of the
  dissertation maximum five years from the
  beginning of enrollment

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Graduation requirement

• LLM in CCL or IBL
• Option A) 24 course credits 30-50 page thesis
• Option B) 21 course credits 70-150 page thesis
• LLM or MA in HR
• 28 course credits, 50-100 page thesis
• SJD in CCL or IBL
• Minimum of 10 course credits comprehensive
  examination completion of teaching assistance
  duties, 250-400 pages dissertation based on
  independent research and public defense of the
  dissertation

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Structure of LLM (MA) programs

• 6 modules
• E.g. sixth module, International Business Law
  Program
• Comparative Law of Sales (H. Hunter)
• Capital Markets and Securities Regulation (T.
  Tajti)
• International Technology Transfer (F. Abbott)
• European Private International Law (P. Hay)
• EU Law II (P. Hay)
• Intellectual Property Law II (P. Gerhart)

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• Professor Peter HayEuropean Private
  International Law, 28 class hours (2 credits)
• The main focus of the course is on the
  jurisdiction of courts and the recognition and
  enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial
  cases under the terms of the Brussels Convention
  (in force throughout the European Union). Topics
  include the bases for jurisdiction
  (choice-of-court agreements, commission of a
  tort, place of performance of a contract), rules
  of res judicata, lis pendens, review of the first
  court's jurisdiction by the recognizing court,
  review for violation of local public policy. New
  developments (revision of the Convention and
  extension of its principles to matrimonial
  matters) will also be discussed. Consideration
  will be given to the recognition of decisions in
  the EU of decisions of courts of non-EU courts.
  Some of the differences in national procedural
  laws will be noted.

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• Professor Stefan Messmann
• Drafting and Negotiating International Contracts,
  14 class hours (1 credit)
• Drafting contracts, and in particular
  international contracts, is a skill that is
  developed through experience and is not something
  that can easily be acquired through reading
  textbooks on the matter. Drafting an agreement is
  often one of the most difficult tasks confronting
  a young practitioner. The same is true of
  negotiating such contracts.
• Taking this into consideration, this present
  seminar will be divided into three parts
• The first part will deal with the basic
  principles of drafting contracts, including but
  not limited to methods of drafting,
  responsibility for the first draft, objectives,
  layout conventions, numbering, use of precedents,
  style of conventions, headings and marginal
  notes, punctuation, checking drafts, submitting a
  draft, receipt of a draft, and making revisions.

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• In the second part the most important types of
  international contracts (joint venture contract,
  license and technology transfer agreement,
  franchising, sales contract, employment contract)
  as well as articles of association of joint
  ventures and international arbitration awards
  will be examined and discussed.
• The third part will deal - though exercises -
  with the skills of negotiating. This includes but
  is not limited to verbal and nonverbal
  communications informal, competitive, and
  co-operative phase of negotiation negotiating
  styles/tactics post negotiation assessment
  impact of cultural differences and negotiation
  ethics. During this section, frequently raised
  negotiation issues will be discussed.

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Other programs

• Justice Initiative Fellows Program
• PhD opportunity for Human Rights Graduates
• Doctoral Support Program for non-CEU Students

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Why CEU Legal Studies?

• International curricula
• International diploma
• International faculty
• International students, environment
• Well equipped
• Success stories of CEU alumni
• Good financing opportunities

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At present, CEU alumni of the DLS with whom the
University is in contact are studying and
employed in the following fields ()
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Alumni in high position

• Ministers
• Vojvodina (province in Serbia)
• Minority Affairs
• Estonia
• Education
• Deputy Minister
• Bulgaria
• Embassies
• General Counsels
• Professors

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Tuition and financing

• Tuition fee
• LLM (MA) 12,400 USD/academic year
• SJD 12,400 USD/academic year
• Financial aid
• CEU financial aid
• Full CEU Fellowship
• Partial CEU Fellowship
• Tuition waiver (full, 80, 70, 60, 50)
• CEU Alumni Scholarship
• Inter-Europa Bank Loan
• Other funding opportunities

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Faculty

• Stefan Messmann, Head of DepartmentKároly Bárd,
  Chair of the Human Rights ProgramAndrás Sajó,
  Chair of the Comparative Constitutional Law
  ProgramTibor Várady, Chair of the International
  Business Law ProgramCsilla Kollonay Lehoczky,
  Director of the Doctoral Program

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Information

• Central European University
• Department of Legal Studies
• 1051 BUDAPEST, NADOR U. 9
• HUNGARY
• TELEPHONE [phone]
• TELEFAX (36 1) 327-3198
• E-mail LegalSt_at_ceu.hu
• WEBSITE www.ceu.hu/legal

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Statistics

• 1992 - 2004
• Students
• LLM/MA 809
• SJD 64
• Professors
• Permanent Faculty 26
• Visiting Faculty 118
• Number of Applicants (1999-2004) 3807