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Law Studies No. 1 in Lithuania.MRU is #1 in the area of Law among all Lithuania’s universities according to “QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024”. |
Looking for the most cutting-edge master degree? Do you want to narrow down your law specialization? Are you aiming to go through your studies and raise your career prospects? Do you want to study not just theory, but practice too?
If any or all of the above questions came back with a positive answer, seriously consider taking your master degree in Law, Technology and Business. It is the most cutting-edge law degree available from universities in Vilnius.
Study in Lithuania, a country that IT companies choose as their main talent pool. Study close to your potential employers and gain world-class university education. Become a master of law in contemporary and futuristic topics of cybersecurity, GDPR IP, Fintech, Regtech, cybercrime, robotics and so much more.
Learn practical applications of law, business and technology. Participate in hackathons, meetups, workshops and international competitions, where you will get a chance to build your own legaltech startup.
Conduct your law studies in English, to further strengthen your competence as an international tech and legal expert. To take full advantage of this course, you will be required to know English at B2 level.
Learn from our partners that contribute to our study programmes and help us deliver the best experts in the field. Study with our partners at Eversheds Saladzius – a legal firm, with Blockchain Centre Vilnius, Tech SuperHeroes, Startup Lithuania, other IT companies, start-ups and more. Don’t be boggled down just by theory. Learn multidisciplinary practice and become the best expert you can be.
Get your diploma in Master of Law in Europe, in one of the best universities in Lithuania. After 1,5 years of studies, you will receive your master degree in the field of law. You will also be awarded 90 ECTS credits for your future studies. Upon completion of your studies, you will be able to work with the newest legal technologies and AI, advise on legaltech issues, legal services development strategies and tactics, develop, implement and commercialize innovations in public and private legal sectors, conduct further research in legaltech field.
At MRU, you will also find a low tuition fee, making this master degree even more enticing. We also have scholarships for master studies available at our university. You can find more information on scholarships available here.
Check out more information on Law, Technology and Business content below and decide if this program is best for you. Contact us if you have more questions. If not, hit that Apply now button and get your degree started!
STUDY PROGRAMME PLAN
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Course units |
ECTS credits |
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1st YEAR |
60 |
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1 SEMESTER |
30 |
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Compulsory course units |
24 |
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Law and Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities |
6 |
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Regulation of Fintech Industry |
6 |
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Legal Semantic Technologies |
6 |
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Games and Gamification methods for Law |
6 |
|
Alternatively elective course units 1 |
6 |
|
Cyber Crime and Forensics |
6 |
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Privacytech: Privacy, Security and Technology |
6 |
|
2 SEMESTER |
30 |
|
Compulsory course units |
30 |
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Research methodology and new technologies |
6 |
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Intellectual Property and Modern Technologies |
6 |
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Internship |
9 |
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Artificial Intelligence for Law and Law for Artificial Intelligence |
6 |
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Robotic Governance |
3 |
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2nd YEAR |
30 |
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3 SEMESTER |
30 |
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Compulsory course units |
30 |
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Start-ups and Venture Capital |
6 |
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Master Thesis Project |
6 |
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Master Thesis |
15 |
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Law, Technology and Business Conferences |
3 |
General competences and learning outcomes
- Personal and social abilities
- Ability to think critically and creatively and to identify problems, analyse them and to assess them comprehensively, to provide the proposals to solve the identified problems, to choose the appropriate solutions and methods and make reasoned conclusions;
- Ability to demonstrate well-developed skills of self-learning, which provide for adequately targeted and independent continuation of studies;
- Ability to organise and control the team-work and time by effective cooperation with colleagues and coordination of contrasting interests;
- Ability to convey logical, knowledge-based conclusions clearly and unambiguously for specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Subject specific competences and learning outcomes
- Knowledge and its application
- Ability to understand and explain new technologies in the field of law, to understand their destructive and sustainable effects, to know ethical principles applicable to technologies, to solve independently complex legal issues;
- Ability independently analyse, synthesize and evaluate legal facts and related data, integrate legal knowledge, apply the methodology of scientific knowledge, clearly and unambiguously formulate logical conclusions based on legal knowledge, focused on the improvement of professional activities and to convey them in the English language for both specialists and non-specialists in a global market environment.
- Research skills
- Ability to conduct research: on the topic of international and national law and globally operating technologies;
- Ability to search for, select the necessary, examine and analyse information on law and technology as well as in related or necessary topics, to raise reasonable hypotheses, research tasks and goals, and to implement them.
- Special abilities
- Ability critically analyse, interpret, compare and evaluate the legal relations regulating technologies, the legal acts regulating them, to make reasonable proposals for the improvement of these legal acts;
- Ability independently initiate and develop a business in the field of legal technologies, understand the startup ecosystem, to know financing options, to know how to protect intellectual property, to trade secrets by legal, organizational and technical means;
- Ability professionally provide interdisciplinary services in the field of law and technology both independently and in a team;
- Ability to create, use, analyse and explain legal technologies, innovations such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, chain technologies, semantic and emotional technologies, the use of open data in the legal services sector.
- Choose a study programme
- Fill in the application form at apply.mruni.eu
- Pay the non-refundable application fee (for non-EU citizens – 100 euros, for EU-citizens, MRU alumni, and Ukrainians – 50 euros)
- Receive your application evaluation results
- Confirm your acceptance by paying the first-year tuition fee and 50 euros registration fee (non-refundable)
- Sign the study contract
- Start Temporary Residence Permit application procedure
- Register to studies
Required documents:
- Bachelor degree or equivalent first university degree diploma in Law (3-year study duration minimum)
- Academic transcripts of each study year
- Document proving English language level
- Motivational letter (please note that the authenticity of the motivation letter will be verified using specialized software, so it should be written without AI assistance)
- Passport copy
Additional educational documents might be required depending on the country of residence.
Provided documents must be in color, have no cut corners (high quality scan).
Notes:
- By submitting the documents applicant agrees for one’s information to be shared with other institutions that the University might refer to while processing the academic verification.
- Applicants might be asked to participate in additional knowledge evaluation.
Required level – B2
Assessments of English language proficiency certificates equivalent to level B2:
- TOEFL IBT 72-94
- IELTS 5.5-6.5
- PTE score 59-75
- DUOLINGO 100-125
If you do not have a certificate proving your English language proficiency level, you can take the University Online English language level test. You will be able to choose this option while filling in the application. The test is free of charge.
Certificate is not required if your native language is English or if your previous studies were conducted fully in English language.
- If the original educational documents/transcripts are in English, Lithuanian or Russian with an apostille (if required) on the scanned original, no translation needed.
- If original educational documents/transcripts are not in English, Lithuanian or Russian languages, then they have to be supplemented with an official translation.
- The official translation has to be confirmed with the sworn translator’s signature or official notarization.
- Accepted students shall present their original educational documents/transcripts to the International Office upon arrival to begin their studies.
Country Specific Requirements can be found here.
Recognition of Foreign Qualifications
- The evaluation and recognition of prior qualifications is a part of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) admissions process.
- By submitting the online application you confirm that the documents are legitimate and that MRU can verify the authenticity of the documents by contacting its issuing authority and national ENIC/NARIC centre.
- Documents uploaded must be in good condition and in full colour. Documents issued in languages other than English, Russian, or Lithuanian must be accompanied with an official translation into English or Lithuanian.
- Before you apply make sure that you have a complete documentation package and that your qualifications are giving access to higher education according to the study programme level you are applying for at the MRU.
Recognition Criteria
- The purpose of an assessment is to compare a foreign qualification with a similar level qualification awarded in Lithuania according to quality, profile, content, workloads and learning outcomes.
- Your qualification will be assessed according to specific requirements for the programme you are applying for and whether your academic results are sufficient for studies at the MRU.
Right to Appeal
Recognition decisions can be appealed against to the Academic Recognition of Foreign Qualifications Concerning Higher Education Appeal Committee under the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science.
All appeals with supporting documents must be submitted to:
Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education
Ph.: +37052104778
Email: recognition@skvc.lt
Address: SKVC, A. Goštauto st. 12, LT-01108, Vilnius, Lithuania
The procedure of evaluation and recognition of academic qualifications
Application fee (non-refundable):
- for Non-EU citizens – €100
- for EU citizens, MRU Alumni, and Ukrainians – €50
Registration fee (non-refundable):
- €50
Tuition fee (EU/Non-EU citizens) per 1 academic year: €3286 (academic year 2024-2025).
Payment information will be provided in the invoices issued in your online application form.
Student continues to pay the same tuition fee which was implied at the time of the admission.
E-mail: study@mruni.eu
Phone: +370 5 271 4700
WhatsApp: +370 6 564 6682
Office: I-122