Learning outcomes

After a three-year bachelor, the programme in Master en droit has the dual objective of adding to the student's general training by teaching fundamental subjects (core courses) and providing him with specialist training in subjects more closely linked to his future professional career (focuses and optional courses). The student chooses his specialisation from the coherent set of subjects.
The balance between general training and specialised training should provide the student with the opportunity to acquire legal skills of a highly technical level, aided by skills in critical reflection.
The Master's programme is also intended to help students familiarise themselves with the world of work (internship and dissertation), broaden their linguistic skills (English courses and exchanges with KULeuven) and perfect their training abroad (Erasmus exchanges).

On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :

1. 

GOING FURTHER

Critically apply and enrich the knowledge and skills acquired at the end of the Bachelor of Law program.

1.1. Use and critically enrich the knowledge and skills acquired at the end of the Bachelor of Law program, from an interdisciplinary, comparative and professional perspective.

2. 

MASTERING AND APPLY

Master the content of the main rules of positive Belgian law in all its branches, as well as those of European law and international law, be able to compare the essential features with some foreign systems and be able to move from the abstraction of the rule of law to the facts, even if they are presented in a complex way, and vice versa.

2.1. Have an up-to-date knowledge and general command of the principles, rules, theories, doctrines and case law that give substance to the various branches of law, in particular tax law and accounting law, private international law, public international law, company law, family property law, social security law and securities law.
2.2. Know and understand the influence of certain European and international standards and institutions on these different branches of law.
2.3. Be familiar with a few essential features of these same branches of law in the light of certain foreign systems and master the techniques and reflexes of comparative law research in order to deepen this knowledge.
2.4. Research, read and understand legal documents written in Dutch and English.
Be able to follow a university course in one of these languages.
2.5. In one or other branch of law, be able to diagnose a complex legal problem independently and creatively, identifying the difficulties in detail, eliminating peripheral elements, and providing well-argued solutions based on in-depth research, presented in a clear summary underpinned by thorough, coherent and credible legal reasoning.
2.6. Be able to move from the abstraction of the rule of law to the concrete facts, and vice versa.

3. 

EXPLAINING AND CONVINCING

Move easily from the rule to the facts and vice versa in a discussion, communicate the results of legal research and analysis in a clear, precise, structured and well-argued manner and produce a legal study, in full compliance with the rules governing scientific production.

3.1. In a discussion (individual colloquium, group conversation, argumentative speech, written or oral consultation, etc.), be able to move from the abstraction of the rule of law to the concrete facts, and vice versa.
3.2. Express aloud, in a lively, structured and reasoned manner, the content of knowledge, the results of research or a legal analysis in clear, precise French appropriate to the context and the qualities of the speaker (presentation, interview, conversation, plea, etc.) and be able to do the same in writing within the deadline set.
3.3. Be able to produce, orally and in writing, a legal study supported by relevant illustrations.
3.4. Take part in a routine conversation on a legal issue of moderate difficulty in a language other than French (particularly Dutch or English).
3.5. Respect the rules governing scientific production (literal quotations, references, bibliography, etc.) in all forms of communication.

4. 

THINKING AND PARTICIPATING

Update your knowledge, see the links between the different branches of law, forge your own opinions and, where appropriate, make the most of the opportunities offered by an internship or exchange stay.

4.1. To update and perfect their knowledge of the various branches of law independently, and thus forge a solid general legal culture.
4.2. Identify, mobilize and express the links, bridges and extensions between the various branches of law in order to analyze a factual situation.
4.3. From an interdisciplinary perspective, know, understand and use concepts and theories from other human sciences (particularly political economy, philosophy, psychology, sociology, history and ethics) to understand the role, scope and limits of law and justice.
4.4. Capitalize on the opportunities provided by:
- either an internship in legal practice and, on this occasion, develop the ability to contextualize standards, institutions and the people called upon to apply them;
- the interdisciplinary business creation programme; or
- an exchange stay; or
- courses taught by foreign professors.

5. 

QUESTIONNING AND GETTING INVOLVED

Ask questions about the choices conveyed by standards, form personal opinions and get involved in promoting the founding values of the law.

5.1. Understand the relative nature, in time and space, of a legal solution, and question the relevance of the choices it conveys.
5.2. Be able to form and express a personal opinion on a legal controversy or a problem they have identified.
5.3. Based on an analysis of human, family, economic or social situations and mechanisms covered by the law, consider the appropriateness of legal solutions and ways of improving them, and act accordingly.
5.4. Identify and promote the ethical and social values on which the law and justice are based, and guard against any form of instrumentalization.

6. GETTING ORGANIZED AND ADAPTING

Organizing your work, being able to adapt to new contexts and evolve positively in them, having integrated a logic of continuous development.

6.1. Organize, plan and meet deadlines.
6.2. Identify and integrate, independently, the new knowledge and skills needed to be able to grasp new contexts and/or situations quickly, identify limits and call on appropriate external resources if necessary.
6.3. Integrate a logic of self-assessment, continuous learning and development, which is essential if you are to develop positively in your future professional environment.