Doctor in law programme

The aim of GGSL's Doctor in Law Training Programme is to train PhD researchers to conduct high level legal research and to write a doctoral dissertation. The Training programme provides for a theoretical framework for legal research and for training of skills concerning project management, legal argumentation and oral and written communication of research results. Basically, the Training Programme is focussed on the research of the PhD researchers. This implies that the Training Programme has been set up to benefit the individual PhD research.

GGSL's Doctor in Law Training Programme consists of a Core Training Programme and Optional Courses. All PhD researchers take the 10 EC (European Credit, 1 EC corresponds to a work load of 28 hours) Core Training Programme and choose for at least 10 EC from the Optional Courses.

the Core Training Programme consists of the Starters' Course, in which skills are being trained which are important for conducting research. Furthermore, the Masterclass Methods of Legal Research and the Thematic Masterclass are part of the Core Training Programme. Finally, the yearly PhD Conference is part of the Core Training Programme.

From the Optional Courses, The PhD researcher may choose those courses that benefit his/her own research most. One methodological course and one thematic course should be taken. Furthermore, the PhD researcher may be invited to participate in the Summer School, a yearly event organized in cooperation with the partner universities of Ghent, Uppsala and Turku. The Summer School may replace any other optional course.

 

 

 

The courses of the Core Training Programme will be announced by the graduate school office, after which PhD researchers can apply for the courses. 

The courses "Reflection on Juridical Construction", "Theory of Science", "Theme subject", "Law-making in the European Union" and "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law" are part of the course list of the Research Master Programme. PhD researchers take these courses together with research master students. PhD researchers cannot apply for these courses and also for the course Methods Social Sciences through Progress.www, but do so by sending an e-mail tot the teacher of the course. Information about the aim and content of the courses can be found in the prospectus . Information about the scheduling of the courses can be found in the timetable. The timetable and any changes in the timetable are being announced on the web page Stip.

The courses Congress on one's own field of study and Summer School are not part of the course list of the Research Master Programme. The Summer School will be announced in time by the GGSL Office.

During their research, PhD researchers may use the PhD Training Fund for study books and attending congresses. More information on this is provided in the menu-item Facilities.