Seminars

General

A seminar is an educational form in which academic and legal skills are being dealt with. It has a research-like set-up. You will be conducting research, do assignments, hold presentations, and write papers. It is a training in academic thinking, which, after a thorough analysis has been made, leads to a (creative) solution of a legal question. This solution should be presented clearly and hold all possible arguments.

Skills

The following academic skills will be trained:
• logical reasoning, arguing, creative thinking, analysing problems, making connections;
• verbal skills: argumentation and formulating;
• communicative skills: communicating, presenting and persuading, listening, reading.

The legal skills include:
• handling a legal perspective;
• adequate usage of the descriptive and prescriptive aspects;
• understanding and applying legal texts;
• finding and applying jurisprudence/case law.

Binding enrolment

Enrolment in a seminar is compulsory and binding.

Enrolment will lead to a result in all cases; this could be a pass or fail grade after full participation in the seminar or a fail grade when you have participated insufficiently/quit the seminar.

The Board of Examiners can deviate from the above at the request of a student, based on special circumstances.

Advice

For more information, please checkOcasys.

Enrolment

The International Office will enrol all LLM students for the compulsory seminar of their programme.

Last update: 21-7-2023