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Programme Committees

Programme Committees play an important role with regard to quality assurance within the Faculty. They have close links with the education offered and have an advising role at programme level towards the Faculty Council, the Faculty Board and the Director of Education. The Programme Committee and her tasks are arranged for in Article 9.18 of the Higher Education Act (‘ Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek’ (WHW) ). This article shows three main tasks for the Programme Committee:

  1. Give advice with regard to the Teaching and Examination Regulations (TER);
  2. Give consent with regard to changes of certain parts of the TER;
  3. The annual assessment of the way the TER is/was executed;
  4. Give advice, both consulted and unsolicited, on all issues regarding education within the programme (execution of the education offered, planning of education, study advising, course evaluations, etc.).

The Faculty of Law has nine Programme Committees and one permanent committee dealing with the first year of the Dutch-taught bachelor's degree programme 'Rechtsgeleerdheid' (Law). Each Programme Committee is composed of students and academic staff (equally divided). In addition to the tasks mentioned above, the Programme Committee is also the place for students to report matters to. Students can send complaints, suggestions and problems about courses and/or examinations to the student members of the Programme Committee. The table below shows the email address available for each Programme Committee.

Are you interested in joining a Programme Committee? Student members are selected yearly based on an application procedure which is taken care of by the study association which is linked to the respective programme.

Law (‘Rechtsgeleerdheid’) programme

Responsible for the bachelor 'Rechtsgeleerdheid' (Law), more specifically for the track 'Nederlands Recht' (Dutch Law) and the master 'Nederlands Recht' (Dutch Law) (ocrg rug.nl).

Staff members
prof.dr.mr. H.D. Tolsma (chair)
h.d.tolsma@rug.nl
prof.mr. K.K. Lindenberg
k.k.lindenberg@rug.nl
mr.dr. A.J.H. Smit
a.j.h.smit@rug.nl
mr.dr. C.E. de Jager
c.e.de.jager@rug.nl
Students
Jonas ter Haar
j.m.c.ter.haar@student.rug.nl
Marcel Benjamins
m.benjamins.3@student.rug.nl
Anna Dora Oudemans
a.d.oudemans@student.rug.nl
Warner Osinga
w.osinga.4@student.rug.nl
Koa Sieders
k.sieder@student.rug.nl

Notarial Law (‘Notarieel Recht’) programme

Responsible for the master 'Notarieel Recht' (Notarial Law) (ocnr rug.nl)

Staff members
mr.dr. I. Visser (chair)
irene.visser@rug.nl
mr.dr. J.H.M. ter Haar
j.h.m.ter.haar@rug.nl
mr. H Halma
h.halma@rug.nl
Students
Heero van der Ploeg
h.van.der.ploeg.3@student.rug.nl
Anouk Jansen
a.j.w.jansen@student.rug.nl
Kyara Wolfswinkel
k.s.wolfswinkel@student.rug.nl

Tax Law ('Fiscaal Recht') programme

Responsible for the master 'Fiscaal Recht' (Tax Law) (ocfr rug.nl).

Staff members
mr.dr. R.P.C. Adema (chair)      
r.p.c.adema@rug.nl
mr. J. Scholten
j.scholten@rug.nl
mr. W. Grooten (off. secr.)
w.grooten@rug.nl
Students
Roel van Goor
r.c.m.c.van.goor@student.rug.nl
Remco Kampstra
r.m.kampstra@student.rug.nl
Ilse Nienhuis
i.e.nienhuis@student.rug.nl

Law and Public Administration ('Recht en Bestuur') programme

Responsible for the master 'Recht en Bestuur' (Law and Public Administration) (ocrb rug.nl).

Staff members
mr.dr. M. Wever (chair)
marc.wever@rug.nl
prof.mr. A. Tollenaar
a.tollenaar@rug.nl
dr. B. Brink (off. secr.)
b.brink@rug.nl
Students
Matthias Wierenga
j.m.s.wierenga@student.rug.nl
Rianna Banus
r.banus@student.rug.nl
Oliviën Vromen
l.o.vromen@student.rug.nl

IT-Law ('IT-Recht') programme

Responsible for the master 'IT-Recht' (IT-Law) (ocrict rug.nl).

Staff members
mr.dr. E.D.C. Neppelenbroek (chair)
e.d.c.neppelenbroek@rug.nl
mr.dr. E.V. Moyakine
e.v.moyakine@rug.nl
mr. J. Verstappen (off. secr.)
j.verstappen@rug.nl
Students
Hendrik van Dijk
h.r.van.dijk@student.rug.nl
Talina Zandt
t.m.zandt@student.rug.nl
Maurijn Hoes
m.l.hoes@student.rug.nl

International and European Law programme

Responsible for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) International and European Law programme and its Technology Law track (LLB rug.nl).

Staff members
Prof. dr P. Merkouris (chair)
p.merkouris@rug.nl
Dr J. Milaj-Weishaar
j.milaj-weishaar@step-rug.nl
Katja Zimmermann, LLM
k.zimmermann@rug.nl
Yasmine Bouzoraa, LLM
y.l.bouzoraa@rug.nl
Students
Kiara Diandra Sutadisastra
k.d.sutadisastra@student.rug.nl
Peter Capkovic
petercapkovic0@gmail.com
Anjali Festen
a.e.festen@student.rug.nl
Maria Ptaszek
m.g.ptaszek@student.rug.nl

Energy and Climate Law, European Law in a Global Contex, International Commercial Law and Technology Law and Innovation programme

Responsible for the Master of Laws (LLM) Energy and Climate Law (ECL), LLM European Law in a Global Context (ELGC), and its Technology Law and Innovation (TLI) track, and International Commercial Law (ICL) (LLM rug.nl).

Staff members
Dr J. Lindeboom (ELGC) (chair)
j.lindeboom@rug.nl
Dr R.C. Fleming (ECL)
r.c.fleming@rug.nl
Dr K.C. Henckel (ICL)
k.c.henkel@rug.nl
Dr M.L. Flórez Rojas (TLI)
m.l.florez.rojas@rug.nl
Students
Patricia Kocova (ECL)
p.kocova@student.rug.nl
Azra Ibrahimagic (ICL)
a.ibrahimagic@student.rug.nl
Larisa-Diana Bularca (ICL)
l.bularca@student.rug.nl
Múireann Cronin (TLI)
m.cronin@student.rug.nl

Global Criminal Law, Health and Technology Law, International Human Rights Law and Public International Law programme

Responsible for the Master of Laws (LLM) Global Criminal Law (GCL), LLM Public International Law (PIL) and its Health and Technology Law (HTL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) tracks (LLM rug.nl).

Staff members
Dr M.M.E. Hesselman (PIL) (chair)
m.m.e.hesselman@rug.nl
Dr L.J.J. Peters (GCL)
l.j.j.peters@rug.nl
Dr A. Tsampi (IHRL)
a.tsampi@rug.nl
Students
Tuğra Sıdar (GCL)
t.sidar@student.rug.nl
Johanna Meszaros (IHRL)
j.a.meszaros.1@student.rug.nl
Richard Patassy (PIL)
r.patassy@student.rug.nl

Research Master Legal Research ('Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek')

Responsible for the Research Master programme 'Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek' (Legal Research) (GGSL rug.nl)

Staff members
Prof. dr O.O. Cherednychencko (chair)
o.o.cherednychencko@rug.nl
Dr K.V. Gorobets
k.v.gorobets@rug.nl
Prof. dr A. Tollenaar
a.tollenaar@rug.nl
L. Both, MA (off. secr.)
l.both@rug.nl
Students
Anne Veldkamp
a.k.veldkamp@student.rug.nl
Tessa van Hooren
t.van.hooren@student.rug.nl
Sarah Horjus
s.j.horjus@student.rug.nl

Advanced LLM in Energy Law

Responsible for the Advanced LLM in Energy Law, a joint degree offered together with the universities of Aberdeen, Copenhagen and Oslo (NSELP rug.nl)

Staff members
prof.dr. E. Woerdman
e.woerdman@rug.nl
dr. D. Shapovalova (University of Aberdeen)
Dr V. Weber (University of Copenhagen)
Dr I. Alvik (University of Oslo
Students
Gintare Ivanauskaite
Bernard Magoro
Ayush Agarwala
This Programme Committee is supported by Maaike Kooijman, MSc, official secretary

Permanent Committee for the Dutch-taught first year ('propaedeuse')

Staff members
prof.mr. H.D. Tolsma (SBB) (chair)
h.d.tolsma@rug.nl
mr. G.J.Tieks (STCR)
g.j.tieks@rug.nl
mr. S. Maasbommel (SBB)
s.maasbommel@rug.nl
mr. A.J.H. Smit (RGS)
a.j.h.smit@rug.nl
mr. N. Mirzojan (PRNO)
n.mirzojan@rug.nl
mr.dr. B. Roorda (ARW)
b.roorda@rug.nl
Student members
Guus Houben
g.j.houben@student.rug.nl
Tieme Heeeringa
t.t.heeringa@student.rug.nl
Mert Seven
m.e.seven@student.rug.nl
Niobe Udo
n.udo.2@student.rug.nl
Wout van der Lee
w.l.v.van.der.lee@student.rug.nl
Additional
mr.dr. J.J. Dijkstra
j.j.dijkstra@rug.nl
drs. K.A. Antonides (off. secr.)
k.a.antonides@rug.nl

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