A short overviewTallinn Law School

History

• Tallinn Law School was established 1 July 2009 within the Faculty of Social Sciences of Tallinn University of Technology

• Tallinn Law School keeps the traditions of its predecessor, the Law School of International University Audentes (Concordia International University Estonia)

Mission and Vision

• Our mission is to be the most international legal education and research institution in the region.

• Vision:

• to become a regional centre of excellence in research and studies in EU, international and comparative law

• to become the biggest provider of academic and continuing legal education in Tallinn.

Some facts

• More than 600 students, out of which ca 20% (ca 120) studies in English.

• growing number of students

• 1 Bachelor and 2 Master programs

• 2 specialisations in Bachelor and 4 in Master level

Structure

Director

Chair of international and comparative law

Jean Monnet Chair of European Union law

Chair of Estonian private law

Chair of Estonian public law

Council

Strategic partnerships

• Nottingham Law School, UK: joint summer schools in Tallinn and Strasbourg

• University of Essex, UK: new Masters program in development

• Université du Sud (Toulon-Var), France: modules and cooperation

• In addition: Vanderbilt University, USA, Caucasus University, Georgia

Cooperation

• We are members of the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA-AFDE)

• We cooperate with the Centre of International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria (CILS)

• Continuous cooperation with the European Commission

Faculty

Dr Katrin Nyman Metcalf

• Professor of comparative law

• International legal expert, who was born in Sweden, but has Estonian roots.

• Has been involved in EU law and telecommunication projects in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Georgia.

• Teaches EU law etc

William Burns

• Retired judge from Montana, USA

• Teaches international commercial law, WTO, etc

• Has worked for the Law School for more than 10 years.

Dr Evhen Tsybulenko

• Professor of international law

• Originally from Ukraine, has studies in Western Europe and the US

• Teaches international law

• Actively participates in the public debate

Other faculty members

• Tanel Kerikmäe, Jean Monnet professor

• Heinu Koitel, professor

• Ülle Madise, professor

• Katarina Pijetlovic, lecturer, Bosnia

• Marianne Meiorg, lecturer and head of the Human Rights Centre

• Jevgeni Tverdohlebov, lecturer

• Kari Käsper, lecturer

Guest lecturers from abroad

• John Hodgson, Nottingham Trent University, UK

• Richard Caddell, University of Swansea, UK

• Bastien van Bockel, University of Leiden, the Netherlands

• Matti Kauppi, University of Helsinki, Finland

• Practising lawyers from USA in cooperation with CILS (Salzburg, Austria)

Guest lecturers from Estonia• Ranno Tingas, Ernst & Young, leading tax consultant

• Toomas Saarma, bankruptcy administrator

• Aase Sammelselg, judge from Harju County Court

• Olavi Jänes, visiting from the Baltic Defence College

• Urmas Kukk, former head of the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate

Our curricula ...

• or contemporary and in constant development

• emphasises analytical skills and critical thinking

• enable to study flexibly and specialise

• are fully accredited

Curricula overview

ECP years language study form accreditation degree obtained

BachelorBachelor

Master(2 years)Master

(2 years)

Master(1 year)Master(1 year)

180 3English daytime

23 May 2012Bachelor of

Arts in Social Sciences

180 3Estonian daytime, weekend

23 May 2012Bachelor of

Arts in Social Sciences

120 2English executive

23 May 2012 Master of Arts in Law120 2

Estonian weekend23 May 2012 Master of Arts

in Law

60 1English executive

26 August 2015

Master of Arts in Law60 1

Estonian weekend

26 August 2015

Master of Arts in Law

Tuition fees for 2009/2010

Bachelor Master

ECP in regular study 680 kr / € 43 785 kr / € 50

ECP in Distance Learning 525 kr / € 34 630 kr / € 40

Yearly fee* regular 42 800 kr / € 2 735 49 100 kr / € 3 138

Yearly fee* DL 33 500 kr / € 2 141 39 800 kr / € 2 544

* yearly fee has been calculated assuming 60 ECP as yearly load, plus registration fee 1 000 kroons per semester.

Student life

• Party with PAYBACK

• Orphanage project

• Take part in Moot Courts

• ERASMUS exchange (for example KU Leuven)

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