LLM Maritime and Transport Law
Rotterdam, Netherlands
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Aug 2024*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,168 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for EEA students | deadline for non-EEA students: 1 July 2024
** per year for EU/EEA students. €12,300 for non-EU/EEA students
Introduction
The study program in a nutshell
Do you want
- A unique opportunity to obtain the legal know-how, skills, and practical experience needed for a career in maritime and transport law?
- Education by excellent teaching staff, with both a solid academic background as well as a wealth of experience in legal practice and the maritime and transport industry?
- Study a stone’s throw away from the largest port in Europe?
Then this LL.M program is perfect for you!
What does this study entail?
A choice for Maritime and Transport Law at Erasmus University in Rotterdam is a choice because of our unique program and excellent teaching staff. practice-oriented education and the environment. Below you can read the main reasons why other Maritime and Transport Law students preceded you.
- This LL.M. program gives you a unique opportunity to obtain the legal know-how, skills, and practical experience needed for a career in maritime and transport law;
- You will focus on the legal aspects of shipping and the transportation of goods;
- You are educated by excellent teaching staff. They have both a solid academic background as well as a wealth of experience in the legal practice and the maritime and transport industry;
- Your study location is a stone’s throw away from the largest port in Europe. You will visit companies to see how things work in practice.
Ideal Students
This LL.M. program provides you with thorough, in-depth knowledge of the dynamic world of maritime and transport law.
Admissions
Curriculum
Students acquire the research, writing and presentation skills essential to a successful career as a legal practitioner or an in-house counsel in the maritime- or transport-related business world. By focussing on current developments and practical problems from a comparative law perspective, students develop an international outlook on the many legal aspects of shipping and the transportation of goods.
Based in the port of Rotterdam, this programme educates legal professionals that are well prepared to meet the many challenges that arise from this field.
Does the programme have a particular focus?
Throughout the master programme, aspects of maritime and transport law are considered from a comparative law perspective. Particular attention is paid to differences in approach and outcome between civil law jurisdictions and common law jurisdictions and by reference to the relevant standards in the international maritime and transport industry.
Depending on the subject-matter, such international standards may be found in uniform private law instruments such as the Hague-Visby Rules and the York-Antwerp Rules, or in widely used standard contract forms, such as the various BIMCO standard agreements for charter parties and bills of lading.
As a student of this masterprogramme you will learn to adopt the transnational perspective of a legal practitioner who in his daily work is often confronted with legal problems or disputes not necessarily governed by his own national laws. As a professional in this field, you will need to co-operate and communicate with lawyers in other countries in tackling these problems.
Which courses do I get?
Block 1
- Research and Writing Skills (Maritime and Transport Law)
Block 2
- Law of the Sea
- Transport Law
Block 3
- Maritime Casualties
Block 4
- Charter Parties & Bills of Lading
Block 5
- Marine Insurance
- Extra elective: Capita Selecta Trademark Law
- Master Thesis
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
As a graduate of the LL.M. program Maritime and Transport Law, you can pursue career opportunities in the legal profession as an attorney active in litigation, arbitration, and contract drafting, as an in-house counsel in the legal department of banks and businesses in the maritime and transport industry, as a claims handler, broker or underwriter in the insurance industry, in advisory positions to government agencies and port authorities and in academia.
Positions of our graduates:
- Business lawyer at world-leading organisations;
- Lawyer or attorney in the legal practice;
- Academic teacher and researcher.