• Advanced Private Law in Context (6 EC)
• Research Training Seminar: Transnational and European Private Law (3 EC)
• European Contract Law (6 EC)
• Transnational and European Private Law in Practice (3 EC) (ALP course)

You must choose courses from the list below with a total value of 30 EC. You can replace a mandatory elective course with a course chosen from the list Mandatory electives: other elective courses. You may, for a maximum of 6 EC and after approval of the Examinations Board, also choose other university law courses, provided that these courses are related to the Master’s programme and do not overlap with the compulsory courses of the programme.

• Comparative Law (6 EC)
• Consumer Rights in the Digital Single Market (6 EC)
• Human Rights in Private Law (6 EC)
• EU Private International Law (6 EC)
• European Company Law (6 EC)
• Foundations of EU Competition Law (6 EC)
• European Tort Law (6 EC)
• Finance, Security and Insolvency (6 EC) (ALP course)
• Making Markets Beyond the State (6 EC)

You can find the specific course information in the Course Catalogue.

You can replace a mandatory elective course with the course Amsterdam Law Clinics. You may, for a maximum of 6 EC and after approval of the Examinations Board, also choose other university law courses, provided that these courses are related to the Master’s programme and do not overlap with the compulsory courses of the programme.

• Amsterdam Law Clinics (6 EC) (ALP course)
• Internship (6 EC)
• International Commercial Arbitration (6 EC)
• Justice Entrepreneurship (6 EC)

You can find the specific course information in the Course Catalogue.

The Master’s degree programme is concluded by writing a Master’s thesis.

The Amsterdam Law Practice (ALP) is a unique experiential education program for all law Master's students. In the Amsterdam Law Practice, you learn by reflecting on who you are as a lawyer and how you want to contribute to society in the future. You apply your academic knowledge of law and your learned skills by stepping into the shoes of a lawyer in real or simulated cases.

As part of your LLM programme, you must take at least one ALP course of 6 ECTS and a maximum of 12 ECTS. You can take these ALP courses in the form of clinics, where you participate in real cases, or in a moot court or law Lab, where practice is simulated.

The Amsterdam Law Practice won a Dutch Higher Education Prize for innovative education in 2022.

The quality of this Master's programme has been positively assessed by the Accreditation Organisation of The Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). This means that upon successful completion of the programme students will receive a legally accredited Master's degree in European Private Law and the title Master of Laws (LLM).

It is also possible to follow this Master's programme on a part-time basis; the programme then lasts two years. Most courses, however, are not offered in the evening. For more information, please contact the Education Desk.

The education days and holidays can be found in the academic calendar. The academic year at the UvA is divided into 2 semesters, each with 3 blocks of classes and exams. Most courses are offered once a year. Check the academic calender.

Generative AI can be a useful tool to support your learning, but it must never replace the independent completion of your academic work. The use of commercial AI tools such as ChatGPT is not permitted in teaching at the UvA, because these tools do not comply with our privacy regulations. To help you learn to work with AI in a responsible way, the UvA has developed its own tool: UvA AI Chat.

For assignments and assessments, the following applies: you may only use UvA AI Chat if your lecturer or degree programme has given permission. Unauthorised use of AI in assessed work may be treated as fraud or plagiarism.

At the Amsterdam Law School, we take a careful and critical approach to AI. We also invest in AI literacy: we want you, as a legal professional in training, to learn to work with AI with due regard for academic integrity, professional ethics, privacy and the legal risks of using such systems. Specific guidelines are explained for each degree programme and each course.