The Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (C.A.L.S.)
The Centre for Advanced Legal Studies was established at the Faculty of Law of the K.U.Leuven in 1990.
Its main objectives are:
- to develop and administer post-graduate teaching programmes, primarily geared towards foreign scholars and students, and including foreign teachers;
- to foster and co-ordinate legal research involving foreign teachers, researchers and students;
- to support and co-ordinate the relationships of the Faculty and staff with foreign teaching and research institutes; and
- to co-ordinate the exchange of students, researchers, and teachers with foreign teaching and research institutions.
Since 1990, the Centre for Advanced Legal Studies has offered a post-graduate programme leading to the degree of Master in Laws (LL.M.). During the two decades of its existence, the Master's programme has attracted applicants from all over the world. After careful selection, close to 500 of these candidates were welcomed to Leuven, coming from more than 50 different jurisdictions, including all 27 Member States of the European Union, as well as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, The Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, The United States of America and Vietnam.
CALS has a great number of international exchange programmes within the European Union and in other parts of the world.
The most important task of the Centre for Advanced Legal Studies remains the organization and administration of its LL.M. programme.
Programmes
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
This post-graduate law programme aims at offering a high profile programme in European and International Law. Students chose two areas of specialisation among (1) European Economic Law, (2) European Financial Law, (3) European Human Rights, and (4) the EU in international relations.
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Master of European Social Security
The programme provides an in-depth study of social protection from a legal, economic sociological, administrative and philosophical perspective. As well as being multi-disciplinary the course is also multi-national.
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Master in Energy and Environmental Law
The programme offers a complete study of international, European and comparative (including US) energy and environmental law, with a strong emphasis on legal practice.
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Master of laws in European and International Taxation
The college provides a one year Advanced Master in European and International Taxation on basis of intensive teaching on European, international and comparative taxation, plus a general introduction to the five major tax systems in Europe and the U.S., 3 special subject courses, a moot court exercise and a Master's thesis paper.
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Contact
Centre for Advanced Legal Studies
Faculty of Law
Tiensestraat 41
B - 3000 Leuven
Belgium
