The School of Law (SOL), established in 2015, demonstrates strong local characteristics and adopts a teaching model that combines studies with practice and a teaching approach that centres around the legal system of Macao, aiming to equip students to acquire global visions and innovative spirits who are familiar with Macao SAR legal system. The faculty comprises experienced professionals and renowned scholars from legal sectors in Macao, the mainland, and worldwide.
Highlights on Comparative Law
SOL’s offerings focus on studying Constitutional Law, Basic Law, Administrative Law, Comparative Criminal Law, Comparative Civil Law, and International Commercial Law.
The Master of Law programme is a two-year programme that centres on Civil and Commercial Law, Macao’s legal system and the Romano-Germanic legal system, dedicating to consolidate students’ academic foundation in law. The programme specialising in Private Law provides a number of courses in Comparative Law, such as Comparative Property Law and Comparative Contract Law, helping students deepen their understanding of different legal systems practised in Macao and the mainland by analytical comparison and broadening their studies horizons.
Join hands with legal institutions to foster professionals
SOL has established close ties with courts, prosecutions, law firms and universities in the Macao SAR and the mainland and is actively exploring innovative education models that combine practice and research to nurture high-calibre legal talents with an international perspective to serve Macao and the neighbouring regions.
SOL organises high-level academic events in collaboration with the industry to enrich students’ learning resources. Together with the Institute for Lusophone Countries Law, the Macao SAR Government Legal Affairs Bureau, the NOVA School of Law of the Nova University Lisbon (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), and the Centre for Research on Law and Society, SOL co-organised the Fifth Congress of Lusophone Countries Law at the campus. The event gathered experts and scholars from home and abroad to explore the challenges and opportunities of law in Asian and Portuguese-speaking African countries and Macao’s role as the exchange platform between China and lusophone countries under the Belt and Road initiative.
To deepen the study of the development of Belt and Road Initiative and strengthen the legal exchange between the regions, SOL, together with the Macau Legal System Research Association, the Legal Theories and Practice Center of the Sun Yat-sen University, and the Law and Globalization Research Center of the Renmin University of China, organised the seventh forum (Chinese: 第七屆濠粵法律論壇) to discuss the governance and legal development of the SAR and Guangdong under the Belt and Road Initiative.
In addition, SOL also organised the Legal Forum, which brought together renowned experts, students, and alumni from CityU and its partner universities to explore legal topics across various disciplines.
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Broad prospects for employment and further education
The graduates will be able to take up practical and research occupations in legal and law-related institutions in Macao or in the mainland, including courts, prosecutors, government agencies, arbitration bodies, corporate law, and banks. Serving the need for legal services arising from the Service Platform for Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries, SOL’s graduates will have promising career development ahead. At the same time, students have the opportunity to pursue further studies, including doctoral studies at universities in Macao and the mainland.
In the future, SOL will continue to adhere its teaching characteristics, improve its teaching quality, expand the team of highly qualified faculty, and promote education through research.
Welcome to the School of Law at the City University of Macau. If you wish to pursue a legal career, we invite you to join us to become a high-level legal professional in this meticulous learning atmosphere.
Our programmes include:
- Master’s degree programme: Law
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Source: School of Law
