The Law Department at Freie Universität Berlin has been working in cooperation with the best business law and international law oriented faculties in the International Legal Network of Excellence since 2006/07, the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Milan), the Universidad Ramón Llull de Barcelona – ESADE Law School and the Université Paris Est Créteil - Val de Marne. Lateron, the Universiteit Maastricht, the Singapore Management University, the Business University Vienna, and the University of St. Gallen joined the program.

This contact gives students of the four participating universities the possibility to be awarded the university certificate of the network „Joint Certificate in International and Business Law“. The business and international law oriented studies and practice programme extends over one academic year and is divided into three main components:

 

Exchange Semester

In the winter semester the programme participants complete a business and international law oriented study abroad at a partner university for 24-30 ECTS credit points.

Internship

In addition, during the lecture free period an internship of at least six weeks in an international office with a business law emphasis, in the Law Department of an internationally operating firm, or in an international authority or organisation should be completed.

Seminar

All programme participants come together for a one week block seminar at one of the five European network universities during each spring.

2007	ESADE Law School, Barcelona	"Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions"
2008	Université Paris Est Créteil - Val de Marne	"Intellectual Property"
2009/2010	Freie Universität Berlin	"European Contract Law and Economic Law"
2011	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan	"International Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution"
2012	ESADE Law School, Barcelona	"International Litigation"
2013	Universiteit Maastricht	"Law and Art"
2014	Université Paris-Est Créteil - Val de Marne	"Financial Crisis"
2015	Freie Universität Berlin	"The Role of the ECJ in the European Integration"
2016	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan	"Doing Business and Social / Human Rights"
2017	Business University Vienna	"Europe - A Union of the People"
2018	University of St. Gallen	"Law and Corruption"
2019	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	"Competition Law and the Digital Economy"
2020	ESADE Law School, Barcelona	"Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Challenge or Opportunity?"
2021	Universiteit Maastricht	"Towards Cultural Standardization? The Interplay between (inter)national and European Economic Law and Culture: How much 'Culture' is left?"
2022	Université Paris-Est Créteil - Val de Marne	"The Rule of Law in Europe today"

The close cooperation between all of the network universities allows the development of a common curriculum, timely coordination and a continuous wider development of the programme.