Knowledge and understanding

· Graduate of the program:

· possesses deep and systematic theoretical knowledge in the field of private, criminal and/or public law necessary for the formation of a new vision of solving complex and/or interdisciplinary problems; The graduate student describes the achievements of national and foreign law, development perspectives and main trends, problems of interrelationship and interrelation of international and national law; · describes current problems of legal science, modern field methods of scientific research, rules of academic honesty and issues of academic ethics, also, the basic rules and principles of creating professional scientific texts; · describes trends in jurisprudence, dogmatics and legislation, as well as ways to resolve gaps and inaccuracies; · describes the practice and precedents of national and/or international courts, by generalizing which the student describes the main methodological principles of solving practical problems; · describes the rules of judicial ethics, including the issues of communication of the judge with the public and the features of the disciplinary proceedings of judges; · explains the importance of the influence of EU law on the development of Georgian law; · defines the essence of comparative law and the purpose of using the comparative legal method.

Skills

· Graduate of the program: · identifies and comprehensively evaluates complex legal problems, develops original ways to solve the problem; · searches for legal norms, uses different methods of norm definition and compares them in a justified way, taking into account the interrelationship of domestic and international law norms; · analyzes judicial practice, legislative field and relevant news and draws appropriate conclusions; · analyzes and generalizes judicial practice in relation to a specific case, highlights legally important issues and develops appropriate argumentation for his/her position;

· will reconcile legislative gaps, inconsistent judicial practice and incomplete or conflicting data of scientific research and will formulate conclusions argued for their perfection; evaluates the positive and negative consequences of own decisions and draws appropriate conclusions; · will independently carry out research, which includes identification of an actual legal problem, planning of the scientific-research process, systematization of complex or incomplete information obtained from various sources using research methods, discussion-analysis of scientific approaches, evaluation of positions, drawing a reasoned conclusion, development of the scientific research project/paper in compliance with the standards of academic ethics. · independently compiles legal documents; · autonomously searches for information (judicial practice, legislative changes, scientific opinions) in Georgian and English; · to the professional and academic community, as well as to non-lawyers, using legal terminology, he/she will present his/her legally argued views and makes reports; · presents his/her research results orally and in writing to the professional and academic community as well as to non-lawyers, using the latest electronic resources and adhering to standards of integrity in academic writing.

Responsibility and autonomy

· Graduate of the program: · by synthesizing the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge, through the analysis of primary sources, scientific articles and court decisions, will expand knowledge and independently conduct studies in the field of law; · assesses the need/ability to continue studying at the next level of higher education and develops well-grounded basis for conducting doctoral research; · receives instructions for managing complex, unpredictable, or multidisciplinary material or environments, including planning and managing work time, research, and developing strategic approaches to thesis preparation; · participates in the development of professional knowledge and legal practice through his/her activities, uses strategic approaches and/or innovative ways of solving problems, helps colleagues and shares his/her own experience with them;

· takes responsibility for his own and others' activities and professional development, creates conditions for reaching a common team decision; · analyzes legal values and, if necessary, contributes to the formation of new values; · recognizes and respects the rules of academic honesty, ethical results of scientific research; · respects the standards of judicial ethics, aspects of the judge's values (impartiality, impregnability, equality, competence and consideration) and, if necessary, participates in the development of said values, to ensure a fair balancing of the interests of the parties;