To master theoretical course of sub-branches of jurisprudence;
– to study professional specialisation courses and obtain practical skills during the occupational practice (20 credit points);
– to pass a state test in jurisprudence which includes a master examination (4 credit points) and to develop and defend a master paper (16 credit points).

The study programme has following aims:
– to provide professional studies in the field of law which are in line with the country’s economic, cultural and social needs;
– to ensure professional master’s degree studies in law which are rooted in strict and well-understood theoretical foundations in the sector, doing so in line with the professional standards of lawyers and in a way which is practically applicable;
– to provide students with a high-quality education in the field of law which is competitive in Latvia and the world;
– to provide students with competences at a level of quality which ensures that after they complete their master’s studies, they can continue on at the doctoral level;
– to train high-level professional lawyers and competitive specialists in the field of law;
– to become part of the unified higher education standard of the European Union.

In order to achieve these aims, the following objectives are part of the programme and its implementation:
– to educate lawyers at the fifth level of professional qualifications;
– to ensure in-depth knowledge related to the law so that students can make high-quality use of the opportunities which this field of study offers, also creating new and improving existing aspects of creativity and research and pedagogical work in the field of legal studies;
– to organise and improve an orderly and precise system of studies;
– to ensure successiveness in the study courses at a high level of quality;
– to develop and improve the informative, material and technical aspects of the study process;
– to develop the responsibility, initiative, consciousness and precision of students in the everyday study process while also ensuring the overall growth of the personality of students;
– to encourage self-education so as to develop skills in obtaining, processing and utilizing information;
– to ensure that alongside theoretical courses, students can learn practical skills under the leadership of instructors;
– to implement internal quality control so as to ensure the quality of the study programme;
– to attract the highest level of instructors, including foreign instructors, to teach courses in the programme;
– to cooperate with employers, professional organisations and other institutions of higher education in Latvia and abroad.

The following learning results are planned:
– training highly qualified and competitive legal specialists who can:
– demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding, as well as a professional approach toward their jobs;
– make independent use of theories, methods and problem solving skills to engage in research work in the field of legal studies and to ensure highly qualified professional functions;
– formulate and critically analyse complicated scholarly and professional issues in an independent way;
– accept and justify decisions with additional analysis as needed;
– demonstrate an understanding and ethical responsibility vis-a-vis the possible influence which the professional work of a lawyer can have on other people and society at large;
– use proper arguments to explain aspects of the law to specialists and non-specialists, including discussions about complicated aspects of the profession;
– constantly improve their competences and specialisations, including monitoring of innovations in the professional arena;
– engage in research in the relevant sub-sector;
– ensuring practical skills which satisfy the professional standards of the legal industry;
– providing and strengthening competences in areas such as contacts, communications skills, and organisational and planning skills in practical and scholarly work;
– improving the quality of legal education and the legal environment, not least in terms of legal services which are rendered;
– successfully joining the European field of legal education and ensuring greater mobility in terms of studies at other universities in the European Union and elsewhere, as well as in terms of bringing in greater numbers of foreign students;
– motivating students to continue their studies at the doctoral level in the area of legal studies so that they can improve their professional competences.