Course description

• Course content
• Learning outcome
• Admission
• Prerequisites

• Teaching
• Examination

Course content

The course is no longer available, but similar courses is offered in MARL5110 – Maritime Law: Safety, Competition and EU and MARL5120 – Maritime Law in practice: Mock Trial

The course consists of:

• A series of specialized seminars (which may vary from year
  to year to ensure that the topics are of current interest)
• Independent work associated with a mock trial on maritime
  law. The students will be divided into teams, which, under the coaching of
  different law firms, will represent the parties. The teams will advise the
  parties on how to handle a conflict and later exchange pleadings within fixed
  time limits. Finally the case is tried before an experienced arbitration panel
  in a public hearing.

Learning outcome

To study selected associated topics in depth, and to experience the working environment of a maritime lawyer.

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

To be allowed to take the exam in MARLSEMIN - Specialist courses and mock trial, you must be accepted at the Maritime Law (master's 1 1/2-years).

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.

Teaching

Seminars and group work

Examination

Oral

Resit an examination

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Resitting an examination.
• There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.

Withdrawal from an examination

It is possible to take this exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.

Special examination arrangements

Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.

Please se Detailed regulations for the Faculty of Law, Chapter 3 regarding application, responsibilities and special measures.