International Law

Awarded degree – Bachelor of Laws in the International Law educational program

The main goal of the “International Law” educational programme at MNU Law School is to form a new model of a specialist who has the competencies to work effectively both in the field of international law and within the framework of the national legal system. This approach to determining the content and building the trajectory of the educational program is conditioned by the processes of globalization, active participation of Kazakhstan in international processes, including integration, as well as cross-border movement of goods, services, capital and labor, which requires legal support and knowledge of both international and national law.

The benefits of the program are:

• a broad field of knowledge, skills and competencies (basic legal disciplines + disciplines of international legal component), which provides additional employment opportunities;
• the possibility of building a unique educational trajectory within the framework of the three main directions:
• Public International Law and Diplomacy;
• Private International Law and International Commercial Regulation;
• Human Rights Advocacy;
• availability of minor programs embedded in the core curriculum*: minor in English Law, minor in German Law (Deutsches Recht), minor in Business and Law, minor in IT Law;
• continuous trajectory of English language learning: General English, Academic English, International Legal English I and International Legal English II, Business English;
• all disciplines of the international legal block are provided in English**, which ensures content enhancement of language preparation for admission abroad and for double-diploma LLM programs.
• extensive opportunities for successful employment in a well-paid position:
• international consulting;
• legal support for transnational business;
• National and international law firms (GRATA, E&Y, Deloitte, White&Case and others);
• international organizations and their representative offices in Kazakhstan, as well as representations of the Republic to international organizations (EAEU, UN, WTO);
• Intergovernmental and non-governmental human rights organizations (UNHCR, UNICEF, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law);
• Involvement of best practitioners from different areas of the international legal sector (from practicing lawyers and human rights defenders to Kazakhstan’s representatives in international organizations) in teaching.

The educational program is internationalized, which provides additional opportunities for participation in academic mobility programs:

• Seoul National University, South Korea;
• Wroclaw University, Poland;
• Bolognia Unversity, Italy;
• Leicester University, UK;
• Rhein-Waal University, Germany and others.

*A student may study no more than two minor programs during the normative period of study.

** students can choose Russian/Kazakh language of instruction upon request.