JEAN MONNET MODULE

About the Project

WIUT Commercial Law Course is introducing a new course on the European Union Law, funded by Erasmus Jean Monnet. The aim of the course is to increase the knowledge and ensure continuous training students of WIUT and Uzbek business society about the European Union law and the role of EU on an international level. The course is going to promote EU business law, sales, and regional agreements, in a format of extracurricular module, as a response to the increasing importance of the EU dimension and expanding areas for cooperation between the EU and Uzbekistan. The course will build bridges between students and business society, where the latter would otherwise not have access to legal assistance, whereas students will receive hands-on experience doing the real work of lawyers, while providing critical legal services to underserved individuals and communities who aim to deal in cross-border transactions with the EU market.

Curriculum

The suggested Legal Clinic Module will be integrated to the commercial law modules as extra curriculum modules where students can get certificate upon completion. The module focuses on teaching WIUT students about EU business law with reflection on the context of Uzbekistan, since the module will be linked with business aspects of law, it will foster entrepreneurship and will be offered as optional to business and economics students. Thus, the module objective is a comprehensive curriculum development in the field of EU Business Law which will be suitable and open to a wider audience without legal knowledge pre-requested. The suggested “Compass” Legal Clinic Module consist of four main blocks.

1. The Block One “Introduction to the EU Law”. This part of the module will be delivered for the second-year students (Level 4) in the university in the first semester as the extracurricular module. The size of the class will be fifty students. The academic semester teaching calendar comprises of 12 lectures and 12 seminars. Each lecture made of 1 hour. The module will be open to the second-year l undergraduate student at the Westminster International University in Tashkent. Introduction to the EU Law will taught in the first and the second year of the project.
2. The second block “ EU Business Law” . This part of the module will be delivered for the third-year (Level 5) students in the law faculty in the second semester. Academic semester teaching calendar comprises of 12 lectures and 12 seminars. Each lecture made of 2 hours. The module will be open to the third-year law undergraduate student at the Westminster International University in Tashkent. In the second year of the project, EU Business Law will be conducted as workshop style . Each workshop will be 2 hours per week. The workshop will be conducted 12 weeks
3. The third block “EU and Law of Sales” . The block will start running in the second year of the Project. The part of the module will be taught in the first semester for the fourth year(Level 6) students of the law faculty. The block will be taught in the second and third year of the Project. The academic semester teaching calendar comprises of 12 lectures and 12 seminars. Each lecture and seminars made of 1,5 hours. The module will be open to the fourth-year undergraduate student at the WIUT. “EU and Law of Sales” block will be taught in the second and third year of the project
4. The fourth block “EU and Regional Trade Agreements. The block will start running in the second year of the Project. The part of the module will be taught in the second semester for the fourth-year (Level 6) students of the law faculty. The block will be taught in the second and third year of the Project. The academic semester teaching calendar comprises of 12 lectures and 12 seminars. Each lecture and seminars made of 1,5 hours (90 minutes ).