Bachelor & Master Scholarships, Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia

Riga Graduate School of Law offers tuition fee waivers to foreign students on the Bachelor and Masters programmes. RGSL strives to make its programmes more accessible to students from Europe and worldwide, and encourages students to enrol at a university that offers a highly respected international law education.

In order to apply for a scholarship which cover tuition fees for one academic year, the candidate must submit application documents and a letter of motivation concerning the opportunity to win this scholarship. The RGSL Tuition Fee Waivers Committee will review all applications, taking into consideration the applicant’s academic performance (overall average grade) and compliance with admission requirements according to the Rules of Admission and Study Agreement. Only those students who are not currently registered as residents of Latvia are considered as foreign students and eligible for a study place tuition waiver. The commission may take into account geographical criteria when considering tuition fee waivers.

In the next academic year RGSL will offer one free study place on each Bachelor programme – “Law and Diplomacy” and “Law and Business”, and one spot on the Masters programmes – “Law and Finance” and “International and European Law” (and its sub-programmes).

The deadline for a free study place application submission for the 2017/2018 academic year is 14 March 2017.

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Public International Law and Human Rights LLM Scholarships, Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia

Scholarships for the Public International Law and Human Rights programme (LL.M)(2011/2012)

The Riga Graduate School of Law announces Scholarships for an LL.M degree in Public International Law and Human Rights funded by the Open Society Institute (OSI). Eligible students currently are invited to apply for the Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) Public International Law and Human Rights Programme. The programme provides expertise in Public International Law and Human Rights and also offers courses in European Law. The programme is competitive and very prestigious. The Programme is based at the RGSL located in Riga, Latvia. It is available to individuals with bachelor’s or master’s degree in law or related fields (or will be awarded a degree prior to admission to the programme), obtained in at least four years long studies, if basic knowledge in law and corresponding work experience is acquired; second level professional higher education, professional bachelor’s or master’s degree in law or other related fields, if basic knowledge in law and corresponding work experience is acquired. The 2011/2012 Programme starts in September 2011.

The purpose of these scholarships is to support students who have demonstrated academic excellence in law or a comparable field of study and have a demonstrated commitment to work in the field of public law, human rights, or public service.

Overview
Scholarships are available to students from Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine and South Eastern Europe and Central Eurasia regions (see eligible countries below). Each scholarship recipient will receive an amount covering tuition and fees for the LL.M study programme. An additional scholarship is allocated for travel, accommodation and incidental education expenses. Students granted a scholarship must write their master’s thesis in the field of public international law or human rights. Priority will be given to students who commit to work in any of the following areas upon completion of the programme: human rights, public law and public service. Furthermore, RGSL seeks to recruit students who have worked within an organization with which OSI has a relationship already, or students who are willing to work with such an organization upon completion of the programme. In the application, students are required to provide specific detail on their expectations work in a related field upon completion of the programme.

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