A DYNAMIC, INCLUSIVE AND SOCIALLY ENGAGED FACULTY, IN WHICH STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE DRIVEN BY A JUST SOCIETY.
With over 5,000 students and 500 employees, the Amsterdam Law School is one of the larger law faculties in the Netherlands. Students and researchers are fascinated by the workings of law, politics, the economy and justice worldwide. We train lawyers who know how to use the law effectively to contribute to solving social problems.
Law is everywhere
Researchers, students and employees of the Amsterdam Law School have one thing in common: they are socially driven. Our education and research are conducted through projects that are connected to society. Countless researchers speak out in media about a variety of topics: the Dutch childcare benefits scandal, corona measures, the refugee crisis, war: law is everywhere. Read more about our connection to society.
Historical faculty
The Faculty of Law was one of the five faculties with which the UvA was founded in 1877. Although the law faculty is now located in the bustling Roeterseiland, it was housed in the Oudemanhuispoort for almost 140 years. Read more about our history.
The interaction between science and legal practice is central to the bachelor’s and master’s education at the Faculty of Law. Research at the faculty is highly regarded. The UvA is one of the ten highest-ranked European universities in the field of law.
Bachelor’s students opt for a broad bachelor’s degree in Law, a bachelor’s degree in Tax Law or the English-taught programme PPLE (Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics. The unique education programme of the Amsterdam Law Firm, allows bachelor students to immerse themselves in working and thinking like a lawyer.
In addition, the faculty offers 19 English-taught and Dutch-taught legal master’s degree programmes, such as European Private Law, International Criminal Law, Health Law or Employment Law. With the award-winning programme of the Amsterdam Law Practice, master’s students learn to apply their academic skills to practical issues in a unique way..
The law faculty has six scientific departments: Employment Law & Information Law, Public Law, Private Law, International & European Law, General Jurisprudence and PPLE. Within the departments, the research is further specialized in research groups. The overarching faculty research institute is the Amsterdam Research Institute for Legal Studies (ARILS).
On your way to the main entrance of REC A, you will pass the Amsterdam Law Hub. This is a breeding ground for innovation in the field of social legal services. Students and employees of the Amsterdam Law School work here, together with social partners and legal entrepreneurs. Several parties have their home base in the Amsterdam Law Hub, such as Lawyers for Lawyers, Pro Bono Connect and Bureau Clara Wichmann. There is also a Legal Advice Centre.
When you enter the Amsterdam Law School building (REC A) you will immediately notice the thirty-meter-high artwork ‘Recht en Onrecht‘ (Law & injustice). Artist Barbara Broekman shows the development of justice based on a thousand years of Western art.