The Department of Law is a department within the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The Department of Law offers a wide range of law courses, as well as the 4,5 year Law Programme which leads to the Swedish Master of Laws. Our teaching is problem based and the students' individual activities and work in small groups are considered the basis of the learning process. We also provide legal education to several other university programmes at Umeå University.
The research conducted at the Department of Law covers a broad spectrum of subjects and methods. Our research emphasize on labour law, contract law, EC Law, family law, administration law, social law, as well as intellectual property law.
Contact Department of Law
Visiting Address:
Social Sciences Building, level 5 Umeå University
Invoice address for foreign suppliers:
Umeå universitet Juridik 901 87 UMEÅ SWEDEN
Head of Department, Jan Leidö jan.leido@umu.se tel. 090 786 58 92
Responsible for Doctoral Studies, Lena Enqvist lena.enqvist@umu.se tel.090-786 99 79
For questions regarding the Swedish Master of Laws Programme, and for questions regarding separate courses and courses in other undergraduate programmes, please contact Stefan Lidberg, Student Counselor. stefan.lidberg@umu.se tel. 090 786 52 33
For questions regarding study administration, please contact study administrators Vanessa Vincentie, Sandra Mattsson, Anna Henriksson, Anna Strid or Sandra Johansson.
