Courses Not Taught in Law Faculties Are at BAU Law: "High Achievement Class" Open to All

The Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law has opened a "High Achievement Class" to train the lawyers of the 21st century.

Classes in this program, which is open to prospective students who want to study law, current law students and all law graduates, began on 14 February. Anyone interested can come to BAU South Campusto attend the classes or watch them online . They will also have the chance to watch any classes they miss by visiting the YouTube channel where all the classes are uploaded .

WHAT IS TAUGHT IN THE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT CLASS THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM LAW SCHOOL?

In the BAU Law "High Achievement Class", taught by highly distinguished academics and lawyers, legal knowledge not taught in law faculties is taught. The aim is to equip students with skills. In these classes, multidisciplinary work is carried out to train the lawyers of the 21st century. For example, on anger management , an academic from the psychology department addresses the legal dimension of violence against women and children from a psychological perspective.

WHICH COURSES ARE OFFERED?

One of the courses to be offered in the "High Achievement Class" is Cross-Examination... Although of great importance for lawyers, cross-examinationtechniquesare not taught as a course at most law faculties in Türkiye. "High Achievement Class" students will attend "Cross-Examination" seminars by American academicsand become one of the few lawyers trained in this field. After the cross-examination classes end, students who wish can apply what they have learned to a case and take part in a competition via video.

In the "Landmark Cases" course, students will watch films with legal themes and discuss their legal dimensions.

In addition, in the "Article Writing" course, students will be taught the basic principles of how to write an academic article. Students will also receive training on "how to write a statement of claim" .

In the International Legal English course, students will be taught legal terminology as well as English.

At the end of the courses, BAU law graduates and "High Achievement Class" students will come together to share their experiences.

There are no requirements, attendance obligations or exams to attend these courses offered by the BAU Faculty of Law. Anyone who wants to gain different perspectives in different disciplines and acquire a notion of law can become a BAU Law "High Achievement Class" student.

For the course schedule,click here.