Master's Specialization Practice

Professional practice plays a distinct role in the curricula, focusing on activities specific to each academic year, and is carried out based on agreements or  practice conventions, while also ensuring communication with employers. Aligning the education system with current labor market opportunities and dynamics increases the chances of future graduates integrating into the labor market, thus making an important contribution to the increased relevance of university education in relation to the labor market and, consequently, to ensuring increased opportunities for future participation in a modern and flexible labor market.

Organizing activities specific to professional practice is a priority and a constant concern at the Faculty of Law of Titu Maiorescu University. The Faculty of Law has concluded numerous cooperation agreements with institutions in the field for conducting internships, as follows: Superior Council of Magistracy, National Institute of Magistracy, Public Prosecutor's Office, Chamber of Deputies, Legislative Council, Constitutional Court, People's Advocate, Permanent Electoral Authority, National Authority for Citizenship, Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, Ministry of Investments and European Projects, Bucharest National Trade Register Office, International Commercial Arbitration Court, National Anti-drug Agency, National Probation Directorate, National Administration of Penitentiaries, Jilava Penitentiary, Rahova Penitentiary, Romanian Institute for Human Rights, The National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men, the Sector 3 City Hall.

In accordance with the rules established at the national level, For master's programs, specialized practice is a mandatory discipline. Each master's student must complete 56 hours of practice in the first semester of school.

Master's Degree Programs Responsible - Associate Professor Felicia Maxim, PhD (felicia.maxim@prof.utm.ro)

          Internships can be carried out in two ways:

-through the Faculty of Law;

- Individually, by the student identifying the place of practice.

Clarifications on carrying out the internship through the Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law provides internships in the specific fields of activity of each master's degree program, depending on the program in which the master student is enrolled.The Faculty of Law concludes a Framework Internship Agreement with public and private institutions, based on the agreement the procedure for organizing internships is triggered by posting the announcement with the registration period.The selection of the enrolled master students is based on the admission average, their distribution being made according to this average. The Faculty of Law takes the necessary steps and prepares the specific documentation, so that all the Master's students who have applied are assigned.The internship program is determined by the partner institution according to the time allocated to this activity. At the end of the traineeship the partner institution issues a certificate stating the number of hours completed (which must be at least identical to the number of hours set in the curriculum - 56 hours) and the way in which the trainee has fulfilled his/her obligations during the traineeship.The traineeship certificate is accompanied by the Traineeship Notebook which must be completed in detail with at least 5 homework (5 activity sheets). The workbook is signed by the internship tutor appointed by the internship partner institution and by the student. These two documents must be presented at the examination session on the date the examination is scheduled.The topics presented in the workbook are defended orally in front of the examiner.

Clarifications regarding the individual internship, through the student's identification of the internship location

Internships for students enrolled in master's programs can be carried out in the organizations where the students are employed, provided their work is in the field of the master's program in which they are enrolled.

• In In the case of the Master's study program "Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law Advanced," if the master's student carries out professional activity as a judge in civil litigation, within a law firm specializing in civil litigation, within a notary's office, within a bailiff's office, or holds the position of legal advisor in an economic organization, they must present a certificate at the exam stating that they are employed by the organization in question and specifying their role within that organization. The certificate must be accompanied by the mandatory Internship Notebook, which will be completed with at least five topics. The topics may consist of an analysis of the normative provisions that the master's student applies in their workplace.
• For the Business Law Master's program, if the master's student is professionally active as a judge in civil litigation, within a law firm specializing in civil litigation, within a notary's office, within a bailiff's office, or holds the position of legal advisor in an economic organization, they must present a certificate for the exam, confirming their professional activity within their employing organization and specifying their role within that organization. The certificate must be accompanied by the internship logbook, which should be completed with at least five topics. These topics may include the analysis of normative provisions that the master's student applies in their workplace.
• In the case of the Master's study program in Forensics and Judicial Psychology in Criminal Investigation, if the master's student carries out professional activity as a judge in criminal litigation or as a prosecutor, within a law firm dealing with criminal litigation, or holds the position of a police officer involved in criminal investigation and forensic activities, they must present a certificate at the exam indicating that they are employed by the organization where they work, specifying their role within that organization. The certificate must be accompanied, mandatorily, by the Practice Notebook, which will be completed with at least five topics. The topics can consist of the analysis of the normative provisions that the master's student applies at their workplace.
• In the case of the Master's degree program in Criminal Sciences, if the master's student carries out professional activity as a judge in criminal litigation or as a prosecutor, within a law firm specializing in criminal litigation, or holds the position of a police officer involved in criminal investigation and forensic activities, they must present a certificate at the exam confirming their employment in the organization where they are employed, specifying their role within that organization. The certificate must be accompanied, by mandatory, by the Internship Notebook, which will be completed with at least five topics. The topics may consist of the analysis of the legal provisions that the master's student applies at their workplace.
• In the case of the European Union Law Master's Degree Program, if the Master's student is working as a judge or prosecutor in a law firm, he/she works as a legal adviser in an institution (we specify that nowadays all institutions are involved in the observance and application of European Union law, therefore Master's students working in departments involved in the implementation of European Union law may bring certificates from that workplace accompanied by the Practice Notebook, it is important that the Practice Notebook highlights the aspects related to EU law). The student has to present at the exam a certificate showing that he/she is working in the organization where he/she is employed, specifying the position he/she holds in that organization. The attestation must be accompanied by a Practical Workbook, which must be completed with at least five assignments. The assignments may consist of an analysis of the regulatory provisions that the trainee applies in the workplace.
• In the case of the Master's Degree Program in Medical Law, if the master's student works as a judge or prosecutor, within a law firm, or holds the position of a police officer involved in criminal investigation and forensics, or carries out activities within the legal departments of medical institutions, they must present a certificate to the exam confirming their professional activity within the employing organization, specifying their role within that organization. The certificate must be accompanied by the Practical Work Log, which will be completed with at least five topics. The topics can consist of an analysis of the normative provisions that the master's student applies in their workplace. 

Internship for students enrolled in master's programs can be carried out in the organizations where the master's students are employed, if the respective organization has departments in the field of the master's program. Therefore, if the master's student is employed by an economic organization but does not work in the legal department, the specialized internship can be carried out within the legal department of that economic organization. The initiating document for the internship is the Internship Agreement. In this case, the master's student must possess, at the end of the internship, a certificate stating that they completed 56 hours within the legal department of the organization where they are employed and how they fulfilled their obligations during the internship. The certificate must be accompanied by the Internship Logbook, which will be completed with at least five topics (five activity sheets). The topics can consist of the analysis of regulatory provisions that the master's student studied during the internship.

In the event that the master's student is not in the situations mentioned above, they can identify their own place of professional practice, provided it is in the field of the master's degree program in which they are enrolled. 

The triggering act of the traineeship is the Traineeship Agreement. The student, who is able to complete the placement by individually identifying the placement, must complete the placement agreement in triplicate and ensure that it is signed by all three parties to the agreement. One copy is given to the representative of the placement, one copy remains with the student and one copy is handed in at the end of the placement with the documents attesting to the placement. At the end of the traineeship the partner institution issues a certificate stating the number of hours completed (which must be at least identical to the number of hours set out in the curriculum - 56 hours) and the way in which the trainee has fulfilled his/her obligations during the traineeship.The traineeship certificate is accompanied by the Traineeship Notebook which must be completed in detail with at least 5 homework (5 activity sheets). The workbook is signed by the internship tutor appointed by the internship partner institution and by the student. These two documents and a copy of the Internship Agreement (previously signed by all parties) must be presented at the time of the examination by the examiner in the examination sessions. Therefore, the examination consists of an oral defense of the topics presented in the Practical Workbook

All documents prepared and activities carried out during the organization and execution of internships must comply with data protection legislation. During the internships, the confidentiality obligations must be ensured..