Legal Services Operator

The Bachelor program in Legal services operator is taught at the Department of Law at the University of Ferrara. The university is located in Emilia-Romagna region, in the city of Ferrara, Italy. The official code of the program assigned by the Ministry of Education of Italy — L-14. Italian is the main language of instruction for this program as well as for the majority of other programs of the University of Ferrara. Students applying for their studies should provide a secondary school certificate translated into Italian as well as an Italian language certificate. Application deadlines for international and domestic applicants can be found on the official website of the university.

The Legal Services Operator course is organized on a three-year curriculum, for a total of 180 academic credits, divided in two parts. In the first two years, are included all the mandatory lectures, which aim to provide to students different fields knowledge:  historical, cultural and theoretical which are fundamental for the Italian legal experience, basic juridical English language, and mainly the in-depth knowledge of fundamental Italian and European Union’s law knowledge. This is for the purpose to ensure the graduated student an adequate placement in every professional position which requires a solid fundamental juridical preparation. In the second part, during the third year, student will be able to choose one of the three alternative thematic routes, consisting on specialized lectures and on a practical internship, aimed to provide a highly qualifying education (unique in Italy) for the following professional profiles:

• Legal expert in real estate
• Judicial Police Operator
• Legal expert in workplace, environmental and product safety

During the third year’s second term  is included an internship at a company or public administration, having as purpose an employment consistent with the chosen curriculum, as well as a final examination consisting in presentation and discussion of student’s written paper and related to thematic and disciplines which are the subject of followed lectures during this course.

It is also provided a Double Degree Program (accessible by selection, and for a period of four years) with the University of Granada’s four-year Criminology degree course. At the end of studies, the graduated student attain both the Legal Services Operator degree (curriculum in Judicial Police Operator) and the Spanish Grado en Criminologìa.

It is also included the possibility to conduct study experiences abroad in the context of Erasmus+ and Atlante projects.

The grants are available to attend academic course Legal services operator in Italy. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers grants in favor of foreign citizens not residing in Italy and Italian citizens living abroad (IRE) for this academic year in order to foster international cultural, scientific and technological cooperation, to promote Italian language and culture and to support Italy’s economic system in the world (According to Law 288/55 and its subsequent changes and additions).

Accreditation

Accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (Ministero dell' istruzione, Universita' e Ricerca, MIUR).