International Undergraduate Program

Information & Guides Graduate Program International Undergraduate Program

Curriculum
Examination
Seminar, Proposal and Thesis Defense
Yudisium and Graduation

Informations about Legal Writing Application Letter

1. Procedure of Legal Research

Legal Research (Bachelor Thesis)—more colloquially, Skripsi—is the final component of assessment for all students of the Faculty of Law. The degree S.H. or LL.B. shall only be bestowed to a student who has completed a supervised Legal Research and successfully defended it before a board of examiners. A Legal Research (Bachelor Thesis) is the written result of a supervised study on an original topic of law, consists of approximately 20,000(twenty thousand) words or at the minimum 75 (seventy-five) pages long. It will be written following a research method and based on juridical and/or empirical study.

A student will be assigned a Legal Research Supervisor, to whom he or she will first submit a Legal Research Proposal of approximately 2500 words. The Supervisor will examine the Proposal and upon his approval, the student may commence work on the topic as approved in the Proposal.

To be able to take Legal Research (HKUI1471) course, a student shall have accomplished these following courses

  • Introduction to Law (HKUI1111);
  • Introduction to Indonesian Law (HKUI1112);
  • Research Methodology(HKUI1126);
  • Legal Writing (HKUI1356); and
  • Three concentration courses in the related Department.

Upon fulfillment of all requirements above:

    • Student submits the designated application form. The following documents must be attached;
      1. An official  Transcript of Academic Records.
      2. Three headings for the proposed topic(s), each topic shall ideally be accompanied by a 500-word Outline.
      3. A Legal Research Outline has the same components as a Legal Research Proposal, except the contents under each component are briefer.
    • Documents are submitted to the relevant department, the Head of Department of which shall then appoint for the student a Legal Research Supervisor. Below are the list of email addresses of Department in Faculty of Law;
      1. Department of Business Law: hukumbisnis.law@ugm.ac.id
      2. Department of Criminal Law: hk-pidana@ugm.ac.id
      3. Department of Constitutional Law: hk-tatanegara@ugm.ac.id
      4. Department of International Law: hk-international@ugm.ac.id
    • After submitting your application form together with the supported documents, a student shall be actively consult to the relevant Department.
    • After a student has accomplished the Legal Research including the defense, the Study program (IUP) will conduct the assessment in the yudisium process.

2. Legal Research Proposal

DOCUMENTS

  1. legal research proposal seminar application form (signed by legal research supervisor)
  2. Two (2) drafts of Legal Research Proposal
  3. A copy of Legal Research Consultation Record (signed by legal research supervisor)
  4. A copy of legal research registration form

PROCEDURE

  1. Prepare all of the documents (1-4)
  2. Scan document number one (signed legal research proposal seminar application form)
  3. Fill in this form
  4. Submit all of the documents to secretariat

Please note that the examiners and the schedule of proposal seminar will be arranged by Department. It is advised that after submitting the documents, the student shall make confirmation to the Department

3. Defense Procedure

Once the draft of the Legal Research is submitted and approved by the supervisor, the student will be assigned a date for the Defense by the Department. In the defense a board of examiners consisting of three lecturers will verbally examine the student with respect to the quality of his or her Legal Research.

In order to be assigned a Defense date, a student needs to prepare Legal Research draft signed by Legal Research Supervisor (three copies) and the soft copy of the following documents, upon express approval by the Legal Research Supervisor;

  1. Application form signed by Legal Research Supervisor;
  2. Latest academic Transcript;
  3. Copy of Student Card;
  4. Copy of Legal Research Consultation Record signed Legal Research Supervisor;
  5. Printed Study Plan (KRS)of current semester;
  6. Receipt of latest tuition fee;
  7. Certificate in participating an international activity; and
  8. Complete the Legal Research Defense Application

Important Notes

  1. To join Graduation Ceremony on February, all the required documents shall be submitted to Academic Secretariat of IUP on the first week of January for the latest.
  2. To join Graduation Ceremony on May, all the required documents shall be submitted to Academic Secretariat of IUP on the first week of April for the latest.
  3. To join Graduation Ceremony on August, all the required documents shall be submitted to Academic Secretariat of IUP on the first week of July for the latest.
  4. To join Graduation Ceremony on November, all the required documents shall be submitted to Academic Secretariat of IUP on the first week of October for the latest.
  5. Secretariat will give an announcement regarding the schedule of the Legal Research defense
  6. Student defends his/her Legal Research on the D day before the board of examiners

General Rules

  1. The date of the Defense shall be announced immediately upon submission of all required documents. The Defense date shall generally be one week after the submission of documents.
  2. The Defense shall be held verbally before a board of three examiners in one sitting.
  3. The duration of a Defense shall not generally exceed one hour.

On the day of the Defense:

  1. Only the following documents are admissible into the examination room:
    • Student ID and a hard copy thereof;
    • His or her own copy of the Legal Research draft; and
    • Pen or pencil or highlighter.
  2. The outfit for the Defense shall be as follows:
    • Men: white long-sleeve dress shirt, black necktie, black trousers, dress shoes; or
    • Women: white long-sleeve dress shirt, black necktie, black skirt, dress shoes.

 

Defense Procedure During COVID-19 Outbreak

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the students who want to apply legal research defense shall read this following procedure

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