Law School

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• Law School
• Doctoral Training in 2009-2010
• Prof. dr. Sophie Stijns
• Coördinator Doctoral Training in Law
• K.U.Leuven

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Important Documents

• I. 2008 Regulations artt. 22-30 (available in
  English in december 2009)
• II. Form DOO8 Doctoral Training Proposal with
  the tasks of each doctoral student
• III. Program of Doctoral Classes

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Art. 22 Aims of the Doctoral Training

• It is mandatory to submit at the same time two
  files to the Doctoral Committee
• Doctoral Thesis Project
• Doctoral Training Proposal
• Why a Doctoral Training?
• 1 to educate you as a researcher
• 2 to deepen and enlarge your knowledge
• 3 to provide you with new skills, important for
  your doctoral thesis and/or your future career
• ? Central role of your Promotor, Supervisory
  Committee and Coordinator

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Art. 23 Functions of the Coordinator

• 1 helps the Doctoral Student with filing the
  Proposal of Doctoral Training and the Request for
  Certificate
• 2 informs the Doctoral Students and their
  Supervisor about the applicable rules
• 3 organizes Doctoral Classes and approves
  Doctoral Seminars.
• 4 advises the Doctoral Committee.

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Use the different Forms during your Doctoral
Training

• You can find on-line 4 useful Forms
• 1 D008 artt. 24 26 Doctoral Training
  Proposal starting point ask me for help
• 2 DOO9 art. 25 Request for an Exemption
• 3 D010 art. 25 Request for Valorization
• 4 D011 art. 24 27 Request for Certificate
• Dont forget the signature of the Doctoral
  Student Promotor or Supervisor Coordinator

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Art. 24 New Structure of the Doctoral Training

• Two parts
• Truncus communis
• 5 mandatory tasks
• Additional part
• it is mandatory to realize this, but you choose
  the tasks

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Art. 24 New Structure of the Doctoral Training

• Truncus communis
• One publication of quality in an internationally
  reviewed journal or two other national
  publications of quality in the forum language of
  the research area
• substantial and original
• article in a journal or in a book, monograph or
  a chapter in a book
• gtlt annotation, chronicle, newsletter, purely
  electronic publication
• If you hesitate ask the Coordinator

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Art. 24 New Structure

• Truncus communis
• 2. Two Doctoral Seminars (give a lecture dealing
  with your doctoral research, an actual topic or
  one of your recent publications)
• Announced in time (2 weeks in advance) by the
  Coordinator
• Public doctoral students can attend free of
  charge
• At our Faculty of Law, unless an exception is
  admitted in advance by the Coordinator
• Personal presentation of min. 1 hour, with
  Supervisor SC present
• Always in concertation with the Coordinator
• ! One of both has to deal with (parts of) your
  doctoral research and is at the same time your
  oral progress report (art. 13).

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Art. 24 New Structure

• Truncus communis
• 3. One active contribution to an international
  congres
• by giving a lecture or an equivalent
• ask for some opportunities to your Supervisor
• does not have to deal with doctoral thesis
• networking is the message

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Art. 24 New Structure

• Truncus communis
• 4. 16 hours attendance to classes or activities
  organised for doctoral students
• choose Doctoral Classes out of the Program
  2009-2010
• you are free to choose, but
• prefer classes dealing with Methodology to
  classes dealing with Skills
• attendance to a Doctoral Seminar of one of your
  colleagues can not be taken into account as a
  class, unless announced otherwise
• Important congresses or workshops can be
  valorized as a class if you submit your demand in
  advance to the Coordinator (attach the program)

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Art. 24 New Structure

• Truncus communis
• 5. Progress reports approved by your Supervisory
  Committee
• art. 13 Regulations 2008
• presentation of one of the Reports (the one
  dealing with your Doctoral Research) is at the
  same time one of your Doctoral Seminars
  (supervisor and Supervisory committee must be
  present)

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Art. 24 New Structure

• Additional Part
• art. 24, 3, but also artt. 3, 2 and 11, 2
  Regulations 2008
• definition a coherent proposal of additional
  activities or education that will improve your
  research and/or your future career
• It may not be in contradiction with your statute,
  nor delay the achievement of your Doctoral Thesis
  or diminish its quality
• Final responsable doctoral student
• For instance teaching, language courses, classes
  in European Law, summer school, manama, more
  publications, organization of a workshop,
  co-editing of a book,

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Art. 25, 1 Request for Exemption

• If it is within reason not possible to achieve
  one task of the truncus communis
• ?you can ask for an exceptional and personal
  Exemption
• Via Form D009
• Request to adress to the DC
• Give Motivation
• Prior Advice from the Coordinator is required
• Be careful
• - DC can impose another task instead of the task
  you can not fulfil
• - Exemption can never be obtained for the
  Doctoral Seminar dealing with your Doctoral
  Research (Progress Report)

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Art. 25, 2 Request for Valorization

• If you have accomplished one or more tasks out of
  the truncus communis before your doctoral
  research starts
• ?you can ask for a Valorization at the moment you
  submit your Proposal of Doctoral Training
• Via Form D010
• Request to adress to DC
• Describe precisely which older achievement you
  would like to be taken into account as a task of
  your truncus communis
• Prior advice from the Coordinator is required
• Be careful! Valorization is only possible for
  activities achieved during the last 5 years
  before your request.

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Art. 27 Request for a Certificate

• When you achieved all the tasks of your Doctoral
  Training (no min. nor max. term!)
• ?you can demand your Certificate to the DC
• Via Form D011
• Fill in each task with all the details (dates
  places, organisator, subject, number of pages
  etc.)
• Add in attachment your complete bibliography (it
  gives an overview)
• Prior advice from the Coordinator is required
  (keep the proves)
• Be careful! You need your Certificate before you
  can access the Doctoral Defence

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Your Agenda for December

• 30/11 DClass C. Malliet el. Jur. databanken
• 7/12 DCollege R. Foqué
• 14/12 DCollege M. Volckaert grote Word
  documenten
• 14/12 DClass President of DC Prof. Geertrui van
  Overwalle