Prepare to recognize a legal problem before it becomes one, lead compliance and governance, and work with regulation across borders.
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Data protection, artificial intelligence, cross-border employment, digital contracts: the regulatory ground has shifted more in five years than in the twenty before it, and it is still moving. Most organizations do not need another lawyer on retainer. They need people inside the business who can recognize a legal problem while it is still small. That role barely existed a decade ago, and it is being filled right now.
In compliance, contracts, procurement, HR and operations, the costliest problems are the ones no one recognized as legal in time. The program gives you working knowledge of data protection, AI regulation, ESG and compliance, corporate law and international business, so you can identify risk early, ask the right questions, and know when it is time to call a lawyer.
The Master in Legal Studies is designed for professionals who deal with legal questions without being lawyers: managers, compliance officers, HR leaders, public servants and entrepreneurs. It is not a law degree and does not qualify you to practice law. It makes you the person in the room who understands the rules, a role organizations increasingly value.
Compliance officer, data protection lead, legal operations manager, and governance and ESG roles inside the business.
AGTU (American Global Tech University) is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education, and accredited by ASIC in the United Kingdom. Your completion documents read the same whether you studied from Lima or from Lagos.
A through F, not pass/fail. This matters if you plan to pursue a doctorate or claim tuition reimbursement from your employer: several online universities issue only pass/fail grades, and that can quietly close both doors.
A full competency of two subjects, with a tutor assigned to you and a certificate of hours at the end. The $48 enrollment fee is waived. And when you continue, those hours count as up to six credits toward your program, so your work carries forward instead of starting over.
Start any day, with no intake dates. Finish in about 6, 9, or 12 months for the same total price, paid as a first payment plus 18 monthly payments. Students in more than 21 countries are already enrolled.
The Free Competency Program gives you the first two courses of the degree at no cost, with a tutor and a certificate you keep. If you continue, they count toward your degree and the $48 enrollment fee is waived.
Every course in the Master in Legal Studies is designed and taught by the professors below: experienced professionals, most with a PhD in their field, working to the academic standards set by our Provost.
Most free trials give you a sample video and a countdown timer. AGTU (American Global Tech University) gives you an entire competency, two full subjects, delivered exactly the way our degree students receive it. You enroll as a continuing-education student at AGTU (American Global Tech University).
The free competency costs nothing, in every sense. And when you decide to continue, the full cost of the program is published up front: the full price and your price, with your country’s scholarship already applied.
The same faculty members teach in every country, whatever you pay.
Tuition, fees, and materials are in the price for your country. The only other charge is the $48 enrollment fee, and it is waived when you start through the free competency.
Each term runs six weeks and ends with an assessment. You pick up where the Free Competency Program left off.
What you learnThe structure, sources and enforcement of international law: treaties, jurisdiction and global institutions.
What it gives youYou can read a problem that crosses borders and know which rules apply to it.
What you learnThe legal frameworks for environmental protection, climate change and sustainable development.
What it gives youEnvironmental law is now a business risk, and you can name it before it becomes a claim.
What you learnThe structure, sources and enforcement of international law: treaties, jurisdiction and global institutions.
What it gives youYou can read a problem that crosses borders and know which rules apply to it.
What you learnThe legal frameworks for environmental protection, climate change and sustainable development.
What it gives youEnvironmental law is now a business risk, and you can name it before it becomes a claim.
These are the two subjects you study for free: full content, a dedicated tutor, the student forum and AGTU international events. When you finish them, you download your certificate of hours, and when you continue into the degree, they count as up to six credits.
What you learnHow human rights are protected in international and national law, and how they are enforced.
What it gives youYou can measure a policy or a contract against the standards it will be judged by.
What you learnHow different legal systems approach the same problem, and why they reach different answers.
What it gives youYou can work across jurisdictions without assuming your own system is the default.
What you learnHow human rights are protected in international and national law, and how they are enforced.
What it gives youYou can measure a policy or a contract against the standards it will be judged by.
What you learnHow different legal systems approach the same problem, and why they reach different answers.
What it gives youYou can work across jurisdictions without assuming your own system is the default.
What you learnHow the law applies to artificial intelligence: liability, regulation, intellectual property and automated decisions.
What it gives youYou can advise on AI before the rules are settled, which is when advice matters most.
What you learnThe rules for data, privacy and conduct online, from data protection laws to cybercrime.
What it gives youEvery organization now handles personal data, and you know what it owes the people behind it.
What you learnHow the law applies to artificial intelligence: liability, regulation, intellectual property and automated decisions.
What it gives youYou can advise on AI before the rules are settled, which is when advice matters most.
What you learnThe rules for data, privacy and conduct online, from data protection laws to cybercrime.
What it gives youEvery organization now handles personal data, and you know what it owes the people behind it.
What you learnThe open questions where law, innovation and AI meet, and how courts and regulators are answering them.
What it gives youYou follow the frontier of the field instead of learning about it after it changes.
What you learnHow justice systems are changing with technology, and how legal problems look from a global perspective.
What it gives youYou can bring solutions from other legal systems into your own practice.
What you learnThe open questions where law, innovation and AI meet, and how courts and regulators are answering them.
What it gives youYou follow the frontier of the field instead of learning about it after it changes.
What you learnHow justice systems are changing with technology, and how legal problems look from a global perspective.
What it gives youYou can bring solutions from other legal systems into your own practice.
What you learnHow the state is organized, where its power comes from, and how a constitution limits it.
What it gives youIt is the foundation every other area of public law is built on.
What you learnHow law shapes markets: regulation, public intervention and the rules that govern economic activity.
What it gives youYou understand why a regulation exists, and what it changes for the business it governs.
What you learnHow the state is organized, where its power comes from, and how a constitution limits it.
What it gives youIt is the foundation every other area of public law is built on.
What you learnHow law shapes markets: regulation, public intervention and the rules that govern economic activity.
What it gives youYou understand why a regulation exists, and what it changes for the business it governs.
What you learnHow environmental, social and governance standards are set, and how a compliance program enforces them.
What it gives youESG has moved from reports to obligations, and you can tell a company which ones apply to it.
What you learnHow companies are formed, governed and financed, and how cross-border deals and contracts are structured.
What it gives youYou can work on the deals that cross borders, not only the ones that stay at home.
What you learnHow environmental, social and governance standards are set, and how a compliance program enforces them.
What it gives youESG has moved from reports to obligations, and you can tell a company which ones apply to it.
What you learnHow companies are formed, governed and financed, and how cross-border deals and contracts are structured.
What it gives youYou can work on the deals that cross borders, not only the ones that stay at home.
edX content
Your AGTU master’s program includes complementary content from the edX course catalog, a platform founded by Harvard and MIT, to broaden your learning experience.
More than 2,000 courses are available in the edX catalog. The Master in Legal Studies draws on the ones that match its subjects, each with its own certificate.
Creativity isn’t learned from ready-made formulas. It grows out of curiosity and experience. At AGTU, we develop global leaders who learn by creating, researching, and turning knowledge into practice.
Every course is graded on a 4.0 scale, not pass/fail. The minimum passing grade is C-.
Each of the six terms ends with a proctored assessment.
You see the grading criteria before you submit your work.
Doctoral and master’s degrees, listed with their institutions in the catalog.
An in-person immersion in the United States: lectures on campus, visits to companies, and time with faculty and classmates from other countries, where what you study online meets practice.
The AGTU Experience Orlando 2026.
Two AGTU master’s students talk about the program and the week they spent in Orlando with classmates from other countries.
Recorded in Portuguese, with English subtitles.
Create your account and choose your area. No payment and no documents required.
Immediate access to two full subjects, the forum, the AGTU international events and your tutor.
A printable PDF with your documented hours, yours to keep, and your hours count as up to six credits when you continue.
What you need to enroll: a bachelor’s degree. You can start the Free Competency Program before sending any documents, and an advisor tells you which academic documents your country requires.
You can also skip ahead and apply directly to the degree at any time.
Start today, study this week.
When you continue into the degree, your country sets your scholarship.
Every admitted student receives an automatic scholarship based on where they live, up to 81% off, set by your country of residence. No essay, no committee, no waiting list.
to start · nothing to pay, now or later
in 1 + 18 installments, your scholarship already applied
Every admitted student receives a scholarship. Yours is set by the country you live in.
Up to six free credits carry over into the degree. Figures follow AGTU’s published pricing rule; country of residence is confirmed at registration.
Start at no cost, let your country set your tuition, or move at your own speed. They can be combined, and most students use all three.
Start a full competency at no cost and earn a certificate that is yours to keep, whatever you decide next.
Start nowYour country sets your tuition, with up to 81% off applied automatically upon admission.
ExploreNo fixed semesters and no speed limits: finish in as few as six months and pay term by term.
ExploreStudents from more than 21 countries are pursuing the same program as you. Every AGTU student joins an active professional network: people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you enroll, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Students from more than 21 countries are pursuing the same program as you.
Every AGTU student joins an active professional network: people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you enroll, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Many of them started exactly where you are now: on this page, wondering whether a free master’s-level competency could possibly be real.
Class of 2026More than 21 countries, one community.
It’s really free. The Free Competency Program costs nothing: no automatic billing, no cancellation deadline, no hidden fees, and all materials are included. What we’re asking for is your time and attention, in the hope that the experience convinces you to enroll in the full degree. If it doesn’t, you owe us nothing and you keep your certificate.
Yes. A short admission test confirms basic proficiency in the language you choose to study in: English, Portuguese, or Spanish. It is straightforward, it is taken online, and it is the only test required to begin the free competency program.
Not for the free competency program. Formal admission requirements, including academic documentation, apply when you enroll in a degree program.
No. The free competency, like the full degree, is 100% online with recorded lectures, so you study on your own schedule from any time zone. You’re still supported throughout by your tutor and the forum. Some degree programs include live components; those are described on each program page.
The free competency program has a defined study period, shown when you register. If you need more time, your tutor can discuss options with you.
No. You start as an AGTU (American Global Tech University) continuing-education student. Enrollment in a formal degree program happens only when you decide to continue and complete the admission process. This keeps your record clean and your decision genuinely open.
No. The program is delivered entirely online, so there is no visa, no relocation, and no resignation letter. You study from where you already live, around the job you already have, and the credential you receive is the same American degree.
The credit recognition described on this page, up to six credits, applies to AGTU (American Global Tech University) programs under AGTU’s internal policy. Your certificate documents genuine completed hours, but other institutions set their own transfer rules. We can’t promise what a third party will accept.
It makes it shorter, not cheaper. The published tuition for your category still applies. The benefit is that you’ve already completed part of the program and have credit for it.
No. It’s applied automatically when you’re admitted, based on your country of residence.
There are no artificial speed limits. Many motivated learners finish in half the traditional time.
Yes: letter grades from A to F, with a full GPA.
Yes. Flexible payment plans are available for each term.
Four fields, and your price is set. Prefer to ask first? An advisor answers by email or WhatsApp within one business day.
Four fields, and you are studying this week.
Four fields, and you’re studying.
No enrollment fee. No obligation to enroll. A certificate that is yours to keep.
Free Competency Program subject to AGTU’s continuing-education and credit-recognition policies as published in the university catalog. American Global Tech University is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education (License #12506) and accredited by ASIC.
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The people who did it, telling their own stories.
Short videos recorded by AGTU students and graduates: why they started, what a typical study week was really like, and what changed at work afterward.
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