Law - Political Science - Administration

PROFESSIONAL DEGREE IN LEGAL ACTIVITIES: LEGAL ASSISTANT

Legal activities: legal assistant
  • Targeted level of study

    BAC +3

  • ECTS

    60 credits

  • Duration

    1 year

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

The creation of this program responds to a growing need expressed by legal professionals (lawyers, notaries, bailiffs, solicitors, etc.) as well as company managers (corporate litigation departments, etc.) and also by the public and para-public sectors (court registries, social services, social insurance, etc.).
The program allows for integration into the job market by training "operational" assistants at the end of the program, while leaving wide open the possibility of completing this professional training program (validation of prior learning).
Designed and organized within the framework of close partnerships with the professional world, it offers students the possibility of acquiring the foundations of a professional activity and leads them to autonomy in the implementation of this activity

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The advantages of the training

Applications: eCandidat website.

https://ecandidat.umontpellier.fr/

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Objectives

  • To train future legal assistants in the use of information and communication technologies in the legal profession;
  • To deepen legal knowledge through theoretical and practical lessons;
  • To transmit a know-how for documentary research and the use of legal databases;
  • Training in written, verbal and non-verbal communication, in the presentation of the results of information research and in their transmission
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Know-how and skills

Acquired Skills:

  • Analysis of a legal problem and the questioning that allows its resolution;
  • Know-how in electronic communication in the legal profession;
  • Acquisition of knowledge and practice in writing and speaking;
  • Autonomy in the practice of legal assistance;
  • Familiarization with the concepts and procedures for better man/machine communication
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Organization

Open in alternation

This course is open on a sandwich basis.

Program

SEMESTER 1

  • DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCES
    ' UE Corporate Law (30h CM and 6h TD - 5C)
    ' UE Human Resources Management (30h CM and 6h TD - 5C)
    ' UE Business Law (30h CM and 6h TD - 5C)
    ' UE Contractual technique (30h CM and 6h TD - 5C)
    ' UE Accounting (30h CM and 6h TD - 5C)
  • LINGUISTIC COMPETENCES
    ' UE Languages (20h TD - 3C)
  • PRE-PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
    ' UE Tutored project (2C)

 

SEMESTER 2

  • DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCES
    ' UE Relations with the administration (30h CM and 6h TD - 5C)
    ' UE Law of the patrimony and the company (30h CM - 4C 5C)
    ' UE Company in difficulty (30h CM - 5C)
    ' UE Social relations in the company (30h CM and 3h TD - 5C)
    ' UE Formalities and procedures (30h CM and 6h TD - 5C)
  • PRE-PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
    ' UE Training and preparation for the PIX + Law certification (20h CM - 2C)
    ' Interventions by professionals (30h CM)
    1 Elective UE :
    ' UE Internship (3C)
    ' UE Student commitment (3C)
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Admission

Conditions of access

Access requirements according to levels:

  • Selection of candidates on the basis of files.
  • Invitation to an interview for the selected candidates.

 

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Necessary pre-requisites

National diploma sanctioning two years of higher education validated in law.

  • D.E.U.S.T "Legal Assistant
  • License 2 Law
  • D.U.T Legal Careers
  • Prerequisite required: Good level of legal, theoretical and technical training
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And then

Professional integration

Job opportunities:

  • Insertion into professional life
  • Access to certain civil service competitions
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