Target level of study
Bachelor's degree
ECTS
60 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
The training program is designed and organized in close partnership with the notarial profession, at the local level with the Regional Council of Notaries of the Montpellier Court of Appeal and the Montpellier Institute of Notarial Professions, and at the national level with the High Council of Notaries and the National Center for Professional Training in Notarial Professions.
The professional nature of the degree involves theoretical teaching but also practical experience, provided by notaries. The implementation of an internship and a supervised project also requires close collaboration between the university and institutions representing the notarial profession.
More generally, this partnership allows professionals to express their needs and expectations, but also to offer a practical vision of the content of the training courses.
In addition, particularly at the local level, the aim of cooperation is to identify local needs based on the employment pool.
The advantages of the training program
Objectives
The objective of the professional bachelor's degree in notarial professions is twofold: immediate entry into the workforce and a springboard for continuing education leading to a degree, which may ultimately result in taking the technical knowledge exam required to enter the notarial profession (Decree No. 73-609 of July 5, 1973, Art. 7).
Know-how and skills
Targeted skills:
In terms of the content of their work, this employee is capable of drafting and executing simple documents or transactions. In terms of autonomy, the employee is capable of performing tasks based on general instructions and under regular supervision.
With regard to technical skills in particular, holders of the professional license in notarial professions from the University of Montpellier:
- have mastered the specialized subjects necessary for the practice of the profession of notary assistant: real estate law, tax law applied to notarial operations (and in particular to real estate issues), contract law, personal law, private international law relating to notarial activities, and notarial security law.
- have a command of the law of obligations and contract law
- have a command of real estate law and family property law
- have a command of personal and real estate taxation and family property law.
- have a command of real estate law, urban planning law, and contract law.
In the course of his work, he:
- prepares the necessary documents for the liquidation of matrimonial property regimes, estates, and real estate transactions.
- prepares the legal aspects of real estate development and marketing transactions.
- verifies the rights and powers of owners over property (to ensure that they have the right to rent or sell it).
- assesses the civil and tax consequences of financial transactions on clients' assets and optimizes these consequences.
Organization
Knowledge assessment
The professional license is awarded to students who have obtained both an overall average of 10/20 or higher in all course units, including the supervised project and internship, and an average of 10/20 or higher in the combination of the supervised project and internship.
The supervised project and internship must each be the subject of a graded thesis or report.
When the professional license has not been obtained, the teaching units in which an average of 10/20 has been obtained are creditable.
Two exam sessions (the first in May, the second in June) are organized for all teaching units, with the exception of the supervised project and the internship.
Program
The professional degree consists of 430 hours of classes grouped into teaching units (UE) > Classes are held in person; there are no distance learning courses.
Semester-long law courses are taught in the form of lectures and tutorials, which are assessed through tests and final exams.
EU Matrimonial property regimes
6 creditsEU Transfer of assets
8 creditsEU General Private Law
8 creditsEU Real Estate Law
8 credits
EU Resources for Professional Practice
6 creditsEU Credit and Business Law
8 creditsEU Supervised project
Choice 1
Choose one of two options:
EU Internship
8 creditsInternship/Commitment
EU Internship
6 creditsEU Student Engagement
And after
Professional integration
The professional bachelor's degree in "notarial professions" is mainly aimed at the position of notary office assistant, classified at level T1 in the notarial collective agreement, which defines the activities of a level T1 assistant as follows:
- activity content: drafting or executing simple documents or transactions
- Autonomy: execution based on general instructions and under regular supervision.