Target level of study
Master's degree
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
The Environmental Law major offers two tracks
- Master's Degree in Environmental Law and Management and Sustainable Development
Academic Director: Catherine RIBOT - Master's Degree in Food Law and Agroecology
Program directors: Malo DEPINCÉ - Catherine RIBOT
The Environmental Law minor is open to students with a bachelor's degree (public or private law) in AES or political science.
The M1 allows students to acquire a wide range of skills in public law, environmental law, and urban planning.
Specialization courses and optional courses are offered over two semesters.
The Master's in Environmental Law and Management and Sustainable Development is a program based on acquiring and developing specialized theoretical skills, as well as highly practical skills, in law, with complementary studies in economics and management.
This program (M1 and M2) addresses the most pressing policy issues of today and reflects the reality of public and private action in this sector, offering the widest range of career opportunities.
It is aimed at people in initial and continuing education, and can be accessed through the validation of prior learning and professional experience (VAE-VAP).
Objectives
The program trains lawyers specializing in environmental and urban planning law.
The broad participation of legal practitioners and professionals is essential here, as it ensures that the needs of the job market are perfectly matched with the necessarily evolving and adaptable content of the courses taught.
Know-how and skills
Extensive expertise in environmental law, urban planning, and sustainable development.
The training program offers instruction that combines skills acquisition and implementation, theoretical vision, and operational approach.
Organization
Program
Select a program
Master's Degree in Environmental Law and Management and Sustainable Development
- Master's Degree in Environmental Law and Management and Sustainable Development
Academic Director: Catherine RIBOT
The Master's degree in ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT has been accredited since 1999-2000 at the University of Montpellier.
This highly attractive degree program trains specialized lawyers responsible for implementing environmental and sustainable development policies in the public and private sectors.
Training available as initial and continuing education (current professionals wishing to retrain, job seekers).
The regulatory framework for the environmental sector is now complex and overwhelming, and both public authorities and businesses are faced with restrictive regulations when it comes to managing their environments and resources, the risks inherent in their activities, preventing or repairing damage caused by pollution, and adopting a regional sustainable development strategy in the context of ecological transition.
This rapidly expanding sector has reshaped the job market, generating numerous opportunities and new professions in both the public and private sectors.
This Master's program is designed to provide comprehensive legal training (M1) that is also cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary, covering law, management, political science, and economics, and taking into account the current needs of the job market.
Administrative law of local authorities (ST)
Public economic law (ST)
Environment and Policy (ST)
EU International Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
6 creditsEU Urban planning law
6 creditsEU Language
Natural and Technological Risk Law (ST)
4 creditsAdvertising and government action (ST)
3 creditsDigital skills - In-depth documentary research
Optional
Rural law (ST)
3 creditsEU Environmental law
6 creditsCM Environmental Law
4 creditsEnvironmental Law Tutorial
2 credits
Digital skills - Pix+Law preparation
Public Digital Law (ST)
EU Public Procurement Law
6 creditsPublic Economic Law 2 (ST)
Food Security Law (ST)
Local authority (ST)
EU Professional integration
Choose one of two options:
Public action and the environment
2 creditsProtection of spaces and environments
4 creditsWaste law
2 creditsLitigation practices
3 creditsIntroductory seminar
2 creditsFacilities and environment
6 creditsUrban planning and land use
3 creditsAgriculture and the environment
3 credits
Renewable Energy Law and Climate Change
2 creditsWater and aquatic environment law
4 creditsEnvironmental litigation
2 creditsEnvironmental management
3 credits
Response to a call for tenders
4 creditsTerritorial diagnosis
4 creditsAdvanced foreign language study
EU of choice
20 creditsChoose one of two options:
Master's Degree in Food Law and Agroecology
- Master's Degree in Food Law and Agroecology
Academic coordinators: Malo DEPINCÉ - Catherine RIBOT
University of Montpellier - MUSE
- Environmental Law
Sustainable Food Law (ST)
EU Language
Distribution law (ST)
Environment and Policy (ST)
General introduction to intellectual property law (ST)
National and supranational agricultural institutions
International Environmental and Sustainable Development Law (ST)
Law of customs (ST)
Digital skills - In-depth documentary research
Food law
12 creditsPesticide law
4 creditsEnvironmental obligations of the agri-food sector
6 creditsPublic food policies
8 credits
Law and practice in the agri-food sector
8 creditsIP / IP + Commitment
Choose one of two options:
ICPE
4 creditsThesis / Tutored Project
Choose one of two options:
Memory
4 creditsTutored Project
Legal English
Legal practices in the agri-food sector
8 credits
And after
Professional integration
Excellent career prospects in an innovative sector with promising opportunities.