• Target level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

The Environmental Law specialization comprises 2 courses

  • Master's degree in environmental and sustainable development law and management
    Coordinator:
    Catherine RIBOT
  • Master of Food Law and Agroecology
    Course coordinators: Malo DEPINCÉ - Catherine RIBOT

The Environmental Law specialization is open to students with a bachelor's degree in public or private law, AES or political science.

 The M1 enables 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 M2 in Environmental and Sustainable Development Law and Management is a course based on the acquisition and deepening of specialized theoretical and largely operational skills in law, and complementary skills in economics and management.

 This course (M1 and M2) addresses the most topical policy issues and the realities of public and private action in this sector, and offers the widest possible range of career opportunities.

It is open to both initial and continuing education students, and can be accessed through the VAE-VAP (Validation of Acquired Experience and Professional Achievements) system.

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Objectives

This specialization trains lawyers specializing in environmental and urban planning law.

 The broad participation of legal practitioners and professionals is essential here, ensuring a perfect match between the needs of the job market and the necessarily evolving and adaptable content of the courses offered.

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Know-how and skills

In-depth expertise in environmental law, urban planning and sustainable development.

The training program combines the acquisition and application of skills, a theoretical vision and an operational approach.

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Organization

Program

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Master's degree in environmental and sustainable development law and management

  • Master's degree in environmental and sustainable development law and management
    Coordinator: Catherine RIBOT

The Master's degree in ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAW AND MANAGEMENT has been accredited since 1999-2000 at the University of Montpellier.

This highly attractive degree trains specialized lawyers to implement environmental and sustainable development policies in the public and private sectors.

Training available for both initial and continuing training (working professionals wishing to retrain, jobseekers).

The normative framework of the environmental sector is complex and plethoric, and public authorities and companies alike are faced with restrictive regulations to manage their environments, their resources, the risks inherent in their activity, prevent or repair the damage caused by pollution, or adopt a territorial strategy of sustainable development, in a context of ecological transition.
This fast-expanding sector has reshaped the job market, opening up a wide range of opportunities and new professions in both the public and private sectors.
This Master's degree is designed as a comprehensive legal training program (M1), but is also cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary: law - management - political science - economics, taking into account the current needs of the job market.

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  • Administrative law for local authorities (ST)

  • Public economic law (ST)

  • Environment & Policy (ST)

  • UE International environmental and sustainable development law

    6 credits
    • CM International environmental and sustainable development law

      4 credits
    • TD International environmental and sustainable development law

      2 credits
  • UE Urban planning law

    6 credits
    • TD Town planning law

      2 credits
    • CM Urban planning law

  • UE Language

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Spanish

      • English

  • Natural and technological hazards law (ST)

    4 credits
  • Action pub et gouv (ST)

    3 credits
  • Digital skills - In-depth documentary research

  • Optional

    • Legal clinic (F)

    • Memory (F)

    • Internship (F)

    • Work integration workshops (F): CV/LM

    • Tutored project (F)

    • Apprenticeship (F)

    • Legal watch (F)

  • Rural law (ST)

    3 credits
  • EU Environmental law

    6 credits
    • CM Environmental law

      4 credits
    • TD Environmental law

      2 credits
  • Digital skills - Pix+Droit preparation

  • Public digital law (ST)

  • UE Public contracts law

    6 credits
    • CM Public contracts law

    • TD Public contracts law

      2 credits
  • Public economic law 2 (ST)

  • Food safety law (ST)

  • Local power (ST)

  • UE Professional integration

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Internship

      • Memory

  • Public action and the environment

    2 credits
  • Protecting spaces and environments

    4 credits
  • Waste law

    2 credits
  • Litigation practices

    3 credits
  • Introductory seminar

    2 credits
  • Amenities and environment

    6 credits
    • Urban planning and land use

      3 credits
    • Agriculture and the environment

      3 credits
  • Renewable energy law and climate change

    2 credits
  • Water and aquatic environment law

    4 credits
  • Environmental litigation

    2 credits
  • Environmental management

    3 credits
    • Environmental economics

      3 credits
    • Environmental taxation

    • Corporate environmental management

  • Responding to a call for tenders

    4 credits
    • Tutored project

  • Territory diagnosis

    4 credits
    • Tutored project

  • Further study of a foreign language

  • Elective UE

    20 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Internship/apprenticeship contract/professionalization contract

        20 credits
      • Choosing an internship/commitment

        • Student involvement

        • Internship/Apprenticeship contract/Professionalization contract

          18 credits

Master of Food Law and Agroecology

  • Master Droit l'alimentation et de l'agroécologie
    Training coordinators: Malo DEPINCÉ - Catherine RIBOT

University of Montpellier - MUSE

  • Environmental Law specialization

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  • Sustainable food law (ST)

  • UE Language

    • English

  • Distribution law (ST)

  • Environment & Policy (ST)

  • General introduction to intellectual property law (ST)

  • National and supranational agricultural institutions

  • International environmental and sustainable development law (ST)

  • Usage rights (ST)

  • Digital skills - In-depth documentary research

  • Optional

    • Legal clinic (F)

    • Memory (F)

    • Internship (F)

    • Work integration workshops (F): CV/LM

    • Tutored project (F)

    • Apprenticeship (F)

    • Legal watch (F)

  • Environmental law (ST)

  • Rural law (ST)

    3 credits
  • European Union Business Law (ST)

    4 credits
  • Food distribution & value-adding law (ST)

  • Digital skills - Pix+Droit preparation

  • International trade law (ST)

  • Food safety law (ST)

  • European agricultural policy law (ST)

  • Food law

    12 credits
  • Plant protection products law

    4 credits
  • Environmental obligations for the agri-food industry

    6 credits
  • Public food policy

    8 credits
  • Food industry law and practice

    8 credits
  • IP / IP + Commitment

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • IP + Commitment

        • Commitment

        • Professional integration

          2 credits
      • Professional integration

        4 credits
  • ICPE

    4 credits
  • Dissertation / Tutored project

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Memory

        4 credits
      • Tutored project

  • Legal English

  • Legal practices in the agri-food sector

    8 credits

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Professional integration

Very good professional integration in an innovative sector with promising career prospects.

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