ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
Know-how and skills
The Master's degree in Local Government Law enables students to acquire the following skills
- Knowing the legal environment of local authorities;
- Knowing the local administrations and public and private organizations in relation with them;
- Finding a job in a local authority or in a company working in relation with local authorities;
- Managing a service;
- Dialoguing with the senior executives of local authorities and elected officials;
- Managing personnel;
- Organizing and analyzing information;
- Organizing and leading meetings;
- Mastering the method and tools of management and project management;
- Mastering the techniques of writing and oral expression;
- Mastering the tools related to information and communication technologies (ICT);
- Mastering one or several foreign languages.
Organization
Program
Select a program
Master 1 Local Government Law
UE Language
Advanced Public Finance(ST)
EU litigation system (ST)
3 creditsPublic economic law (ST)
UE Urban planning law
7 creditsUE Administrative law of local authorities
7 creditsInternational environmental and sustainable development law (ST)
Exam preparation : Note de synthèse (ST)
2 creditsDigital skills - In-depth documentary research
Master 2 Local Government Law
Local authority litigation
10 creditsLocal government litigation
2 creditsPublic domain litigation
2 creditsUrban planning litigation
2 creditsContract litigation
2 creditsExpropriation litigation
2 credits
Citizen and user relations
6 creditsEconomic development strategies
6 creditsPublic contracts practice
6 creditsExecution of public contracts
2 creditsPublic contracting
2 creditsComplex contractual arrangements (contract engineering)
2 credits
Language - Legal English
Management
4 creditsProject management
2 creditsTeam management
2 credits
Legal news
4 creditsHuman resources
6 creditsPre-professional skills
Choice of 1 or 2 from 3
Tutored project
Legal Clinic
Memory
6 credits
Elective UE
Your choice: 1 of 2
Professional integration
Your choice: 1 of 2
Learning
10 creditsInternship
10 credits
Professional integration/Commitment
Student Engagement
Professional integration
Your choice: 1 of 2
Learning
8 creditsInternship
8 credits
Admission
Target audience
The Master in Local Government Law is open to students who meet the necessary prerequisites and wish to enter a job that requires knowledge of local government, its law and its environment. The Master in Local Government Law is also open to people who are already working and who are enrolled in continuing education.
And then
Further studies
At the end of the Master's degree in Local Government Law, graduates can continue their studies at the IPAG in order to prepare for administrative competitions, or at the IEJ for those who want to become lawyers. It is also possible to pursue a doctoral thesis.
Professional integration
Territorial civil servants (administrators and attachés)
Contractual agents in a local administrative institution (project managers, cabinet positions, experts)
Executive jobs in financial and banking organizations
Executive jobs in private companies in relation with local authorities (SEM, SEML, SPL, SPLA, SEMOP)
Lawyer specialized in public law and environmental law
Consultants to local authorities and companies