ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
- Educational leaders: Séverine Cabrillac - Mélanie Jaoul
The purpose of the Master's degree in notarial law is professional: the courses are organized to prepare students for the exercise of precisely targeted professions: the notarial professions. All of the courses and the mixed composition of the team are designed to promote the professionalization of the program. This objective is facilitated by a very precise targeting of job opportunities and by the contacts developed with the professional bodies of the regional and national notary's office (as, for example, the annual organization of a colloquium with the Arnu: Association Rapprochement Notariat-Université) attests.
Objectives
The primary purpose of the Master's degree in notarial law is professional, as the courses are organized to prepare students for the exercise of precisely targeted professions: the notarial professions.
This precise targeting makes it possible to:
- create a curriculum adapted to the needs of the profession
- recruit students who are highly motivated and have a realistic vision of the professions for which they are destined (a vision generally developed through previous internships, this point being one of the selection criteria).
At the same time, this program has scientific ambitions. This is reflected in the organization of periodic conferences, open to students and professionals in the sector concerned, and above all in the holding of an annual colloquium, co-organized with a professional association that directs the choice of theme towards practical considerations. The four previous editions of this event have been published nationally.
This aspect allows to support the motivation and the cohesion of the students (who participate scientifically in this event) and to give a national reputation to their diploma.
Know-how and skills
The holder of the Master's degree in Notarial Law from the University of Montpellier can carry out the following activities:
- he/she prepares deeds relating to matrimonial regimes, successions and real estate transactions.
- He/she receives clients for the signing of deeds.
- He/she assesses the civil and tax consequences of financial operations on clients' assets and optimizes these consequences.
- He/she prepares the legal aspect of real estate development and marketing operations.
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- verifies the rights and powers of owners over property (to ensure that they have the right to rent or sell it).
- sets up rental contracts.
- manages a notary's business (managing staff, suppliers, expenses and accounts).
Organization
Program
The course is not open to sandwich courses, but takes place over two years in the classroom.
Select a program
Master 1 Notarial Law
Optional
Rural law (ST)
3 creditsCondominium law (ST)
3 creditsDigital skills - Pix+Droit preparation
UE Wealth tax law
7 creditsTD Wealth tax law
2 creditsCM Wealth tax law
5 credits
UE Group 1 insolvency law
7 creditsUE Civil law: Inheritance
7 creditsReal estate development law (ST)
3 credits
Master 2 Notarial Law
Private international law of notarial activity
5 creditsLanguage: notarial English
Family property law
5 creditsElective UE
Security and land registration law
4 creditsTaxation of real estate assets
5 creditsLaw of obligations
2 creditsTutorials and professional conferences
4 creditsInternational inheritance tax case studies
Notarial ethics and liability
Insolvency proceedings and the notarial profession
Estate mediation
Rural law
Case study in notarial business law
Case studies in business transfers
Tutorials on marital property
Tutorials on inheritance and gifts
The funds
Authenticity
Case studies on rights of return and entitlements
Public ownership
Land publicity
Admission
Conditions of access
Prerequisite: a law degree. Admission to the two-year Master's program is validated by the Selection Committee, after examining only the application documents submitted on the monmaster.gouv.fr platform. The Commission does not conduct any interviews or grant individual appointments.
Particular attention is paid to grades in civil law over the three years, and to those obtained in subjects related to the notarial profession.
Documents sent individually to Commission members outside the procedure and timetable will not be examined.
Classic career path: Law degree and possible internships in a notary's office.
And then
Further studies
Superior Diploma of Notary Public
Professional integration
Graduates of the Master 2 Droit Notarial will most often work in the legal sector, but may also apply their skills in the financial and real estate sectors.
They can work in the following professions:
- notary's clerk
- eventually a qualified notary and salaried notary
- holder of a notarial office (position subject to acquisition of this office or the creation of a notarial office by competition)
- asset manager in a specialized banking department
- asset manager in a specialized insurance department
- lawyer in a property development company or real estate agency