Law - Political science - Administration

Master of Notarial Law

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

  • Training coordinator: Mélanie Jaoul

The aim of the Master's degree in notarial law is to prepare students for the practice of precisely targeted professions: the notarial professions. All 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 outlets and by contacts developed with the professional bodies of the regional and national notarial profession (as evidenced, for example, by the annual organization of a colloquium with Arnu: Association Rapprochement Notariat-Université).

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Objectives

The primary aim of the Master's degree in notarial law is to prepare students for precisely targeted professions: the notarial professions.
This specific focus enables:
- the creation of a curriculum tailored to the needs of the profession
- the recruitment of highly motivated students with a realistic vision of the professions for which they are destined (a vision generally developed through previous internships, this 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 which steers the choice of theme towards practical considerations. The four previous editions of this event have been published nationally.
This aspect helps to motivate and unite the students (who participate scientifically in the event) and to give their diploma a national reputation.

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Know-how and skills

Holders of a Master's degree in Notarial Law from the University of Montpellier can carry out the following activities:

- prepare deeds relating to matrimonial property regimes, inheritance and real estate transactions.
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- assesses and optimizes the civil and tax consequences of financial transactions on clients' assets.
- prepares the legal aspects of real estate development and marketing operations.
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- verifies the rights and powers of property owners (to ensure they have the right to rent or sell).
- draws up rental contracts.

Eventually
- manages a notary's business (managing staff, suppliers, expenses and accounts).

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Organization

Program

The course is not open to sandwich courses, but takes place over two years in the classroom.

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Select a program

Master 1 Notarial Law

  • Private international law group 2 (ST)

  • UE Language

    • English

  • UE Urban planning law

    7 credits
    • TD Town planning law

      2 credits
    • CM Urban planning law

  • History of property law (ST)

    2 credits
  • Civil law: Securities group 2 (ST)

  • UE General tax law

    7 credits
    • TD General tax law

    • CM General tax law

  • UE Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 1

    7 credits
    • CM Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 1

      5 credits
    • TD Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 1

      2 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
  • Condominium law (ST)

    3 credits
  • Digital skills - Pix+Droit preparation

  • UE Wealth tax law

    7 credits
    • TD Wealth tax law

      2 credits
    • CM Wealth tax law

      5 credits
  • UE Group 1 insolvency law

    7 credits
    • CM Insolvency law group 1

    • TD Insolvency law group 1

      2 credits
  • UE Civil law: Inheritance

    7 credits
    • TD Civil law: Inheritance

      2 credits
    • CM Civil law: Inheritance

  • Real estate development law (ST)

    3 credits

Master 2 Notarial Law

  • Private international law of notarial activity

    5 credits
  • Language: notarial English

  • Family property law

    5 credits
    • Inheritance and gifts

    • Taxation of inheritance and gifts

    • Couple's property

  • Elective UE

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Personal projects/Internships/Challenges & competitions

        • Student involvement

        • Personal projects / Internships / Challenges and competitions

          3 credits
      • Personal projects / Internships / Challenges and competitions

        5 credits
  • Security and land registration law

    4 credits
  • Taxation of real estate assets

    5 credits
    • Taxation of real estate assets

    • IFI case study

  • Law of obligations

    2 credits
  • Tutorials and professional conferences

    4 credits
    • International 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 couple's assets

    • Tutorials on inheritance and gifts

    • The funds

    • Authenticity

    • Case studies on rights of return and entitlements

    • Public ownership

    • Land publicity

  • Real estate law

    6 credits
    • Property law

    • Co-ownership law

    • Planning law

    • Urban planning litigation

  • Property and company law

    6 credits
    • Vulnerable persons law and notarial deeds

    • Foundations and patronage

  • Taxation of private assets

    10 credits
  • Contract technology

    5 credits

Admission

Access conditions

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.

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And then

Further studies

Diplôme supérieur du Notariat

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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

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