Targeted level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
- Person in charge of training : Marie-Christine Sordino
The Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences major is ideal for students wishing to practice all professions in criminal law and criminal sciences.
The structure of the two levels is designed to lead the student to a progressive specialization in the different sectors of criminal law and criminal sciences. The specific courses in Master 1 cover the essential disciplines of criminal law and criminal sciences, which are part of the revision programs for the main legal exams and competitions. Thus, courses in criminal procedure, international criminal law, special criminal law, business criminal law, criminal sanction law and criminology are covered in Master 1.
The teaching of these disciplines is deepened in the Masters 2 courses, both in terms of research and practical and pre-professional training designed to enable students to enter the job market directly.
Objectives
The main objective of the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences major is to prepare students for all professions in criminal law and criminal sciences.
It is thus recommended for students wishing to become judges, lawyers, police and gendarmerie officers, prison directors, probation officers, customs officers, compliance officers, employees of private companies in the legal or litigation sector, employees of organizations such as TRACFIN, or those wishing to take the major competitive examinations for the civil service.
It is also recommended when the student wishes to become a teacher-researcher or a researcher at the CNRS, thanks to the preparation for research and through research in criminal law and criminal sciences (research-oriented course).
Know-how and skills
Thanks to the training followed within the framework of the Mention of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, the student will be able to :
- master all the disciplines of criminal law and criminal sciences
- to build a legal reasoning
- master the writing of a legal summary
- master oral communication on a legal subject
Organization
Open in alternation
This course is open on a sandwich basis.
Program
The Master 1 course in the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences field is designed to lead naturally to the choice of one of the courses offered in Master 2.
The articulation between the two years of Master 1 and Master 2 is built in a logical and coherent way, because the disciplines taught in Master 1 prepare for a stronger specialization in each course.
The field covered by criminal law and criminal sciences calls for specialized training, built around distinct pedagogical projects and goals, depending on whether the student is destined for research or for direct entry into professional life, if necessary by passing an examination or an entrance exam.
Select a program
Master's degree in criminal law and practice
The objective of the Criminal Practices course is to promote the deepening of knowledge in the entire field of criminal law, in a concrete, cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary manner. Current practices in all areas of economic, social, cultural and family life are considered from the point of view of penal repression, in a transversal perspective. This makes it possible to include the deepening of all the disciplines pertaining to general criminal law, criminal procedure and special criminal law, which have never been taught in the framework of the previous curriculum, or to go further into subjects which have already been the subject of an initiation.
The confrontation with a program built in a multidisciplinary and transversal manner, combining public law with private law, with a comparative and international dimension, is a considerable asset in helping students to integrate the job market. All the movements to which criminal law is subject are thus grasped and passed on to the students: the program of the course shows in particular the dematerialization and the taking into account of new technologies and the Internet by the criminal matter.
Through the study of practice files led by professionals, students are confronted with role-playing and situational simulation. This is very useful to prepare them for competitive exams or for their direct entry into the professional world.
In this sense, the course constitutes a true professional school of criminal law and criminal sciences.
The program is supported by the Montpellier Criminal Law Team (EDPM), which is a recognized research team in criminal law and criminal sciences.
Insolvency law group 2 (ST)
UE Special criminal law
8 creditsCM Special criminal law
6 creditsTD Special criminal law
2 credits
Digital skills - Pix+Droit preparation
UE Criminal Procedure 2
8 creditsUE International criminal law
7 creditsCM International criminal law
5 creditsTD International criminal law
2 credits
Choice of internship or dissertation
Your choice: 1 of 2
Memory
3 creditsInternship
3 credits
In-depth civil procedures: enforcement procedures (ST)
Private digital law (ST)
Optional
New technology criminal law
3 creditsEuropean Union criminal law
3 creditsChoice of option blocks
Your choice: 1 of 2
Research option in criminal law and criminal sciences
Your choice: 1 of 2
Criminal law and criminal sciences - option 2
21 creditsResearch dissertation
10 creditsLiability law
3 creditsBig talk
8 credits
Criminal law and criminal sciences - option 1
21 creditsBig talk
6 creditsResearch dissertation
10 creditsLiability law
3 creditsStudent Engagement
Criminal practice option
Your choice: 1 of 2
Criminal practice - option 1
21 creditsCriminal audit practice
4 creditsChoice of dissertation/tutored project
Your choice: 1 of 2
Tutored project
Memory
3 credits
Criminal risk management - Internal and international
1 creditsCriminal law and applied pp corporate partners
1 creditsStudent Engagement
Professional integration
8 creditsBig talk
2 credits
Criminal practice - option 2
21 creditsCriminal audit practice
4 creditsChoice of dissertation/tutored project
Your choice: 1 of 2
Tutored project
Memory
3 credits
Criminal risk management - Internal and international
1 creditsCriminal law and applied pp corporate partners
1 creditsBig talk
4 creditsProfessional integration
8 credits
ECHR criminal law
3 credits
Admission
Target audience
Entry into the Master 1 of the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences field is open to students who have obtained a degree in private or public law or a diploma deemed equivalent. It is also open to continuing education, where it can constitute a specialization.
The recruitment criteria between Master 1 and Master 2 are the study of the file which is systematic and, most often, in addition to the study of the file, interviews and motivation tests (but which are not systematic).
Necessary pre-requisites
Bachelor's degree in private or public law or equivalent diploma, in initial training; open to continuing education.
And then
Further studies
The student can continue his studies by integrating preparations for competitive examinations related to criminal law: for example, Preparatory courses for the ENM, Preparatory courses for the CRFPA, Preparatory courses for competitive examinations in criminal law organized by the Montpellier Criminal Law Team (Director, Mr. Olivier Sautel, MCF-HDR, Montpellier Criminal Law Team). Olivier Sautel, MCF-HDR, Montpellier Criminal Law Team; Director of Studies, Mr. Eloi Clément, MCF, Montpellier Criminal Law Team).
The student can also continue his studies by following the University Diploma of Criminal Sciences offered by the Criminal Law Team of Montpellier (EDPM- Direction Mr. Olivier Sautel).
Graduation with a degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences allows the graduate to enroll in a doctoral thesis.
Professional integration
The professional outlets of the Mention Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences are :
Magistrate (judicial and administrative)
Lawyer
Clerk
Police competition
Gendarmerie competition
Customs competition
Tax competition
Public service competitions
Prison Administration Competitions
Competition of the judicial protection of youth
Corporate lawyer or company manager
Compliance officer
Employee with organizations such as TRACFIN, with banking institutions
Teacher-researcher at the University
Researcher at CNRS