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MASTER - CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL SCIENCES

Criminal law and criminal sciences
  • Target 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

  • Training coordinator: Marie-Christine Sordino

The Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences specialization is ideal for students wishing to work in all areas of criminal law and criminal sciences.

The structure of both levels is designed to lead students to progressive specialization in the various areas of criminal law and criminal science. The specific courses in Master 1 cover the essential disciplines of criminal law and criminal science, which are included in the revision syllabuses for the main legal examinations and competitions. Master 1 courses cover criminal procedure, international criminal law, special criminal law, business criminal law, criminal sanction law and criminology.

These disciplines are taught in greater depth in the Masters 2 courses, both in terms of research and practical, pre-professional training designed to enable students to enter the job market directly.

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Objectives

The main aim of the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences specialization is to prepare students for all careers in criminal law and criminal sciences.

It is recommended for students wishing to become magistrates, lawyers, police and gendarmerie officers, prison governors, probation officers, customs officers, compliance officers, employees of private companies in the legal or litigation sector, employees of organizations such as TRACFIN, or if they wish to take the major civil service competitive examinations. The program is based on both theoretical and practical teaching, accompanied by internships.

It is also recommended if the student wishes to pursue a career as a teacher-researcher, or as a researcher at the CNRS, thanks to the preparation for research and through research in criminal law and criminal sciences (research-oriented course).

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Know-how and skills

Thanks to the training received in the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences specialization, students will be able to :

- master all the disciplines involved in criminal law and criminal science

- legal reasoning

- master the drafting of a legal summary subject

- master oral communication on a legal topic

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Organization

Open on a sandwich basis

This course is offered on a sandwich basis.

Program

The Master 1 course in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences is designed to lead naturally to the choice of one of the courses offered in Master 2.

The links between the two years of Master 1 and Master 2 are logical and coherent, as the disciplines taught in Master 1 prepare students for greater specialization in each course. 

The field covered by criminal law and criminal sciences calls for specialized training, built around distinct pedagogical projects and aims, depending on whether the student is destined for research or direct entry into professional life, if necessary by passing an entrance exam or competitive examination.

 

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Select a program

Master of Criminal Law and Practice

The aim of the Criminal Practices course is to provide in-depth knowledge of the entire field of criminal law, in a practical, cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary way. Current practices in all areas of economic, social, cultural and family life are considered from the point of view of criminal law enforcement, from a cross-disciplinary perspective. This makes it possible to include in-depth study of all disciplines relating to general criminal law, criminal procedure and special criminal law, which have never been taught as part of the previous curriculum, or to go further into subjects which have already been introduced.

Exposure to a multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary program, combining public and private law, with a comparative and international dimension, is a considerable asset in helping students enter the job market. All the changes to which criminal law is subject are thus grasped and passed on to students: the course program shows, in particular, the dematerialization and incorporation of new technologies and the Internet into criminal law.

Through the study of case studies led by professionals, students are confronted with role-playing and role-playing situations. This is extremely useful in preparing them for competitive examinations or for their direct entry into the professional world.

In this sense, the course is a true professional school of criminal law and criminal sciences.

The course is supported by the Montpellier Criminal Law Team (EDPM), a recognized research team in criminal law and criminal sciences.

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  • UE Criminal Procedure 1

    8 credits
    • CM Criminal Procedure 1

    • TD Criminal Procedure 1

  • Science and sociology of crime and profiling (ST)

    2 credits
  • Criminal labor law (ST)

  • UE Business criminal law

    8 credits
    • TD Business criminal law

      2 credits
    • Criminal audit - accounting and financial analysis

    • CM Business criminal law

      6 credits
  • Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 2 (ST)

  • Civil law: Securities group 1 (ST)

  • EU language

    • English

  • Digital skills - In-depth documentary research

  • Insolvency law group 2 (ST)

  • UE Special criminal law

    8 credits
    • CM Special criminal law

      6 credits
    • TD Special criminal law

      2 credits
  • Digital skills - Pix+Droit preparation

  • UE Criminal Procedure 2

    8 credits
    • CM Criminal Procedure 2

    • TD Criminal Procedure 2

  • UE International criminal law

    7 credits
    • CM International criminal law

      5 credits
    • TD International criminal law

      2 credits
  • Choice of internship or dissertation

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Memory

        3 credits
      • Internship

        3 credits
  • In-depth civil procedures: enforcement procedures (ST)

  • Private digital law (ST)

  • Optional

    • Legal clinic (F)

    • Memory (F)

    • Internship (F)

    • Work integration workshops (F): CV/LM

    • Tutored project (F)

    • Apprenticeship (F)

    • Legal watch (F)

  • Criminal law and practices applied to individuals

    5 credits
  • Choice of option blocks

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Research option in criminal law and criminal sciences

        • Training in and through research

          8 credits
        • History of criminal law

          3 credits
      • Criminal Practice Option

        • Practical files

          8 credits
        • Criminal practices applied to company activities

          3 credits
  • Language - Legal English

  • Criminal law & criminal practices applied to legal persons public law

    5 credits
  • Comparative and international criminal law

    2 credits
  • Criminal procedure law and practice

    5 credits
  • New technology criminal law

    3 credits
  • European Union criminal law

    3 credits
  • Choice 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 credits
            • Research dissertation

              10 credits
            • Liability law

              3 credits
            • Grand oral

              8 credits
          • Criminal law and criminal sciences - option 1

            21 credits
            • Grand oral

              6 credits
            • Research dissertation

              10 credits
            • Liability law

              3 credits
            • Student involvement

      • Criminal practice option

        • Your choice: 1 of 2

          • Criminal practice - option 1

            21 credits
            • Criminal audit practice

              4 credits
            • Choice of dissertation/tutored project

              • Your choice: 1 of 2

                • Tutored project

                • Memory

                  3 credits
            • Criminal risk management - Internal and international

              1 credits
            • Criminal law and applied pp corporate partners

              1 credits
            • Student involvement

            • Professional integration

              8 credits
            • Grand oral

              2 credits
          • Criminal practice - option 2

            21 credits
            • Criminal audit practice

              4 credits
            • Choice of dissertation/tutored project

              • Your choice: 1 of 2

                • Tutored project

                • Memory

                  3 credits
            • Criminal risk management - Internal and international

              1 credits
            • Criminal law and applied pp corporate partners

              1 credits
            • Grand oral

              4 credits
            • Professional integration

              8 credits
  • ECHR criminal law

    3 credits

Admission

Target audience

Entrance to Master 1 in the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences specialization is open to students with a bachelor's degree in private or public law, or a diploma deemed equivalent. It is also open to continuing education students, in which case it can constitute a specialization.

Recruitment criteria between Master 1 and Master 2 are based on a systematic review of the student's application and, more often than not, interviews and motivation tests (which are not systematic).

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Necessary prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in private or public law or equivalent diploma, initial training; open to continuing education.

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And then

Further studies

Students can continue their studies by taking part in preparatory courses for competitive examinations in criminal law: for example, Prépa-ENM, Prépa-ENA, Preparatory courses for the CRFPA entrance exam, 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; Director of Studies, Mr. Eloi Clément, MCF, Montpellier Criminal Law Team). Olivier Sautel, MCF-HDR, Equipe de droit pénal de Montpellier ; Directeur des études, Mr Eloi Clément, MCF, Equipe de droit pénal de Montpellier ).

Students can also continue their studies by taking the Diplôme Universitaire de Sciences criminelles offered by the Montpellier Criminal Law Team (EDPM- Direction Mr. Olivier Sautel).

Graduating with the Mention Droit pénal et sciences criminelles enables graduates to enroll in a doctoral thesis.

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Professional integration

The professional outlets for the Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences specialization are :

Magistrate (judicial and administrative)

Lawyer

Clerk

Police competition

Gendarmerie competitions

Customs competition

Tax competition

Civil service competitions

Prison administration competitions

Youth protection competitions

Corporate lawyer or manager

Compliance officer

Employee with organizations such as TRACFIN, banking institutions, etc.

Lecturer at the University

CNRS researcher

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