Law - Political Science - Administration

MASTER - MENTION PRIVATE LAW

Private law
  • Targeted level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

  • Educational manager : Louis-Frédéric Pignarre - Pauline Marcou

The Private Law major is designed for students who wish to acquire a thorough legal culture, develop their analytical skills, and compare their academic knowledge with practical experience.
In the first year, the major provides for the study of the essential subjects of private law (securities, collective procedures, matrimonial regimes, inheritance, etc.), which are now on the syllabus for most national examinations and competitions (CRFPA, ENM). In the second year, students choose to study certain topics in greater depth according to their interests.

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The advantages of the training

Objectives

The main objective of the program is to contribute to the immediate integration of students into the working world. The level of knowledge in the legal field, obtained at the end of this program, allows them to integrate the different professional sectors related to private law. The professions to which the Mention leads are the traditional ones in this field (teacher-researcher, lawyer, magistrate, notary, judicial representative, auctioneer, police officer, etc.). To achieve this, the program proposes:
- to prepare students for the various national examinations and competitions by ensuring that they have a perfect mastery of academic exercises.
- to prepare students for entry into professional life by offering them, thanks to numerous partnerships, the possibility of doing internships in companies and jurisdictions.
- to allow those who wish to do so to continue on to a doctorate with a view to embracing an academic career.

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Know-how and skills

At the end of the training, the mention allows the acquisition of a double know-how:
- From an academic point of view, the student masters the different legal exercises in the program of the different national exams and competitions.
- From a practical point of view, the student is able to bring his expertise in the presence of a legal dispute, to write reports, to advise a person on the stakes of a project, to exercise his critical sense and to identify the dangers of an operation by developing a legal argumentation

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Organization

Open in alternation

This course is open on a sandwich basis.

Program

In Master 1, a general training in private law is given to students. Those who wish to do so also have the possibility of doing an internship.
In Master 2:
- A deepening of the basic subjects of private law (obligations, procedures, DIP...)
- A specialization, depending on the course, in contract law, personal and family law, property management, procedures.

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Select a program

Master's degree in general private law

The teaching provided during the first year of the Master's degree in General Private Law is designed to prepare students for the national examinations and competitions leading to access to the traditional judicial and legal professions. In this perspective, the essential subjects of civil law and civil procedure (in the program of the written exams), as well as fundamental rights and legal culture (in the program of the oral exams) are considered.
The second year of the program aims to broaden the legal culture of the students while developing their critical spirit and stimulating their capacity for analysis.
Two tracks are offered to students:
The first one, which can be done in alternation, is intended for those who wish to enter the professional life at the end of the training.
The second allows those who wish to embark on an academic career to be introduced to legal research.

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  • Private international law group 2 (ST)

  • ECHR litigation system (ST)

  • UE Language

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • English

      • Spanish

  • Civil law: Practical law of obligations-contracts(ST)

    2 credits
  • Bioethics (ST)

    3 credits
  • History of the legal peninsula (ST)

    3 credits
  • UE Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 2

    7 credits
    • TD Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 2

      2 credits
    • CM Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 2

  • UE Civil law: Security interests group 1

    7 credits
    • TD Droit civil : Sûretés group 1

      2 credits
    • CM Civil law: Security interests group 1

  • 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)

  • Insolvency law group 2 (ST)

  • European and national application of the ECHR (ST)

    3 credits
  • Comparative private law (ST)

    3 credits
  • Digital skills - Pix+Droit preparation

  • Civil law: Practice of the law of obligations-responsibilities(ST)

    2 credits
  • UE Civil law: Inheritance

    7 credits
    • TD Civil law: Inheritance

      2 credits
    • CM Civil law: Inheritance

  • Practice of constitutional litigation (ST)

  • UE In-depth civil procedure and enforcement

    7 credits
    • CM In-depth civil procedure and enforcement

    • TD In-depth civil procedure and enforcement

      2 credits
  • Law of obligations

    5 credits
    • Law of obligations

    • In-depth law of obligations

  • Research methodology

    5 credits
  • Legal English

  • Legal culture

    5 credits
    • Fundamental concepts

    • Coding

    • Founding awards

    • Law and literature

  • Civil law: Persons / The family

    5 credits
  • Fundamentals of private law

    5 credits
  • Civil law: Property / Security interests

    5 credits
  • Civil procedure

    5 credits
  • Training for oral exams and competitive examinations

    5 credits
  • Choice of academic / vocational path

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • University - Dissertation

        10 credits
      • Vocational path

        10 credits
        • Choice of Tutored Project / Dissertation

          • Your choice: 1 of 2

            • Tutored project

            • Memory

              5 credits
        • Choosing a career path

          • Your choice: 1 of 2

            • Professional integration

              5 credits
            • Career choice + Student commitment

              • Student Engagement

              • Professional integration

                3 credits
  • Sources du droit - Contemporary sources

Admission

Target audience

The Master 1 is open, after selection, to students with a Bachelor's degree in law or any other diploma deemed equivalent by the institution

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And then

Further studies

At the end of their Master 2 training, students can continue their studies by integrating various preparations for national competitive exams (IEJ, ENM preparation, IPAG...). For those who have written a research paper, and after selection, registration for a doctorate is possible.

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Professional integration

The professional integration of students who have obtained their Master 2, results either from their entry into working life as a lawyer or from obtaining a competitive examination or a national exam (ENM, CRFPA, CFPN, Civil Service Examination, etc...)

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