Law
Law Programs
legal capacity
The Bachelor of Laws program is designed to provide students with the legal knowledge necessary to pursue various legal and paralegal careers.
The Capacité diploma also qualifies holders to take certain civil service exams for Category B positions.
bachelor's degree
The Bachelor of Laws is a three-year generalist program designed primarily to provide students with a solid foundation of legal knowledge and skills, while allowing for specialization beginning in the third year through “track” courses followed by “elective” courses in either private law or public law. The program prepares students either for a professional Master’s degree or for immediate entry into the legal profession.
Bachelor's Degree (Professional Track)
The professional bachelor's degree is a program developed in partnership with businesses and professional sectors to facilitate students' entry into the workforce.
It is a one-year program that includes 12 to 16 weeks of professional internship.
It leads to a three-year degree and is part of the LMD (ECTS) system.
MASTER'S DEGREE
As a master’s student, you take full ownership of your education. Under the guidance of master’s program directors and supported by teaching teams composed of academics and professionals, you’ll thrive in an environment that fosters a spirit of collaboration, learning the value of teamwork and diversity, while also benefiting from a personalized approach to professional development.
LAW SCHOOL
The Montpellier Law College is a program of excellence that allows the top students in the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Montpellier
to take supplementary courses alongside their studies, in order to
deepen their understanding of legal subjects, fundamental thinking, legal culture, and
the exercise of critical thinking.
The Montpellier Law College supports students throughout their three-year
Bachelor’s degree program. Each class consists of about forty students, selected
for their motivation and academic standing, following a review of their application materials and an
interview.
MASTER'S DEGREES
Master's Degree in Applied Public Law
Brochure: Master's Program in Applied Public Law
Founded in 2009, the MAGISTERE IN APPLIED PUBLIC LAW is a three-year D.E. (Diplôme d’établissement, formerly “DU”) program that, in addition to the courses offered in the Bachelor’s, Master’s 1, and Master’s 2 programs, provides practical application of public law through case studies, practical simulations, and the handling of cases proposed by public law professionals, attorneys, public officials, and administrative and judicial magistrates. The program also includes courses taught by university faculty, providing students with the fundamentals of subjects outside their chosen track (elements of private law) and highly specialized instruction in the third year of the Master’s program. The Master’s program responds to a demand from legal practitioners, who thus welcome students equipped with a practical and applied understanding of public law to complement their initial training.
Curriculum structure:
– Presentations by professionals and courses from September to May
– Hearing at the Montpellier Administrative Court
– One-day mock trial
– Current events lectures by students
– Annual conference “A Year in Public Law” presented by students
– Major oral exam on professional practice at the end of each academic year
Directed by:
Julien BONNET
Fanny TARLET
Master's Degree in Corporate Law
The Master’s program leading to the Corporate Legal Counsel (DJCE) degree is a three-year institutional degree program designed for students who have completed theirsecond yearof a Bachelor’s degree in Law.
With core courses in Contract Law/Contract Drafting, Competition Law, Accounting, Tax Law, Labor Law, and Corporate Law, this program complements the curriculum of the third year of the bachelor’s degree and the first and second years of the master’s degree.
A real sense of competition develops, since only about twenty students are selected.
The Magistère-DJCE is an exceptional long-term program that allows students to begin training as business lawyers as early as their undergraduate studies. The Magistère complements the standard private law curriculum to train tomorrow’s business law professionals as early as possible.
This is the premier program for corporate legal counsel. The DJCE combines the best of both worlds—university education and the Grandes Écoles system—offering a blend of academic rigor and practicality, theoretical instruction and hands-on application, as well as a focus on initiative and teamwork.
DJCE Master's Program Brochure 2022–2023
Management:
Contact:
Corinne DAIGNEAU: 04-34-43-30-11
Institutional Diplomas (DU)
Diploma in Advanced Notarial Studies (DESN)
The DESN has two objectives:
- Teaching students about the ethics of the notary profession
- To train well-rounded professionals capable of devising legal structures that legally meet their clients’ needs, regardless of the field of practice
Academic Director: Louis-Frédéric PIGNARRE
Training to Become a Notary
doctoral program
Management Team
Director: Prof. Jérôme ROUX
Department Head: Sophie SEGUI
Secretary: Iwona BROUSSE
Phone: 04-34-43-27-92
Reception: 2nd floor of Building 1 – Office 2.03
The Doctoral School of Law and Political Science (DS ) at the University of Montpellier welcomes doctoral students in law and political science from the nine research units that comprise it.
Since July 2017, it has been part of the University of Montpellier’s Doctoral College, which includes other institutions (Montpellier Supagro, the National School of Chemistry of Montpellier, IMT Mines Alès, and AgroParisTech). The Doctoral College offers significant added value, particularly in terms of fostering relationships between doctoral students and industry, as well as through its extensive range of training programs available to doctoral students
DS comprises 155 faculty members, including 111 HDR-certified researchers (authorized to supervise research), who are affiliated with one of its associated laboratories:
- The Center for Business Law
- The Montpellier Center for Administrative Research and Studies (CREAM)
- The Center for Comparative Constitutional and Political Studies and Research (CERCOP)
- The Montpellier School of Labor Law
- The Institute for European Human Rights Law (IDEDH)
- The Institute of Legal History (IHD)
- The Private Law Laboratory
- UMR 5112 Center for Political Studies of Latin Europe (CEPEL)
- Laboratory for Innovation, Communication, and Markets (LICeM)
The 300 doctoral students enrolled inDS can pursue four different doctoral programs:
- Private Law and Criminal Justice
- Public law
- History of Law and Institutions
- Political Science
Each year, an average of about 40 thesis defenses and 3 HDR defenses are held.
In accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Order of May 25, 2016, establishing the national framework for doctoral education and the procedures for awarding the national doctoral degree, the role of the Doctoral School is to organize the education of doctoral students, prepare them for their professional careers, and provide them with a broad scientific foundation.
To this end, the Doctoral School selects doctoral candidates based on explicit and publicly available criteria and manages the allocation of the funding allocated to it, particularly doctoral contracts. With the support of each affiliated research unit, it ensures that doctoral students prepare and defend their theses under the best possible conditions, notably by organizing supplementary doctoral training designed to facilitate their post-doctoral career integration, by implementing the thesis charter, and by establishing thesis monitoring committees.