Law schools, colleges and academies in France
For other uses, see Law schools in France (disambiguation)
A Law school (École de droit), College of Law (Collège de droit) or Academy of Law (Académie de droit) in France a selective school inside each French university for its best students which deliver a specific diploma of the university.
History
In France, universities are not allowed to choose which students are allowed to their undergraduate degree. Panthéon-Assas University created then in 2008 a special school for selecting its best students. Several universities followed rapidely this model. It permitted to French universities to select students depite the legal global prohibition.
Medias called very soon theses schools "ways of excellence" inside each university for "briliant students".
Panthéon-Sorbonne University created a law school but it is only an administrative for its faculty of law and not a selective degree or selective courses for its best students. Sciences Po has a real degree called "Law School". It is not a selection for the best legal students, but a legal degree for non-legal students.
Existing Law schools, colleges and academy in France
Collège de droit from Panthéon-Assas University and École de droit de Paris
Panthéon-Assas University created in 2008 a special school for selecting its best students among the 1800 ones who it has to accept in first year in order to give them special courses and a special degree: the College of Law. In 2011, the Paris Law School was created when the first class of the College of Law had its degree.
Paris Law School (École de droit de Paris), also called Assas Law School (École de droit d'Assas), is a school from Panthéon-Assas University delivering a graduate degree, after the College of Law (Collège de droit) delivering an undergraduate degree. The Collège de droit was the first Law School created by French Universities in 2008.
The Collège de droit is a three-year degree, the École de droit a two-year degree. The exchange experience cannot be completed in the same time but has to be done in addition to these courses.
Panthéon-Assas University being the top faculty of law in France, medias called even more this law college and school "way of excellence".
Collège de droit de Montpellier
Created by University of Montpellier in 2009, two-year degree.
Grande école du droit from University of Paris-Sud
Created by University of Paris-Sud in 2009, four-year degree, plus a year abroad.
Collège supérieur de droit de Toulouse
Created by Toulouse 1 University Capitole in 2010, three-year degree.
Collège de droit from University of La Réunion
Created by University of La Réunion in 2010, two-year degree.
Collège de droit de Lyon
Created by Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 in 2010, two-year degree, delivers the "D.U. Professionnels du droit" diploma.
Académie de droit d’Aix-Marseille
Created by Aix-Marseille University in 2011, it is a four-year degree, exchange experience included.
External links
- Medias
- Website of each law school or college
- Websites of student associations