Law schools and colleges in France

A Law school (École de droit) or College of Law (Collège 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 rapidly followed this model[1][2] It permitted to French universities to select students despite the legal global prohibition.[3][4]

Media called very soon theses schools "ways of excellence"[5] inside each university for "brilliant students"[6] or "grandes écoles inside universities"[7]

Panthéon-Sorbonne University created a "law school" but it is an administrative name for its faculty of law and not a selective degree or selective courses for its best students.[8] Sciences Po has a degree called "Law School", it is not a selection for the best legal students, but a legal degree for non-legal students.[9][10]

Existing Law schools and colleges in France

Collège de droit from Panthéon-Assas University and École de droit de Paris

For other uses, see Sorbonne Law School.

Panthéon-Assas University created in 2008 a special school for selecting its best students among the 2300 ones it legally has to accept in first year[11] 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. To be admitted, you have to obtain "Summa Cum Laude" in Baccalauréat, or "Magna Cum Laude" with an entrance test.[12]

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, media focused particularly on it and called even more this law college and school "way of excellence"[13]

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.

Parcours d’excellence en droit of Paris Descartes University

Created by Paris Descartes University in 2012, two-year degree.

Parcours d’excellence en droit of Rennes I University

Created by University of Rennes 1 in 2016, three-year degree.

References

  1. ↑ Le Figaro - Un «parcours d’excellence» à Rennes-I relance le débat sur la sélection à l’université
  2. ↑ Le Monde - Polémique sur les « parcours d’excellence » en droit
  3. ↑ Double-licence : un cursus d’excellence ?
  4. ↑ Olivier Rollot - Entrer à l’université : ce qu’il faut savoir
  5. ↑ France Info - Filières d'excellence à la fac
  6. ↑ Le Figaro - Universités : les cursus pour étudiants brillants
  7. ↑ L’obs - Les charmes cachés de l'université
  8. ↑ Le Petit Juriste - Focus sur les filières d’excellence en droit : Collèges de droit, Magistères et DJCE
  9. ↑ Educ Pro - Paris 2 et IEP Paris : des stratégies de développement inverses
  10. ↑ La Péniche - Faire du droit à SciencesPo, est-ce bien raisonnable ?
  11. ↑ Benoît Floc'h, "La réponse d’Assas : l’audace. Paris-II crée un collège de droit pour attirer les meilleurs étudiants", Le Monde, Supplément éducation, 27 July 2009, p. 22.
  12. ↑ Studyrama - Bac : à quoi servent les mentions ?Le Figaro - APB 2016 : quelques conseils de dernière minute
  13. ↑ L’étudiant - Pourquoi le bac vaut encore quelque chose

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