Law colleges in France

A College of Law (Collège de droit), sometimes called Law school (École de droit) or Law academy (Académie de droit), is in France a selective school inside each French university or faculty of law for its best students which deliver a specific diploma of the university.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Existing Law colleges in France
* 2.1 Collège de droit from Panthéon-Assas University and École de droit de Paris
* 2.2 Collège de droit de Montpellier
* 2.3 Grande école du droit from University of Paris-Sud
* 2.4 Collège supérieur de droit de Toulouse
* 2.5 Collège de droit from University of La Réunion
* 2.6 Collège de droit de Lyon
* 2.7 Académie de droit d’Aix-Marseille
* 2.8 Parcours d’excellence en droit of Paris Descartes University
* 2.9 Parcours d’excellence en droit of Rennes I University
* 2.10 Collège de Droit de la Sorbonne
* 3 References
* 4 External links

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

## Existing Law colleges 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 2300 ones it legally has to accept in first year[8] 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.[9]

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 college of law created by a French University 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 considered as the top faculty of law [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] in France, media focused particularly on it and called even more this law college and school "way of excellence"[19]

### 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.

### Collège de Droit de la Sorbonne

Created by University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 2017, three-year degree, delivers the "D.U. Collège de Droit de la Sorbonne" diploma.

With this diploma, Paris 1 aims to focus on excellence and on a multidisciplinary approach to law, with philosophy, history, international law, sociologoy, finance or economy teaching, and to train lawyers able to go beyond a pure legal perspective.[20]

Applicants wishing to join the diploma in first year are selected following a process based on their academic records and an oral exam. An alternative procedure also exists for students already studying in first year of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne "classic" Law Licence, allowing them, if selected, to join the diploma directly in second year.

## 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. ↑ 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.
9. ↑ Studyrama - Bac : à quoi servent les mentions ?Le Figaro - APB 2016 : quelques conseils de dernière minute
10. ↑ "ULB - Les Etudes". http://www.ulb.ac.be/polytech/smana/NOUV_OB/Observateur.htm#DROIT: LE PARADIS DES. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
11. ↑ "INSEAD Lends Business Expertise to France's Top Law School". http://www.stacyblackman.com/2010/11/24/insead-lends-business-expertise-to-frances-top-law-school/. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
12. ↑ "US News, Stacy Blackman". https://www.usnews.com/topics/author/stacy-blackman.
13. ↑ "French National Agency of Evaluation of Higher education institutions, p. 65". https://www.cne-evaluation.fr/WCNE_pdf/Paris2.pdf.
14. ↑ Piurek, Ryan (May 12, 2017). "IU president to lead delegation to Spain, France". https://news.iu.edu/stories/2017/05/iu/releases/12-spain-france-delegation.html.
15. ↑ "Rencontre avec 4 universités d'excellence - Monde des grandes écoles et des universités". 22 February 2012. http://www.mondedesgrandesecoles.fr/rencontre-avec-4-universites-dexcellence/. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
16. ↑ "Awe-inspiring International Women Leaders: Tamara Adrián | Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center, U.Va.". https://womenscenter.virginia.edu/2016/03/awe-inspiring-international-women-leaders-tamara-adrián.
17. ↑ Bates, Daniel (15 December 2015). "Meet Tamara Adrián, Venezuela's Crusading Trans Politician". http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/15/meet-tamara-adrian-venezuela-s-crusading-trans-politician.html. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
18. ↑ Author, Constance Leisure; Provence', 'Amour (2 June 2016). "Meet The French -- And Female -- Donald Trump". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/constance-leisure/the-french-donald-trump_b_10260486.html. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
19. ↑ L’étudiant - Pourquoi le bac vaut encore quelque chose
20. ↑ [1]

## External links

* Media
* Le Collège de droit d'Assas, préfiguration d'une grande école de droit
* Le Monde - Le Collège de droit, la voie d'excellence d'Assas
* Le Figaro - Les facultés de droit veulent atteindre l'excellence
* L'étudiant - Collèges et écoles de droit
* Website of each law school or college
* Collège de Droit de la Sorbonne
* Collège de droit de Montpellier
* École de droit de Lyon
* École de droit de Paris
* Académie de droit d'Aix-Marseille (ADAM)
* Grande école du droit (Paris-Sud)
* Collège supérieur de droit de Toulouse
* Collège de droit (La Réunion)
* Paris-Descartes - Parcours d’excellence en droit
* Rennes I - Parcours d’excellence en droit
* Websites of student associations
* https://assocdd.wordpress.com
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160226164108/http://www.ecolededroit-paris2.com/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160302234357/http://association-academie-droit-aix-marseille.fr/

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