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1. Institut de Droit Compare de Paris

2. University of Franche-Comte, Faculty of Law and Economy

University of Franche-Comte did not respond to our emails, so some answers are incomplete.

1. Institut de Droit Compare de Paris
28, Rue Saint-Guillaume 75 007 – Paris, France
Phone: 01-44-39-86-13; Email: Ivogel@u-paris2.fr

• Awarded degrees are: Diploma de droit compare; DEA in Comparative Law; Maitrise in Comparative Law; LL.M. in French, European and International Law Usual period of study is one academic year.
• The University does not have an undergraduate program, called “diplome de droit compare.”
• The University does not have clinical program.
• The requirement for admission is three or four previous years at Law School.
• The number of admitted students is DEA-40, Maitrise–20, LL.M.-20 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 70 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 22
• The number of part-time faculty – 29
• The University has a separate law library with 80.000 books and 800 Law Reviews.
• The library provides 10 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Institut de Droit Compare de Paris is only an Institute of Paris – II University, and it’s degrees is only complements to the main law school courses. As a consequence, there is no process to reach practice after it’s degrees. One must follow the ordinary main courses (maitrise, the equivalent of graduation), and then a practical school. An exception to this is DEA, which, as every postgraduate degree can lead to the said practical school.

The path is following:

Maitrise en droit (4 year study) or DEA (5 year study);

Than School of the Bar (2 year-study); than advocate.

2. University of Franche-Comte, Faculty of Law and Economy
45 D, Avenue de l’Observatorie – 25030 BESANCON CEDEX,
France
Phone: 33 3 8166 6741; Fax: 33 3 8166 6737; Email: Jeanne.didi@univ-fcomte.fr

• Program of study is undergraduate and postgraduate and usual period of study is 1 year.
• The University has a clinical program.
• The admission requirement is: for undergraduate – baccalaureat; Master’s degree – undergraduate degree and selection by the professors.
• The number of admitted students is 1.100 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 630 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 40
• The University has a separate law library with 60.000 volumes.
• The library provides 11 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

The French system works as follows: After four years of undergraduate studies with a major in law, students take an exam in order to be admitted to a school for one year of specialized studies and training. If the student goes through this year and passes the final test, hw/she becomes a fully licensed member of the Bar.