Studies in law must train students to develop their critical faculties, acquire sharp written and oral communication skills and, above all, to cultivate a taste for personal work.

In the Bachelors

The programme of the Bachelors in Law pursues these objectives from the first year onwards and in particular in the law option, where supervised work, demanding the presence and active participation of the students, is organised every year. Through this supervised work students are prepared for the end of study project in the 2nd year of the Masters in Law.

More information on the supervised reading and written work in the Bachelors in Law.

In the Masters

The educational programmes in the Masters demand increased active participation on the part of students: oral presentations in seminars, various writing assignements, discussions, etc. In addition, whilst the Faculty has privileged an approach ‘by subject' within the framework of the different specialised programmes, the end of study project has a ‘profession oriented' approach.

An end of study project in three parts: a study of doctrine/work experience training programme/oral examination

The end of study project of the Masters in Law in principle consists of three parts which are obligatory for every student:

• written work: students are required to write a paper of a level comparable to that of a scholarly work  
• a work experience training programme in the legal profession environment
• a public oral examination 

Special systems  

Participating in an interuniversity or international competition

Subject to being selected, students can take part in interuniversity national and international competitions. This participation can be integrated into the student's educational programme, in the form of the end of study project. Participation in such a competition thus replaces the written assignement and the oral examination, and, in certain cases, also replaces the work placement training programme.

• List of competitions
• Participation of students in previous years

Interuniversity mobility: a study stay for a whole year

Students who, in the 1st year of the Masters, have carried out a study stay of an entire year at a host university are subject to a special system: their end of study project consists of a written dissertation focusing either on comparative aspects of the law looking at their host country, or aspects of European law or international law.

End of study project regulations 2010-2011