A privileged working environment: 2 campuses (Lille & Issy-les-Moulineaux)

Lille, a multi-disciplinary campus in the heart of the city

The Faculté de Droit is a member of the Université Catholique de Lille. In 2nd position in the top 10 « most attractive French Universities* », « La Catho » is a renowned institution at the local, national and international level known for its quality of teaching, research and student services. Over 35 000 students come together in this leafy student quarter in the heart of Lille.

Issy-les-Moulineaux, a campus dedicated to legal sciences

Completely renovated in 2013 and located at the heart of Issy-les-Moulineaux, students of this campus benefit from a unique living and study environment on a campus dedicated to legal sciences with a cosy, friendly and convivial atmosphere.

A personalised educational support

Reasonably sized year groups

At the FLD students benefit from unique working conditions with human scale year groups which encourages personal fulfillment and leads to greater success.

In Lille, the Faculty counts over 1400 students from years 1 to 5 (480 maximum in year 1), in Issy-les-Moulineaux there is an intake of around 400 students each year (200 maximum in Year 1) across the 5 years of study.

Everyone progresses in a friendly, convivial environment designed to create a real spirit of cohesion and community.

An attentive and available teaching and administrative team

With over 100 permanent staff members, the Faculty privileges the individual support of students. Each year group is assigned to a track coordinator and has an administrative representative available to them in order to facilitate the exchange of information, favourise dialogue and find solutions to any problem encountered. 

640

students in year 1 in Lille

250

students in year 1 in Issy-les-Moulineaux

25

students in each supervised work group

71%

success rate in Year 1 (2021-2022) and 100 % in masters (year 4 and 5)

21 h

of lessons on average per week

8 weeks 

of mandatory internship throughout the Bachelors

A smooth transition from high school to first year of university

In the first year the transition unit gives students a chance to discover two so far unknown new universes:  Law and University life. During the first 3 weeks, the introduction courses of the transition unit allow students to familiarize themselves not just with the world of law studies but also with the organization and the way university works which is very different from a high school or lycée.

At the end of these 3 weeks the students are given a first exam in order to make sure they have acquired the basics of Law. 

Regular testing

Regular knowledge tests are one of the guarantees of our students success. Every semester counts 50% of continuous assessment (quizzes, coursework, exposés, participation, mock exams … ) and 50% final exam grades.

Twice a semester, mock exams allow students to be evaluated under real exam conditions in preparation for the final test. They receive detailed corrections and explanations from their tutors.

Tutoring

In order to accompany our students in the best possible way, the FLD proposes tutoring sessions. Those who wish may also make an appointment with a lecturer in order to find solutions to problems of organisation, understanding or use of knowledge. 

To encourage interactivity during classes between students and lecturers

To ease the acquisition of legal notions by associating theory and practice in the same week.

To allow students to acquire the basic notions resulting from personal reflection after studying their « pre-read »

To develop responsibility and autonomy

Develop students’ general culture

In order to give students what is essential for their personal and professional development, the bachelors program includes « Culture and Humanities » seminars: these learning tools are designed to open students minds to general culture and represent an indispensable advantage when it comes to preparing certain competitive entrance exams.

Learn documentary research skills

Being a law student involves excellent knowledge of research methods for libraries and legal databases. It is for this reason that from bachelors to masters, our students are regular users of digital research tools thanks to the University’s Digital Network Library (“Bibliothèque Numérique en Réseau” (BNR)).

Law through practice

At the « Law Clinic » all students regularly have the opportunity to develop, their professional know-how (how to manage a legal consultation, how to draft a court decision …) supervised by a team of lecturers and legal professionals in association with L’Ordre des Avocats du Barreau de Lille (Lille Bar Association), students can practice so they can be perfectly operational and ready to go in the field when it comes to first internships or first jobs.

• Participation in national and international moot court competitions such as Habeas Corpus, Concours Cassin, Jessup…
• Mock trials
• Drafting and publication of journalistic articles dealing with legal problems for the general public in partnership with La Croix du Nord (one of Lille’s major newspaper)
• Law in action in Master II (year 5)
• Devising TV and Radio chroniques
• Field trips

Since 2014, Our faculty has proposed cutting edge teaching and learning methods that differ from traditional approaches. This innovative pedagogy places the student at the heart of his or her course, the student becomes the driving force of his or her learning and is motivated towards greater success. 

3 months

of mandatory intership in years 4 and 5

Practical

case studies, concrete projects, business games…

8 

mock trials or public speaking competitions

Mandatory interships

Unlike in many other universities, the bachelors program includes a minimum of 8 weeks of mandatory internship: this makes a difference in our students’ profiles when applying to Masters. During years 4 & 5, the internship can vary in length depending on the subject (between 2 and 9 months). 

Career Centre Events

The Career centre helps students achieve their professional goals in many ways:

• CV/ cover letter workshops 
• Individual counselling
• Professional encounters 
• job-dating

The FLD has developed a department dedicated to international matters: the International and European Law School (IELS), in order to respond to students expecting changes in the market. The IELS is responsible for multilingual programs, as well as maintaining and forging international partnerships.

18 nationalities 

represented on 2 campuses

2 campuses

ideally situated between European cities Brussels, Lille, Luxembourg, Paris

Multilingual and multicultural programs

These programs for bachelors and masters years aim to train legal professionals to work in different languages and develop a real international, professional sensibility.

Visiting professors

These professors come largely from foreign partner universities and international teaching institutions dedicated to original learning methods and aim to help students understand the reasoning of jurists from different countries such as UK, US, Germany, Netherlands etc.

Studying abroad

Possible at Bachelor level (Year 3- euro programme) and master level (year 4)  through the ERASMUS program or agreement with one of our partner universities (in Europe or around the world). 

Take the US Bar exam

It is possible for students in International and European Law Masters to take the US bar exam (partnership with Mississippi College of Law).