Admissions

Expected number of students

The training targets to enroll between 20 and 30 students. The objective of this training is to welcome non-French-speaking foreign students to Paris-Panthéon-Assas University as part of a specialized training.

LLM AWArDS' candidates come from China, Brazil, Georgia, Germany, Greece, the Philippines, Turkey, as well as from three US partner law schools (Duke Univ., Georges Washington Univ., University of Virginia).

Access conditions

The selected students will be:

• holders of an English-language training provided by a foreign university at a level equivalent to Master 2 (fifth year). For example, without exhaustiveness, in business law, contract law or civil business law, private international law or international trade law) and wishing to further develop their grasp of the law of international arbitration;
• United States’ students who are enrolled in or have completed 2nd or 3rd year of legal training (JD);
• practitioners (lawyers, in house counsels, etc.), with at least two years' experience, wishing to acquire new skills outside their current field of activity or wishing to further their training in their current field of business.

The selection will be made on the basis of an application file, if necessary, after an interview (including by videoconference).

The level of English of applicants, whose mother tongue is not English, will be assessed by the presentation of the TOEFL results:

• 100 for the internet version (iBT) of the test (with 25 for each section);
• 600 for the paper version (PBT) of the test (with 60 for each section and 5 for the Test of Written English).

If the applicant is unable to present the results of these tests, the level of English may be established differently, subject to an interview by videoconference with the head of the LL.M., if necessary.

Organisation

Organisation of the LL.M.

The programme will be carried out over one year from September to June, for a total of 306 study hours. It will take place in Paris, in Saint-Germain des Prés (Institute of Comparative Law).

Programme

Content of the LL.M.

Fall Semester

Fundamental Course

• International Arbitration I

Specialization Courses & Case studies

• Energy Disputes
• Construction and Engineering Disputes
• Sports Disputes
• Mining Disputes
• Evidence in Arbitration Proceedings
• Complex Arbitration Proceedings

Optional courses (choice of 2 courses out of 4)

• International Commercial Litigation
• International Arbitration Agreement - Comparative Approach
• Negotiation, Mediation and International Settlement Agreements
• International Investment Contracts

Workshops

• Provisional and Protective Measures
• Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings
• Drafting skills and written advocacy
• Assessing Damages in International Arbitration
• Oral Advocacy
• ICC Arbitration
• French as a Foreign Language (optional)

Spring Semester

Fundamental Course

• International Arbitration II

Specialization Courses & Case studies

• M&A Disputes
• Disputes and Compliance
• Energy Disputes II
• Competition Disputes
• Intellectual Property Disputes
• Third Party Funding

Optional courses (choice of 2 courses out of 4)

• Protection of Foreign Investments
• Law of International Contracts & Contract Law in International Arbitration
• Enforcement of International Awards – Comparative Approach
   
• Foreign and Comparative Perspectives

Workshops
 

• Experts and Witnesses – Examination and Cross-Examination
• Main Arbitration Centers & Arbitration Rules
• Expedited procedures
• Artificial Intelligence in the Arbitration Arena
• Research Project

Contrôles des connaissances

Knowledge assessment and graduation

Article 1: Fundamental Courses, Optional Courses, Specialization Courses and Worshops are subject to an assessment. This assessment is part of the exams organised at the end of each semester and covering the courses given during that semester.

The exams are conducted in English.
 

All subjects are marked on 20 points. The fundamental courses (Fundamental Courses) have a coefficient of 2. Optional courses and Specialization Courses have a coefficient of 1 and workshops have a coefficient of 0.5.

Fundamental and optional courses are subject to a written exam in each subject. The completion of a Research Project is optional and, if chosen, replaces the assessment of the workshops in the second semester (Spring Semester).

Specialization Courses are subject to an oral examination or a continuous check mark. The form of the rating chosen is proposed by the teacher(s) of the specialisation course before the beginning of the semester and validated by the person in charge of training. When the oral exam is selected, it can be organized in common, the student draws a subject at random relating to the subjects of specialization of the semester. If a common oral examination is organised for several specialisation courses, the mark obtained is awarded to all the specialisation courses in the semester covered by the common oral examination.

The workshops give rise to one examination per semester. This examination covers one of the subjects of the semester, drawn by lot. The score obtained is assigned to all worshops in the semester in question.

The rating of the Research Project is associated with a coefficient of 4.

Article 2: A mark of 10/20 is required to obtain the LL.M. Assas World Arbitration and Disputes Settlement.

The diploma includes the following information, depending on the average obtained:

• from 10, passable
• from 13, quite well,
• from 15, well,
• from 17, very good.