Master in European Law & Litigation

Complete Master Degree covering the whole speciality of International & European Law (private and public law, competition law, business law, human rights, international organisations and litigation…)

Advanced skills in international and European law

Ability to write legal briefs and pleading in English

Strong specialisation in EU law

Prepare to take competitive exams giving access to international organisations and European institutions

Preparing and giving access to the French Bar exam

Reinforcing legal practice through research seminars and methodology

EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Trial simulations: legal literature, legal writing, pleading…
• Participation in a moot court (ELMC – European Law Moot Court)
• Development of writing skills research papers
• 100% courses in English with our full time and visiting professors
• Presenting a topic on a TV show: videos published on the Medialab YouTube channel

FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL PROJECT

• 2nd year: internship all over Europe (EU institutions (blue book), UN institutions, companies, law firms)
• Meetings with law practitioners especially during the annual IELS International Job Dating & Careers
• Individual help for your professional project and your studies
• Visiting professors who provide an interesting and important network for jobs and internships
• Visit of the Court of justice of the European Union (CJUE) in Luxembourg
• Master 2 students are following the 2nd semester at the European Public Law Organisation (EPLO) in Athens

FUNDAMENTAL UNIT

+ International Private Law 1
+ International Responsibility & Litigation
+ Law of International Organisations
+ EU policies
+ Human rights & Fundamental Liberties
+ European Company Law
+ International Private Law 2

SPECIALITY UNIT

+ Competition Law
+ International Arbitration
+ Global Governance
+ Non-State Actors and International Law
+ Intellectual Property
+ International Trade Law
+ International and EU Environmental Law
+ International Humanitarian Law

UNIT OF LEGAL PRACTICE

+ Advanced International Law Clinic
+ Research Seminar in International and European Law

LANGUAGES

+ Legal English
+ German/Spanish/French as foreign language

SUBSTANTIVE UNIT INTERNATIONAL & EUROPEAN LAW

+ Freedoms of movement of goods & services
+ Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
+ International private law applicable to civil & commercial litigation
+ International private law applicable to matrimonial litigation
+ Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
+ EU Green Deal & climate change
+ EU External Action
+ EU Digital Law

SPECIALISATION UNIT – EUROPEAN LAW

+ National actions based on EU & international law
+ Cross-border disputes in the EU
+ European Law Enforcement
+ EU financial framework
+ Practice of international litigation in national proceedings
+ Practice of European litigation before the CJEU
+ Practice of European litigation before the ECHR

PRACTICE OF EUROPEAN & INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION UNIT

+ Research seminar
+ Legal Speaking
+ Professional skills

RESEARCH UNIT

+ Skills in EU fundings*
+ Research seminar + thesis + defence*
+ Workshop*
OR research seminar (organisation and running of a study day, drafting of a legal monitoring bulletin on C3RD themes. In place
of courses marked with a *)
+ Research thesis (with research seminar replaces courses marked with a *)

Semester 1

International Private Law 1
Helga LUKU – PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp

International Responsibility & Litigation
Francesco ROMANI – Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Law of International Organisations
Drino GALICIC – Deputy Team Leader of the EU4 Justice Project
Patrick SCHNEIDER – Consultant, Max Planck Institute

European Legal Proceedings
Aurélien RACCAH – Associate Professor, Assessor for International Development, Director of the LL.M. in International & European Law, Faculté de Droit – UCL Lille
Helga LUKU – PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp

Competition Law
Peter ALEXIADIS – Visiting Professor, King’s College London / Research Fellow, CERRE

International Arbitration
Denis PHILIPPE – Lawyer, Founder of Philippe & Partners (Brussels)

Global Governance
John HASKELL – Professor of Property Law, University of Manchester

Non-State Actors and International Law
Valentina VOLPE – Senior Lecturer in Public International Law, Co-Director of the Master’s in Human Rights, Security and Development, Faculté de Droit – UCL Lille

Advanced International Law Clinic
Divina MONTAGNE – Attorney
Helga LUKU – PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp (ELMC)

Research Seminar in International and European Law
Aurélien RACCAH – Associate Professor, Director of the LL.M. in International & European Law, Faculté de Droit – UCL Lille

Legal English
Matthew ROBERTS – Lawyer – Clarife

Semester 2

EU Policies
Réka SOMSSICH – Professor, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Budapest, Department of Private International Law and European Economic Law

Human Rights & Fundamental Liberties
Irine KURDADZE – Visiting Professor, job title to be confirmed
Eckart VON MALSEN – Visiting Professor, job title to be confirmed

European Business Law
Enguerrand MARIQUE – Professor, Director of the Master’s in Business & Competition Law, Faculté Libre de Droit – UCL Lille

International Private Law 2
Helga LUKU – PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp

Intellectual Property
Vincent CASSIERS – Professor, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – exact title to be confirmed

International Trade Law
Nicola SIBONA – Visiting Professor to be confirmed (Head of the Trade and Economic Section, EU Delegation to Ukraine)

International and EU Environmental Law
Léonardo MASSAI – Expert in international and EU environmental and climate law (Climalia) – exact title to be confirmed

International Humanitarian Law
Marco ODELLO – Emeritus Reader in Law, Aberystwyth University

Advanced International Law Clinic
Divina MONTAGNE – Attorney (non ELMC)
Helga LUKU – PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp (ELMC)

Research Seminar in International and EU Law
Aurélien RACCAH – Associate Professor, Director of the LL.M. in International & European Law, Faculté Libre de Droit – UCL Lille
David FREMY – job title to be confirmed

Legal English
Matthew ROBERTS – Lawyer
Francesca BISIANI – Legal English Lecturer, Head of the Licence Droit & Média, Faculté Libre de Droit – UCL Lille

Semester 3 – Lille

Freedoms of movement of goods & services
Aurélien RACCAH – Senior Lecturer (Maître de conférences), Assessor for International Development, Director of the Master’s, Faculté Libre de Droit – UCL Lille

Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
Sabiha SHALA – Professor, University of Peja « Haxhi Zeka » (Kosovo)

International private law applicable to civil and commercial litigation
Hubert DE VERDELHAN – Legal Secretary (référendaire) at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), PhD in Law

International private law applicable to matrimonial litigation
Helga LUKU – PhD Candidate, University of Antwerp

National actions based on EU & international law
Marco BUZZONI – Researcher, Luxembourg Centre for European Law – University of Luxembourg

Cross-border disputes in the EU
Marco BUZZONI – Researcher, Luxembourg Centre for European Law – University of Luxembourg

European Law Enforcement
Paul WEISMANN – Professor, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (Austria)

EU financial framework
Amélie COUSIN – Legal Officer, Urban Initiative (Lille)

Legal Writing
Otto PFERSMANN – Emeritus Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / EHESS

Legal Speaking
Alex TÜRK – Senior Lecturer (Maître de conférences), Faculté Libre de Droit – UCL Lille (Media Training)

Professional skills
Anthony ABI HANNA – Judicial Assistant at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)

Semester 4 – Athens

Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Silvia BARTOLINI – Associate Professor of EU Law, Faculté Libre de Droit – UCL Lille

EU Green Deal & Climate Change
Garyfallia SELIMI, EPLO

EU External Actions
Lorant HAVAS – European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels

EU Digital Law
Elena LAZAR – Associate Professor, University of Bucharest

Practice of international litigation in national proceedings
Efthymios PAPASTAVRIDIS, EPLO

Practice of European litigation before the CJEU
Georges VALLINDAS – Legal Secretary (référendaire) at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), PhD in Law

Practice of European litigation before the ECHR
Markella PAPADOULI, EPLO

Research Unit – Skills in EU fundings / Research seminar & thesis / Workshop
Eugenia KOPSIDI, Resident Faculty Lecturer, EPLO, Athens