Preparatory degree (Year of preparation for success in a bachelor's degree)

This personalized four-year Bachelor's program aims to :

• provide students entering L1 with the best possible reception conditions at their school;
• strengthen their pedagogical support;
• consolidate French language skills;
• promote students' subsequent success in higher education;
• facilitate their gradual integration into higher education by providing an introduction to the fundamentals of law as part of a first transition year;
• guarantee the acquisition of a core of know-how essential for success in the bachelor's program

Baccalauréat holders applying on Parcoursup who have received a "yes if" admission proposal.

A bachelor's degree

The course is taught by research professors from the Faculty of Law and Political Science (Professors, Senior Lecturers), from a wide range of disciplines - Law (private law and criminal science, public law, legal and institutional history, political science); Humanities (French language and literature, ethnology, etc.).

To support the team of research professors, professionals, contract or part-time doctoral students and PRAGs will also provide teaching in the form of tutorials or practical work.

During their preparatory year, students benefit from :

• an adaptation of their Bachelor's program and their academic activities,
• a tutoring system provided by Bachelor's students who are further advanced in their studies
• advice on methodology, work organization and university life,
• remedial activities in core subjects,
• refresher courses,
• foreign language support,
• individual half-yearly skills assessments in collaboration with the SUIO

The "Année Préparatoire à la Réussite en Licence" (Preparatory Year for Success in the Bachelor's Degree) offers students a first year of preparation to bring them up to standard, consolidate the knowledge essential for pursuing a law degree, perfect their written and oral command of French and raise their level of general culture to successfully complete their law degree by joining the general curriculum the following year.

To achieve this, dedicated courses provide an introduction to the main legal themes, which will be explored in greater depth later on in the degree course. Tutorials in English (1st semester) and general culture - French language (1st and 2nd semesters) are reserved for students on this course. Some courses and activities are offered online.
Each year is made up of 2 semesters, to which are attached a certain number of ECTS credits (5 credits per semester) that students can validate as early as the preparatory year and retain when they move on to L1.

At the end of this first year, to be admitted to L1, students must validate their course of study under one of the following two conditions:
- The annual averages of the twin BCCs are greater than or equal to 10/20,
- The annual average of one twin BCC is less than 10/20 but greater than or equal to 9/20, and the annual averages of the other twin BCCs are greater than or equal to 10/20.

• Fundamental knowledge of legal disciplines;
• Solid and diversified general legal culture;
• Work methods specific to legal disciplines;
• Mastery of foreign languages and information and communication technologies.

• Master legal vocabulary
• Handle legal and paralegal data (codes and databases)
• Develop legal arguments
• Qualify submitted problems from a legal standpoint and apply theoretical knowledge to find practical solutions;
• Master the reading of case law from national and international jurisdictions;
• position yourself in the national, international and European legal environment
• Mobilize a general culture and apply it to the legal field;
• Communicate orally and in writing in a professional manner, and reinforce mastery of the French language.
• Master foreign legal terminology (in at least one language other than the mother tongue);
• master digital tools.

Once the preparatory year has been validated, students are expected to join the ranks of undergraduates in the first year. Students from the preparatory year then follow the classic bachelor's degree program, with the possibility of taking the L1 support option in the same way as other bachelor's students. All three years of the degree thus follow the same pattern.

Holders of a Bachelor's degree in Law can continue their studies with a Master's degree (2 years) in one of the Faculty's specializations.