Master of Environmental Law

The aim of the Masters in Environmental Law is to train students in all aspects of environmental law, from public and private law to domestic, international and European law. It responds to the practical needs of the professional world, covering all these issues, from the most traditional and ancient to the most cutting-edge and current, particularly in biodiversity law, climate change law, environmental law and environmental law;These include biodiversity law, climate change law, health risk law, major risk law, classified facilities law, waste and soil pollution law, nuisance law, energy law, renewable energy law and nuclear energy law.

The master's degree also aims to complement this specialist training in environmental law with a solid grounding in the fundamental disciplines required for a career in law: business law, private law, administrative law, constitutional law, international law, European Union law.

Students with a law degree

This course is open to students in their first year of a Master's degree.

Access is subject to the submission of an application.

The conditions for access to Master 2 vary depending on whether or not students have completed their first year of the Master's programme within the field (students with or without the right to access Master 2).

Access to the Master's degree in Environmental Law is conditional on obtaining a national law degree or equivalent. Students applying for access to Master 1 must apply via the MonMaster platform (monmaster.gouv.fr).

Respect the specific requirements of each course.

The Environmental Law major comprises a common first year and 4 second year pathways:

- Environmental Transition Law;

- Energy law;

- Corporate environmental and social governance (course co-taught with the Business Law major) ;

- Environmental law and town planning law (co-taught with Real Estate Law)

The Université d'Aix-Marseille is an establishment whose research in the field of environmental law is particularly well recognised, both nationally and internationally. The work carried out by the Faculty of Law as part of the UMR DICE 7318, in particular at the CERIC, which comprises a team of almost a dozen lecturers and researchers from the University and CNRS, is particularly dynamic in the field of environmental law;It has a particularly dynamic team of environmental law professors and CNRS researchers, making it a pillar of French environmental research, particularly in the areas of climate change, biodiversity, environmental health and energy.

This expertise is made available to students as part of all courses and, depending on the student's 2nd year Master's course, in certain specific ways;These include participation in the environmental law clinic, writing a research dissertation or research report, etc.

The Master's degree in Environmental Law enables students to learn about all the major areas of environmental law, in terms of both domestic law (public and private) and international and European law. It enables students to acquire fundamental knowledge of the subject and to learn about aspects as varied as biodiversity law, energy law, in particular renewable energy law, environmental law and the law of the environment;nergy law, renewable energy law, waste and soil pollution law, nuisance law, climate change law, health risk law, major risk law or even classified facility law.

Students will also acquire a solid grounding in the disciplines required for any legal career in the relevant areas of business law, private and public law, international and European law

The skills targeted by the course are as follows:

- Legal intelligence on all environmental and energy law and litigation issues.

- Research, analysis and use of international, European, national and local legal information concerning environmental and energy issues.

- Drafting of technical files, summary notes, legal analyses and legal documents in these fields.

- Drafting of deeds and contracts under private or public law in these fields.

- Legal assistance and advice on decision-making in the environmental and energy fields for public and private bodies, at French, international and European level.

- Legal assistance and advice on environmental actions and policies for companies, associations and private federations, at French, international and European level.

- Litigation management in environmental and energy disputes, under both public and private law, and under domestic, European and international law.

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In the first year of the Master's programme, students can complete a work placement. In the second year of the Master's programme, the arrangements vary from course to course. Some require students to complete an internship, dissertation or apprenticeship.

The Master's programme offers diversified and innovative teaching methods designed to encourage students to enter the world of work, in particular through the opportunity to complete the second year of the Master's programme on a sandwich basis; the possibility of completing the second year of the Master's programme on a sandwich basis, the presence of a large number of professional lecturers during the second year (legal directors, lawyers, etc.), and the fact that the Master's programme is open to the general public..), and participation in the Clinique juridique l'environnement created in 2010. The latter receives a large number of referrals from both associations and institutional partners. By making itself available to these players in the defence of the environmental interest, the clinic enables the University to fulfil its social function in a renewed way.

Clinical teaching also enables students to apply their theoretical knowledge to real-life situations (drafting a report or legal study, developing arguments for litigation), often for the first time.

• K1902 Collaboration juridique (fr)
• M1402 Conseil en organisation et management d'entreprise (fr)
• K1903 Défense et conseil juridique (fr)
• K1802 Développement local (fr)
• K1404 Mise en oeuvre et pilotage de la politique des pouvoirs publics (fr)

- Legal advisor in environmental law, sustainable development law, biodiversity law, energy law, in particular renewable energy law or nuclear law, waste and soil pollution law, nuisance law, law to combat climate change, health risks law, major risks law, law on classified installations;law, waste and soil pollution law, nuisance law, climate change law, health risks law, major risks law, classified facilities law

- Legal advisor on environmental policy development (advising public or private bodies on the design, development and implementation of environmental statutes, regulations, standards or practices)

- Corporate lawyer

- Social and environmental responsibility lawyer

- Lawyer in a public authority or public establishment

- Lawyer in international or European institutions

- Lawyer with NGOs (international, European, national or local)

- Expert in environmental/energy legal audit

- Head of legal department in the public and private sectors

- Sustainable development manager

- CSR manager

- Project manager in environmental law and environmental policy or in energy law

- Company manager (expertise, consultancy...)

If successful in the relevant competitions:

- Territorial administrator/attaché

- Administrateur/attaché administration de l'État

- Civil servant (international, European, national)

- Lawyer specialising in environmental and energy issues