Grande Ecole program Grande Ecole program
Lawyer-Linguist and Law and Intercultural Studies
ApplicationDocumentation In short Grande Ecole program
Academic field (or area) LAW
Type of degree Master degree
Study level Bac+5
Entry level Post-bac à bac+4
Working languages 9 languages
Accessibility Formation accessible
Law and Multilingual Studies (Lawyer-Linguist) in brief
ISIT’s Grande École program offers 6 specializations, each of which is driven by the strong multilingual and intercultural dimension that is part of ISIT’s DNA.
ISIT produces graduates with strong general knowledge and a solid understanding of intercultural issues who are able to show agility in an international environment and to grasp the complexity of globalized organizations and businesses.
The Law and Multilingual Studies (Lawyer-Linguist) program prepares lawyers to work in a globalized environment. In compliance with accepted standards of international higher education, the course brings together students from all over the world to learn about the challenges of interculturality as applied to the field of law.
Faculty
- Lecturers and researchers in law and translation studies
- Practising: lawyers, lawyer-linguists, and professional legal translators
Learning objectives
- Training legal professionals capable of dealing with international issues in several languages and cultures
- Producing graduates capable of translating and writing in an intercultural legal environment
Practical skills acquired
- In-depth understanding of French, international and comparative law
- Multilingual Communication in the legal field
- Intercultural understanding of professional legal situations: legal proceedings involving foreign nationals, international contracts, international negotiations, etc.
Courses are taught in French or English, or third language when indicated.
Courses
1st YEAR
Fundamentals of law
- Introduction to the study of law and civil law
- Constitutional law
- Law of persons and property
- Legal and institutional history
Complementary and cross-disciplinary
- Historical introduction to law
- Judicial and administrative institutions
- Contemporary economic issues
- French Constitutional Law
- French Business Law
- Duality and other Specificities of the French Court System
- Legal Cultures
- International relations
- Major contemporary legal issues
- History of the law of persons and property
Multilingual studies: linguistic studies and legal terminology
- Introduction to geopolitics
- Introduction to foreign legal systems in foreign languages
- Legal traditions of the world
- Constitutional and administrative law in foreign languages
- Legal translation and drafting in foreign languages
- Oral expression in the legal context in foreign languages
2nd YEAR
Fundamentals of law
- Law of obligations
- Administrative law
- General criminal law
Complementary and cross-disciplinary
- Business law – Company structure
- Introduction to European law
- Business law – Company activities
- History of criminal law
- Public finance
- Philosophy of Law
- European Law
- European International Relations
Multilingual studies: linguistic studies and legal terminology
- Comparative law
- Criminal law in foreign languages
- Tort law
- Civil law in foreign languages
- Legal translation and writing in foreign languages
- Analysis and discussion of legal current affairs in foreign languages
- Collaborative work in comparative law/Virtual Erasmus
3rd YEAR
Fundamentals of law
- Common company law
- Civil procedure
- European Union law
- Public international law
- Private international law
- Criminal procedure
- General system of obligations
- Fundamental freedoms
- Tax law
- European economic law
Complementary and cross-disciplinary
- Special contracts
- In-depth constitutional law
- History of business law
- History of administrative law
- Labor law – Individual relations
- Introduction to cross-border litigation
- Civil family law
- Special corporate law
- Labor law – Collective relations
- Civil service law
Multilingual studies: linguistic studies and legal terminology
- Contract law in foreign languages
- Corporate law in foreign languages
- American law
- Legal translation and writing in foreign languages
- Analysis and discussion of legal current affairs in foreign languages
- Untranslatable law
- Professional project at ISIT LEGAL CLINIC
MASTER 1
Law
- International economic law
- Securities law
- International Private Law 1 or Introduction to Cross-Border Litigation
- Major contemporary legal systems 1 or Intellectual property law
- International Trade Law
- International Private Law 2
- Business criminal law
- Digital law
Multilingual studies: linguistic studies and legal terminology
- International Business Law
- Credit law in the second foreign language
- Business Criminal Law
- Digital law in the second foreign language
- Intercultural communication in international institutions
- Legal writing and translation
- Professional speaking
- ISIT LEGAL CLINIC professional project
- Summary and analysis in international law
MASTER 2
Law
- Foundations of comparative law
- Theory and methodology of comparative research
- Comparative contract law
- Comparative dispute resolution law
- Comparative private international law
- Comparative law of fundamental freedoms
- Research dissertation (Assas) or internship report (ISIT)
Multilingual studies: linguistic studies and legal terminology
- Fundamental freedoms in the second foreign language
- Private international law in foreign languages
- International Arbitration
- Legal writing and translation
- Professional speaking
- ISIT LEGAL CLINIC professional project
- Intercultural Professional Dialog in a Legal Environment
Double degree
This double-degree program is jointly organized with our partner law schools. The linguistic and intercultural elements of the course are taught at ISIT, while the legal modules take place at the partner universities.
ISIT has signed two partnership agreements with two centers of legal excellence:
- Faculté de Droit Jean Monnet – Université Paris Saclay. A pioneering partnership established back in 1978 Click here for details of the admissions procedure
- Paris-Panthéon-Assas Université, since the 2016-17 academic year.
Click here for details of the procedure for 1st or 2nd year admissions.
Careers
Our priority : guiding our students into the world of work
Throughout the ISIT training program, our emphasis is on professionalizing students, under the guidance of the Professional Integration Department.
The professional integration program combines a series of complementary measures.
- Compulsory internships every year (see the internship pathway)
- Compulsory professional projects within ISIT LEGAL CLINIC, in partnership with courts, ministries and institutions.
- Seminars, workshops and conferences to build and refine your professional project.
- Professional conferences with testimonials from former ISIT students.
- Methodology conferences on building a professional project.
International career opportunities
Graduates of ISIT’s Comparative Law and Multilingual Studies specialization (lawyer-linguist) find employment as in-house counsel, lawyers and international civil servants in prestigious professional environments: major international corporations, law firms, ministries, international institutions.
Getting ready to apply
Prerequisites
Languages
Our course is open to candidates with a solid level in their mother tongue and two other working languages: French and English are compulsory, and the third working language can be chosen from among Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.Candidates must be enrolled on a law program in the Paris region or have completed the equivalent of a law degree.
Qualifications required
- 1st-year entry: applicants must have their Baccalaureate or equivalent high school diploma
- 3rd-year entry: applicants must have completed their second year of university studies (L2) in law
- 1st year of master's degree entry: applicants must have completed their third year of university studies (L3) in law
- 2nd year of master's degree entry: applicants must have completed their fourth year of university studies (M1) in law
- Partnership with Paris-Panthéon-Assas Université: Entry possible in 1st or 2nd-year. Specific admission conditions available here
- Partnership with Faculté Jean Monnet de Sceaux – Paris Saclay : Entry possible in 1st year to 2nd year of master's degree. Specific admission conditions available here.
Admission tests
- Here you will find past papers related to ISIT's Master's admission process, including tests and subjects for each master's degree from previous years, so that candidates have a complete overview of the expectations and requirements of the selection process.