Sciences Po Law School
École de droit de Sciences Po | |
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| Type | Public graduate school |
|---|---|
| Established | 2009 |
Parent institution | Sciences Po |
| Budget | €192 million (total Sciences Po budget for 13,000 students) |
| Dean | Sébastien Pimont |
Academic staff | 20 Professors, 2 Associate Professors, 9 Affiliate Professors, numerous visiting lecturers |
| Students | 944 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
Sciences Po Law School (French: L'École de droit de Sciences Po) is a graduate school created in 2009 inside Sciences Po in Paris, France.
History[edit]
In 2009, Sciences Po created the "École de droit de Sciences Po" ("law school", as opposed in French to a faculté de droit, "faculty of law"), delivering graduate degrees only, after a controversy regarding the access to the bar for Sciences Po students.
Academics[edit]
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Teaching[edit]
Sciences Po Law School is an exclusively graduate program and admits students without undergraduate legal education.
It contains:
- two master programs in Law: a two-year Master in Economic Law, which can be followed in either French or English and a two-year Master in Legal and Judicial Career taught entirely in French). Students of the Master in Economic Law can take a gap year between the two years of the program.
- a three-year joint Master in Law and Finance with Sciences Po's School of Management and Innovation
- a one-year LLM in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement
- a PhD program
Sciences Po Law School also contains 4 joint master degrees with Columbia Law School,[1] the University of Virginia School of Law,[2] Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law[3] and Duke University School of Law.[4]
Student body[edit]
40% of its student population are exchange students from abroad (outgoing students going from the whole institute).[5]
Rankings and performance[edit]
Rankings[edit]
Among international english-speaking rankings, Sciences Po is ranked in Law:
- 51-100th (2nd in France) by QS World University Rankings[6]
- not ranked among the top 187 by The Times Higher Education (2 ranked in France).[6]
In the French national Eduniversal ranking, rankings are in France:
- Economic Law: 4th of France[7]
- European and International Business Law: 8th of France[7]
- Undergraduate program: not ranked among the top 10[8]
It was not ranked among the top 10 or 15 in France in Business Law, Business Law and Management, Tax law and Social Law.[7]
Performance[edit]
Sciences Po graduates report a 67% success in the Bar Exam in 2017[9] (the national average was around 27% the same year[10]).
In 2018, the success rate for the school’s preparatory school (available for students from other universities) at the French National School for the Judiciary entrance exam was 45% (79 out of 180), with 8 students in the top 10 and 20 in the top 30.[11]
In 2018, 70% of the students of the Master in Economic law (the top Sciences Po Law program) have found a job six months after they graduated.[12]
Notable faculty[edit]
- George Bermann, international arbitration lawyer
- Emmanuel Gaillard, head of Shearman & Sterling's International Arbitration practice
References[edit]
- ^ "Sciences Po (Dual Degree)".
- ^ "J.D.-Master's in Economic Law at Sciences Po (Paris)".
- ^ "International Joint Degree Options".
- ^ "2JD/Master in Global Business Law Degree Requirements".
- ^ "Présentation de l'école de droit".
- ^ a b "Law". Top Universities. February 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Meilleurs Masters". www.meilleurs-masters.com.
- ^ "Classement Licence Droit, top 10 2019-2020 licence Droit". www.meilleures-licences.com.
- ^ "Concours juridiques: un palmarès brillant".
- ^ "Résultats définitifs #CRFPA2017 et comparaison résultats 2016".
- ^ "Concours juridiques: un palmarès 2018 brillant".
- ^ "Sciences Po Alumni". sciencespo-alumni.fr.