France

Master mention Droit international, parcours-type <<Global Business Law and Governance>>

CityUHK School of Law has signed an agreement with University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) on the operation of a joint master’s programme, which is for selected CityUHK LLM students, final-year JD students, and LLMArbDR students who have a law degree, and Paris 1 master’s students.

Participating CityUHK students will spend the Spring Semester (January to April) at Paris 1 and other semester(s) at CityUHK. During the term at Paris 1, they will take a total of 30 ECTS, which consists of five courses chosen from International Trade Law and Litigation, International Investment Law, International Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, International Contracts, International Economic Law: Current Issues, Introduction to French and European Law, International and European Competition Law, Environmental Issues in Global Economic Law, EU as a Global Actor and the compulsory Dissertation or Internship course. CityUHK and Paris 1 will recognise the courses that the students have completed at the other university. Students will obtain Master mention Droit international, parcours-type <<Global Business Law and Governance>> from Paris 1 as well as a degree from CityUHK upon fulfilment of all requirements of Paris 1 and CityUHK.

Participating Paris 1 students will be admitted to the CityUHK LLM programme. They will spend the Fall Semester (late August to December) at CityUHK and the other semester(s) at Paris 1.

For further information, please contact CityUHK School of Law at (852) 3442 8008 or lwllm@cityu.edu.hk.

Note: 

CityUHK LLMArbDR students with a law degree are required to complete at least 15 credits including the two required courses* satisfactorily in semester A and obtain a minimum CGPA of 2.00 before studying in Paris 1 University. (Note: The programme reserves the right to rescind the offer if students failed to achieve the requirements.)

*LW6401 Dispute Resolution in Theory & Practice (3 credit units); and
  LW6405 Arbitration Law (3 credit units)