This Master's program aims to train expert public law jurists capable of evaluating, understanding and controlling the actions of public authorities, especially those in the local public and semi-public sectors, whether it concerns decision-making processes, the implementation of economic, social and environmental public policies or the management of related public disputes.

The Master 1 program has two tracks: Public Law (classical) and Public Service Talent Preparation.

• The Public Law program aims to provide a general education in domestic public law, while also incorporating elements of European law, European Union law, and international law within certain subjects. It is structured around three interconnected teaching modules: economic public action; territorial public management; local law and finance; and special public litigation.
• The Public Service Talents Preparation course consists of courses shared with the Internal Public Law course and specific courses dedicated to preparing for category A and A+ administrative competitions.

The Master 2 program has two tracks: Public Business Law and Law of Territorial and Environmental Public Action.

• The Public Business Law course offers theoretical and practical instruction based on the three pillars of the economic action of public entities (public procurement, management and development of public land resources, and local public financing and taxation).
• The course on Law of Territorial and Environmental Public Action focuses on governance, local public management and the territorialized management of spaces, environments and risks.

These two courses are open in initial training and continuing education (alternating) and share teaching modules designed in particular to enhance professional skills.

Educational goals :

The Master's program in public law aims to train lawyers capable of performing not only operational functions, but also advisory, supervisory, management or research functions, whether in one of the public functions, in a law firm or in a company working with a public authority (Local Public Company – SPL, Mixed Economy Company – SEM, Building and Public Works companies – BTP, transparent associations, social housing providers, etcThis objective implies, in addition to a high level of knowledge in public law, a mastery of the social, political, environmental and economic environment of public authorities

This program aims to train public law professionals who can apply their general skills to serve the economic sector in Réunion. The first year of the Master's program (Master 1) provides students with a foundational understanding of economic and territorial public law and introduces them to a more technical approach specific to various sectors of public policy. The second year (Master 2) builds upon this knowledge and, more importantly, focuses on its practical application. Significant emphasis is placed on simulations and case studies. The Master 2 program also offers a work-study option.

Training opportunities:

The Master's degree in Public Law is the only program in Réunion for future administrative managers and experts on the territory. It is a professionalizing program, particularly suited to the economic fabric and the network of public and semi-public actors in Réunion, notably through its openness to the local public socio-professional world, many of whose stakeholders participate in the program.

Its professional opportunities are real and reinforced by the work-study option available at the M2 level. The vast majority of Master's graduates are now integrated into the services of local authorities, Public Establishments for Intercommunal Cooperation (EPCI), their demunicipalities as well as in the various State administrations which work for the economic, social and environmental development of the territory of Reunion.

It also fully integrates the ethical, digital, environmental and European dimensions of public action.

The training is also supported by legal research by offering teaching modules linked to the research areas of the Centre for Legal Research of Reunion Island (vulnerability, risks, environment, public business contracts) and by directly involving students in conferences organised by this laboratory.

The training also offers an innovative module to support students in developing their skills through coaching, personality tests, and professional interviews.

The Master's program in Public Law at La Réunion aims to offer the best of French university education while fully embracing its geographical roots. Through its courses developed in consultation with the island's socio-economic stakeholders, its teaching team composed of academics from Réunion and prestigious mainland universities, as well as professionals (local government officials, lawyers, judges), and its openness to work-study programs at the M2 level, the program aims to make students immediately operational for entry into the professional world.

In person, remotely

Public Business Law Track 

Total hours worked: 974,25 hours

• M1: 466 hours (Common core)
• M2: 508,25 hours

 

Course in Law of Territorial and Environmental Public Action

Total hours worked: 990 hours

• M1: 466 hours (Common core)
• M2: 524 hours

 

 

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Master 1 Public Law – Public Law track: economic public law, substantive law of the European Union, urban planning law, environmental law, administrative contract law, administrative liability law, public health law, local public and semi-public sector, local taxation, various public litigation (constitutional litigation, European freedoms litigation, urban planning litigation, public service litigation, administrative contract litigation), English, PIX, methodology, legal ethics.

Master 2 Public Law – Public Business Law track [non-shared subjects]: law and practice of public procurement (awarding, execution, special contracts, litigation, sustainable public purchase, drafting practices); valuation of public property, industrial environmental law.

Master 2 Public Law – Track in Territorial and Environmental Public Action Law [non-shared subjects]: governance of local administrations (local normative powers, administrative procedure, obligations of public decision-makers, law and litigation of local elections); management of spaces and environments (planning, management of marine environments, protected terrestrial areas); law and risk management (protection of vulnerable people, public health risks, law of natural risks, technological risks); local taxation and financing of local projects.

Master 2 Public Law, common core to both training tracks: Planning Law; local taxation, tax litigation and financial liability, financial management of local authorities and financing of local projects; skills development (legal English, personal data protection, coaching(conferences, field visits, summary notes, interview with a jury).

The skills acquired during this training are in line with those of the RNCP record

• To mobilize highly specialized knowledge, some of which is at the forefront of knowledge in a field of work or study, as the basis for original thinking.
• Communicating for training or knowledge transfer purposes, orally and in writing, in French and in at least one foreign language.
• Managing complex, unpredictable professional or study contexts that require specific approaches - Organizing legal monitoring in a given area of ​​responsibility.
• Identify, select and analyze various specialist resources, including international and European ones, to document a subject and synthesize this data for use.
• Drafting legal notes and texts of a regulatory or individual nature.
• Preventing and managing disputes.
• Conduct an analysis that takes into account the issues, problems and complexity of a request or situation in order to propose suitable and/or innovative solutions in compliance with regulatory developments.
• Design and implement decision support documents for local and national public operators.
• Drafting reports, summaries and minutes.
• Implementing the action of public authorities at the level of a territory (municipality, inter-municipal body, department, region, state) in one or more specific areas of competence (economic development, employment and integration, spatial planning, etc.).
• Organize, lead and/or direct one or more services of a local authority (municipality, departmental council, regional council, etc.) or of a decentralized administration (departmental directorate, regional directorate, delegated directorate).
• Managing projects within a public administration.
• To analyze difficulties and recommend solutions for new strategic public and/or elected officials.
• Identify digital uses and the impacts of their evolution on the area(s) concerned by the mention.

 

Master 2 students in work-study programs benefit from specific support provided by the DFTLV (Department of Training and Learning) and the program director. This support consists of three meetings: one with the host organization, one with the student, and one with the program director (an initial meeting to define the work-study objectives, a mid-term meeting, and a final review of the work-study program). Other Master 2 students receive individual support through a mid-term interview. All enrolled students benefit from two coaching sessions: one at the beginning of the program to highlight their professional strengths and assets (personal branding), and a second upon completion of the program to share their experience (Rex). Throughout the academic year, students have the opportunity to share their professional experiences through participatory seminars.

In Master 1, students have the choice between completing a research thesis or an internship of a minimum duration of 4 weeks resulting in a report.

In the second year of the Master's program, students have a choice between three training profiles:

• Apprenticeship profile: the training is undertaken within the framework of an apprenticeship contract, resulting in a formal apprenticeship report at the end of the contract.
• Research profile: the student completes a research thesis that may lead to doctoral studies.
• Professional intern profile: the student completes a minimum 8-week internship culminating in a professional report.

Registration fees are set annually by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space and are available on our institution's website: Register at the University of Reunion

• Having a good academic level, or even demonstrating progress during undergraduate studies
• Knowledge of fundamental and cross-cutting legal concepts.
• Knowledge of the political and administrative organization of the State.
• Knowledge of the functioning of state institutions and its communities.
• Constructing a legal argument.
• Mobilization of written and oral expression skills demonstrating writing and oratory qualities.
• Demonstrate the coherence of the candidate's academic and professional project and the applied training, as well as its feasibility given the candidate's results and acquired skills and knowledge.
• Promote the diversity of one's experiences and background (complementary).

• Particular attention will be paid to the overall averages obtained during the different years of the candidate's post-secondary studies, as well as the grades obtained in key public law subjects.
• Particular attention will be paid to the candidate's performance in tutorials, practical work, or other practical exercises in legal subjects, as well as to internships or any other experiences demonstrating the development of writing and argumentative skills relevant to legal professions, particularly public law.
• A cover letter outlining an academic and professional project consistent with the training program is required.
• The Curriculum Vitae (CV), the cover letter and the certificate of commitment will allow the candidate to highlight the particularities of his (supplementary) background.

Master 1 Public Law – Public Law track:

• Degree in law
• License in Economic and Social Administration (AES)
• Public administration license
• Bachelor of Political Science

 

Master 2 Public Law:

• Master 1 in Public Law or any other equivalent qualification
• Master's degree in Public Law or any other equivalent qualification

Depending on the student's situation, applications to enter the first year of a Master 1 (M1) program follow three specific procedures (the national platform MonMaster, Etudes en France, Validation of Acquired Experience). For more information, please consult the university's student services page. Enroll in the first year of a Master's program

Baccalaureate + 3 or equivalent

Baccalaureate + 4 or equivalent

Master 1: Candidates must hold a degree in law, economic and social administration, public administration, political science, or any other title, diploma, or training from an institution recognized as equivalent.

Master 2: holders of a first year of master's degree in public law, with a focus on domestic public law training, as well as holders of a Master's degree in public law.

30 seats.

The admission dates for the first year of the Master's degree (M1) are set nationally each year and are available on the platform. MyMaster

For admission to the second year of the Master's degree (M2), the schedule is determined by the institution. It is available on the student services page of the university website: Students re-registering

Master 1 Public Law – Public Law track: 86% (session 1 + session 2)

Master 2 Public Law (all tracks): 100%

Total Master's Degree in Public Law: 93%

• Doctorate
• Advanced Master 2
• Certificate of Aptitude for the Profession of Lawyer (pre-CAPA)

The sectors of activity and types of employment targeted by this training correspond to those listed in the RNCP record

• Public Law Attorney
• Lawyer in state administrations
• Lawyer in local authorities and public intermunicipal cooperation establishments
• Lawyer within a company working with a public community
• Lawyer in a mixed economy company, local public company, a public interest group
• Lawyer in the associative sector
• Legal counsel within a private organization involved in public procurement (construction company, social housing provider, etc.)
• Territorial editor
• Territorial Attaché
• State Administrative Officer
• Public Finance Inspector
• Customs and Indirect Tax Inspector
• Inspector of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control
• Category A+ competition: National Institute of Public Service (INSP), National Institute of Territorial Studies (INET), National Higher School of Social Security (EN3S) in particular.