Master Droit Prive

Facultés libres de l'Ouest, in Angers, France, offers a Master Droit Prive covering the field of private law, which governs relationships between individuals and private entities. Private law as a discipline typically includes civil law, contract law, property law, family law, and aspects of business and commercial law, focusing on the rules that regulate transactions, obligations, and disputes between private parties rather than between individuals and the state. Students in this field study how contracts are formed and enforced, how property and inheritance rights are structured, how civil liability and damages are determined, and the procedures used to resolve private disputes through litigation or alternative means such as mediation. Coursework often builds a broad foundation across these areas before allowing further specialization, and it commonly includes case analysis, legal writing, and mock trial or negotiation exercises to develop practical legal skills. Graduates trained in private law typically pursue careers as lawyers, legal advisors within companies, notarial or judicial clerks, or continue toward further qualification for the bar or the judiciary, given that private law forms the core of most general legal practice in France. The master is a two year program, taught in French, with courses beginning in September. Yearly tuition is 250 EUR. Students entering this program generally hold an undergraduate law degree and should be prepared for broad, foundational legal study across several branches of civil and commercial law. Based in Angers, France, the program offers a general legal education suited to students planning a range of possible careers within private legal practice.