A celebration event has been held in France to mark the launch of a new linked award agreement offered by Kent Law School in partnership with the Faculté de droit et de science politique at Aix-Marseille Université (AMU).
Kent Law School Director of English and French Law Dr Simone Glanert (one of the co-directors of the new four-year 2+2 programme) attended the event in Aix-en-Provence on Thursday 26 October together with Professor Jean-Philippe Agresti (Dean of the Faculty of Law at AMU), Professor Jean-François Marchi (co-director of the programme from the Faculty of Law at AMU). Also joining the celebration were AMU staff, students admitted to the programme and their parents.
The new programme offers students an opportunity to gain both French and English law degrees.
Students on the new four-year (2+2) programme will spend the first two years of their law studies at AMU (in Aix-en-Provence) and the last two years at Kent. Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be awarded both the French Master 1 Droit international et européen and the English LLB law degree entitling them to proceed to professional qualifying examinations in France and in the UK.
The agreement has been designed to enhance students’ employability prospects by allowing them to undertake professional studies leading to the practice of law in France, in the UK or elsewhere in Europe or overseas (for example, within EU or international institutions, within European or international law firms or within European or international corporations). As well as preparing students for postgraduate studies (eg the French Master 2, an LLM Master’s in Law or a PhD), the programme offers a solid grounding for further specialisation in subject areas such as comparative law, EU law or international law.
More details about the agreement (including entry requirements, the application procedure for admission to AMU and rules regarding progression to Kent Law School) are available on our website.
