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2026-2027 / Master

Law, professional focus in private law

120 crédits
Master in law, professional focus in private law
D2SPRI01

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  • Bloc
  • Organization
  • Theory
  • Practical
  • Others
  • Credits

Core curriculum compulsory courses

B1
23Cr
B2
5Cr
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Insolvency law B1Q260--5
Law of associations and groups
B1Q248--5
Public international law B1Q148--5
Comparative Law (english language) B1Q1   5
Part 1   30-- 
Part 2   6-- 
Thesis preparation seminar B1TA-12-3
Foundations of tax law B2Q160--5

Common core courses

B1
22Cr
B2
40Cr

Choose one final thesis among:

B2
20Cr
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ThesisB2TA   20
Written work or participation in a seminar   --- 
Internship - [120h internship]   --[+] 
Oral test - [4h Autres]   --[+] 
OR (on selection)
ThesisB2TA   20
Internship - [120h internship]   --[+] 
Competitions or international meetings   --- 
Thesis, Competitions or international meetings B2TA---20
Thesis, Written work or participation in a seminar B2TA---15
Notice : For selected students, participation in an interuniversity or international competition replaces the written assignment and the oral examination, and sometimes also the placement. In addition, some students may, based on their prior academic background, be exempted from the placement and the oral examination.
Coordination: Michel Peters (master.droit@uliege.be)

Choose one minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
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For students taking part in an exchange programme, the courses followed at the host university replace the minor. However, subject to the approval of the Board of Examiners, students may include in their minor a course in a corresponding subject followed at a partner university, as part of an Erasmus or other exchange programme.

Litigation law minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
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Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
European litigation -Q230--5
Arbitration and ADR -Q248--5
International humanitarian law -Q148--5
Private judicial law: specialisation -Q236--5
European civil procedure -Q124--5
Criminal procedure, advanced questions -Q124--5
Comparative criminal procedure (english language) (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q230--5
Verkeersrecht (dutch language)
-Q224--5

Business law minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Economic and financial crimes-Q1   5
Part 1   30-- 
Part 2 - [10h Autres]   --[+] 
State Aid Law -Q130--5
Accounting and law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q1306-5
Arbitration and ADR -Q248--5
Data protection law
-Q220--5
Insurance law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q148--5
Company law: special questions
Corequisite
DROI2034-1
Droit des groupements
-Q236--5
Law and economics (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q124--5
Financial law (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q236--5
International and European corporate law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027)
Corequisite
DROI2034-1
Droit des groupements
-Q124--5
European law, (big) data and artificial intelligence applications seminar (english language) -Q124--5

Social law minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Transfer Businesses Social aspects (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q230--5
Advanced social security law (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027)
-Q224--5
Data protection law
-Q220--5
Pension legislation (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q224--5
European and international social law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q136--5
Psychology of Well-Being at Work -Q130--5

Mineure Droit international

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
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Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
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International and European criminal law -Q224--5
Human Rights Law (english language) -Q224--5
International trade law -Q130--5
International and European corporate law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027)
Corequisite
DROI2034-1
Droit des groupements
-Q124--5
International humanitarian law -Q148--5
Private international law: special questions (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027)
Prerequisite
DROI2339-1
Droit international privé
-Q224--5
Law and Practice of International Organizations (english language)
-Q224--5

Mineure Droit européen

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
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Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Advanced EU Law (english language) -Q224--5
European litigation -Q230--5
Advanced European Artificial Intelligence Law (english language) -Q220--5
State Aid Law -Q130--5
Patent law (including exercises) -Q13010-5
Droit d'auteur européen -Q2255-5
Data protection law
-Q220--5
European law, (big) data and artificial intelligence applications seminar (english language) -Q124--5
European and international social law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q136--5
International and European corporate law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q124--5
International and European criminal law -Q224--5
European and international social law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q136--5

Civil law minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Accounting and law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q1306-5
Droit d'auteur européen -Q2255-5
Insurance law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q148--5
Private international law: special questions (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027)
Prerequisite
DROI2339-1
Droit international privé
-Q224--5
Private judicial law: specialisation -Q236--5
European civil procedure -Q124--5

Administrative and public law minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Critical analysis of key texts and speeches in public law - [24h Seminar] (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q1--[+]5
Local government law-Q1   5
Civil service law   14-- 
Local political institutions   10-- 
Comparative constitutional law (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q124--5
Data protection law
-Q220--5
Advanced social security law (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027)
-Q224--5
Environmental law (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q124--5
Droit administratif immobilier-Q2   5
Eléments fondamentaux   18-- 
Approfondissements   12-- 
Introduction to Public finance (english language) (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q22412-5

Critical approach to law minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits

Choose courses totalling 20 credits out of the following :

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Critical analysis of key texts and speeches in public law - [24h Seminar] (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q1--[+]5
Comparative constitutional law (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q124--5
Roman law, special questions (Even years, organized in 2026-2027)
Corequisite
DROI1320-1
Comparative Law
-Q224--5
History of law, special questions (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q124--5
Law theories: special questions -Q224--5
Law and Art - [24h Seminar] -Q2--[+]5
Comparative criminal procedure (english language) (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q230--5
Seminar on social and political philosophy, Critical analysis of a work of political philosophy -Q130--5

Management minor

B1
10Cr
B2
10Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
(On selection). See programme Master in law, professional focus in economic and social law, minor subject in management, explained elsewhere.

Guided optional subjects

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Choose a second course in legal skills in block 1.

B1
2Cr
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Notice : To support learning conditions, the board reserves the right to allocate students across the different courses and workshops. The number of students enrolled in the Communication and argumentation course is limited to 54
Professional legal writing workshops, S1 - [15h Autres]
B1Q16-[+]2
Professional legal writing workshops, S2 - [15h Autres]
B1Q26-[+]2
Communication and argumentation as applied to legal professions - [8h Autres] B1Q16-[+]2

Choose one course in B1 and one course in B2 in a legal language other than French:

B1
5Cr
B2
5Cr
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Notice : Students in the "Economic and Social Law" focus who have already taken a course in English (Private International Law) are exempted from choosing a course under this module; in that case, they may benefit from an additional free-choice option.
Advanced EU Law (english language) -Q224--5
European law, (big) data and artificial intelligence applications seminar (english language) -Q124--5
Introduction to American Law (english language) -Q124--5
Introduction to Public finance (english language) (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q22412-5
Bijzondere vraagstukken van de mensenrechten, S1 (dutch language)
-Q124--5
Verkeersrecht (dutch language)
-Q224--5
Einführung in das Deutsche Recht (german language)
-Q124--5
Sonderfragen des Rechtsraumes deutscher Sprache (german language)
Prerequisite
DROI2328-1
Einführung in das Deutsche Recht
B2Q224--5
[...] or another course in a language other than French from the specialist courses
5

Free optional subjects

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Choose 2 courses for a total of 10 credits from:

B1
5Cr
B2
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Participation in the Privatissimum -TA45--2
Methodology and epistemology of legal science research - [30h Monitored workshops] B2Q120-[+]5
Notice : This course is limited to 15 participants: entry by selection (letter of application to the lead teacher)
[...] One course from the courses of the programme, including from another focus or another minor but that won't be included int the credits allowing validation of the chosen focus (or minor).-
[...] One course from the courses of the programme, including from another focus or another minor but that won't be included int the credits allowing validation of the chosen focus (or minor).-
[...] Subject to the jury's approval, a course organised within the framework of the European University of Post-industrial Cities project
Course catalogue: https://public.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sl/unic/Pages/UNIC-Opened-Courses-List.aspx.
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[...] Subject to the jury's approval, a course organised within the framework of the European University of Post-industrial Cities project
Course catalogue: https://public.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sl/unic/Pages/UNIC-Opened-Courses-List.aspx.
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Certains cours ne sont organisés qu'une année sur deux. Le caractère pair ou impair de l'année académique est déterminé par le début de l'année (2026-2027 est une année paire).
L'étudiant·e a la possibilité, sous réserve de l'accord du Jury, de faire valoir dans une finalité, un cours d'une matière correspondante suivi dans une université partenaire, dans le cadre d'un séjour d'échange Erasmus ou autre.

Focus compulsory courses

B1
10Cr
B2
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Private international law B1Q248--5
Libéralités et successions B1Q148--5
Fiscalité des familles et des patrimoines
Corequisite
DROI1352-1
Fondements de droit fiscal
B2Q236--5

Focus optional courses

B1
5Cr
B2
10Cr

Choose 1 course from B1 and 2 courses from B2 among:

B1
5Cr
B2
10Cr
Consumer and SME credit (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q148--5
Juvenile protection-Q1   5
Partim 1   24-- 
Partim 2 - [10h Autres]   --[+] 
Property law: special aspects (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q148--5
Civil partnership law (Odd years, not organized in 2026-2027) -Q1   5
Special questions, part 1   30-- 
Special questions, part 2   18-- 
Problems in construction law (Even years, organized in 2026-2027) -Q224--5
Inheritances and gifts, Questions spéciales
Prerequisite
DROI2360-1
Libéralités et successions
B2Q145--5

Bridging courses Master in law (aimed at graduates with a bachelor in law from the French-speaking community) NEW PROGRAMME

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Compulsory courses

B0
34Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Law of obligations 1 (Contract and liability) B0Q15015-5
Law of obligations 2 (Effects of a contract on third parties - General system of obligations - Quasi-contracts) B0Q24510-5
Constitutional law - [15h Lecture] B0TA75-[+]8
European substantive law B0Q14010-5
Civil procedure law B0Q160--5
Supervised work and notions of legal methodology - [30h Practice] B0TA10-[+]6

Optional courses

B0
16Cr

Choose one course from the following :

B0
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Introduction to law philosophy B0Q245--5
Legal theories - [15h Lecture] B0Q245-[+]5
Roman Law B0Q160--5

Choose one module from :

B0
11Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Possible choice between 10 and 11 credits
The student's choice must be guided by the selected specialised focus.

Module: prerequisite in economic and social law

B0
11Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Economic Law B0Q160--5
Labour law and social security B0Q175--6

Module: prerequisite in private law

B0
11Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Property lawB0Q2   5
Founding principles   32-- 
Flipped classroom - [4h Autres]   13-[+] 
Notions of intellectual property   15-- 
Law pertaining to individuals and familiesB0Q2   5
People   10-- 
Children   40-- 
Families   10-- 
Family patrimony - couples - [15h E-learning]   --[+] 

Module: prerequisite in public law

B0
11Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Administrative Law and dispute resolution B0Q160--5

Choose one course from the following :

B0
6Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Property lawB0Q2   5
Founding principles   32-- 
Flipped classroom - [4h Autres]   13-[+] 
Notions of intellectual property   15-- 
Economic Law B0Q160--5
Labour law and social security B0Q175--6

Optional free courses

B0
4Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Criminal procedure B0Q23015-4
This course must be added to the programme if the student chooses the minor in litigation law.

Bridging courses (55-60 max) - Master in law (120 ECTS), intended for holders of a bachelor's degree in political science - law or institutions and governance option

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Notice : Note: access to the Master's programme is restricted to holders of a Bachelor's degree in political science, law option, awarded by the French Community, who have successfully completed at least 60 credits of law courses, including subjects such as Belgian constitutional law, Belgian administrative law or European institutional law.

Compulsory courses

B0
51Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Law of obligations 1 (Contract and liability) B0Q15015-5
Law of obligations 2 (Effects of a contract on third parties - General system of obligations - Quasi-contracts) B0Q24510-5
Administrative Law and dispute resolution B0Q160--5
Introduction to liberalities and successions B0Q215--2
Law pertaining to individuals and familiesB0Q2   5
People   10-- 
Children   40-- 
Families   10-- 
Family patrimony - couples - [15h E-learning]
Corequisite
DROI1501-1
Introduction aux libéralités et successions
  --[+] 
Property lawB0Q2   5
Founding principles   32-- 
Flipped classroom - [4h Autres]   13-[+] 
Notions of intellectual property   15-- 
Special Contracts
Corequisite
DROI8065-1
Droit des obligations 1 (Contrat et responsabilité)
DROI8066-1
Droit des obligations 2 (Effets du contrat à l'égard des tiers - Régime général de l'obligation - Quasi-contrats)
B0Q23015-4
Civil procedure law B0Q160--5
Criminal procedure
Corequisite
DROI1295-1
Droit pénal général
B0Q23015-4
Labour law and social security B0Q175--6
European substantive law
Corequisite
DROI8010-1
Droit institutionnel européen
B0Q14010-5

Optional courses

B0
5Cr

Choose one of the following courses :

B0
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Choice of 4 or 5 credits
Roman Law B0Q160--5
History of law - [15h Lecture] B0Q136-[+]4

Couses to be chosen if they have not been chosen in the bachelor's programme (0 to 5 credits)

B0
5Cr
CodeDetailsBlocOrganizationTheoryPracticalOthersCredits
Reading legal texts in Dutch, S1 (dutch language) B0Q130--3
Reading legal texts in Dutch, S2 (dutch language) B0Q230--3
European institutional law
B0Q136--4
Economic Law B0Q160--5
Legal methodologyB0TA   5
Legal methodology, interpretation and application of the law - Q2   48-- 
Legal methodology, documentary research methods and critique of sources - Q1   1812-