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Your life is subject to a multitude of rules. Whether it's the highway code, your rights as a student, your responsibilities as a youth leader...But did you know that the simple act of buying a new mobile phone or sending an SMS is influenced by dozens of local, regional, national, European and even international rules?By studying law, you learn to understand and apply the rules that influence your daily life and that of the world around you. 

The Faculty of Law focuses its research priorities around its two research centers. Publications by members of the Faculty of Law and the research centers enrich academic discourse through their diversity. The Chaire Francqui, meanwhile, gathers prestigious events around eminent personalities, while the University of Namur's doctoral program in law offers a framework conducive to the flourishing of doctoral research.

Continuing education for legal professionals As well as teaching and research, the University has a mission to serve society. As part of this, the Faculty of Law offers a range of continuing education activities for legal professionals.The Association des Juristes Namurois (AJN), a non-profit association initiated and supported by the Faculty and bringing together the driving forces behind the various legal circles in the Namur region, frequently organizes conferences on a variety of topical themes.In addition, the Centre de recherche Information, Droit et Société (CRIDS) within the Faculty offers a lecture series "@crids" covering all aspects of information and communication technology law from a resolutely practical angle, as well as several continuing education courses in fields related to ICT law: InfoSafe and DataSafe.The faculty also offers training in forensics and urban security management, culminating in an inter-university certificate.It is also involved in development cooperation. Alumni of the Faculty of Law It's impossible to forget Namur's Faculty of Law once you've been there! The mutual attachment is very real during and after studies, and contacts remain numerous in what could be described as "the Namur spirit". That's why some alumni have founded ADANam, the Association des Anciens de la Faculté de droit de Namur. Read more Faculty blog The blog aims to share and comment on Belgian and international legal news. It is fed by researchers, active within the CRIDS (Centre de recherche en Information, Droit et Société) and the Centre Vulnérabilités & Sociétés. Read more Namur Legal Lab As part of the Master's degree specializing in Digital Law, the Faculty of Law at the University of Namur is offering a novel teaching project, much appreciated by both students and the start-ups that benefit from it, dubbed "NAMUR LEGAL LAB". Read more Image Studying at law school See content Image Research See content Image Organization See content

A choir of robots sounds like science fiction! Yet it is a reality at the University of Namur. In the robotics laboratory of the Faculty of Computer Science, researchers from the naXys institute, led by professors Elio Tuci and Timoteo Carletti, some members of TRAKK, some artists and external partners collaborated on the "Synthetic Choirs" project.

More than 300 students in the Bachelor of Law programme, from both the daytime and the evening shift, took their heads out of their syllabi for an evening to project themselves into their future. Like every year, their faculty had invited them to meet with law professionals. Each of them shared their passion, their daily life, but also the darker aspects of their work. It was a perfect opportunity to discover what lies behind the many opportunities in law, grouped into five panels: lawyers, the judiciary, notaries, bailiffs, and politicians (parliamentary attachés or diplomats).

Gnoari Tankoano and Mathieu Traore, PhD students from Bukina Faso, have just spent three months at the Faculty of Law of UNamur. Earlier, Professor René Robaye from Namur went to Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, for a short academic stay. These exchanges were made possible thanks to the Erasmus + International Credit Mobility programme and the UNamur International Relations Department. Here is a look back at this enriching experience, both on an academic and human level.

François Briard graduated in Law and Management of Information Technology (DGTIC) in 1994 after obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science in 1993. He works at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, the world's largest particle physics laboratory. During his schooling, which was 100% at UNamur, he was vice-president of the Namur Region and student delegate during his application years in economic and social sciences, computer science option. Thanks to the multidisciplinary training provided at UNamur, he was able to seize several opportunities to reorient his career within CERN.

While women are still in the minority in technical and scientific fields, confidence and passion have enabled some to overcome stereotypes and structural barriers. Women physicists and computer scientists are leading the way for those who cherish the bench and the screen, the numbers, and the machines.