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The Faculty of Law is steered by various consultative and decision-making bodies. It has services common to the entire faculty organization.

Law studies at UNamur offer you a theoretical education that is grounded in society and focused on legal practice: starting in your first year, you’ll tackle real-world cases, develop your critical thinking skills, and join a dynamic and engaged student community. Choosing to study law at UNamur means choosing a multidisciplinary, student-centered approach that addresses today’s challenges. Discover the available degree programs on this page.

Legal research at UNamur is based on an open and interdisciplinary scientific approach. It is distinguished by its close integration of legal theory, societal innovation, and human engagement.Through its research centers—CRIDS, the Center for Vulnerabilities & Societies, and the Contract Law Unit—the Faculty contributes to contemporary debates and public policy. It collaborates with numerous partners in Belgium and internationally.Discover the research areas of the Faculty of Law at UNamur on this page.

As part of its mission to serve society, the UNamur Faculty of Law is actively committed to continuing education and the sharing of legal knowledge. It offers specialized certificates, accredited conferences, and innovative initiatives such as the Namur Legal Lab. Through its dynamic networks—the Association of Namur Lawyers (AJN) and its alumni association (ADANam)—the Faculty strengthens ties between the academic world, legal professionals, and society. On this page, discover the various initiatives of the UNamur Faculty of Law, dedicated to serving a just and sustainable society.

It’s impossible to forget the Faculty of Law once you’ve studied there! The bonds formed between students, professors, and researchers extend far beyond the classroom. This spirit of solidarity and openness is at the heart of the Namur Law School Alumni Association (ADANam), which offers graduates a special space to stay in touch and share their professional journeys.

To support its initiatives in providing digital tools and innovative teaching methods, the Faculty of Law has launched an operation to sponsor the chairs in its Library. They symbolically represent the generations of students who take their place there each year to become the jurists acting in tomorrow's world.

Do you have what it takes? Test and improve your knowledge and skills with "Passeports pour le bac".Understanding text and expressing yourself correctly are essential skills for lawyers. Right from the start of your first year, "Passeports pour le bac" enable you to compare your skills with those expected by your teachers.You can assess:your language skills: reading and understanding a text, writing a text on a legal theme;your general culture.Following these tests, the Faculty offers you sessions and workshops to reinforce:your reading strategies;your written expression.Individualized follow-up is also offered. Right from the start of the year, you'll be able to fill in any gaps and boost your success. Results are not taken into account in your end-of-year assessment. Are your methods appropriate? Develop effective strategies to promote your success.Working methods sessions are organized to familiarize you with university learning techniques, such as: taking clear and comprehensive notes; summarizing and synthesizing subjects; understanding subjects in depth; memorizing large amounts of information; managing your time during class periods and blockades; organizing your work; anticipating teachers' requirements. In addition, if you encounter difficulties in your study method, the cellule interfacultaire d'appui pédagogique offers you individual follow-up. Throughout the year, an advisor is on hand to review your study methods and techniques and help you improve them. In addition, if you are recognized as students with special needs, you can be supported throughout your course and benefit from reasonable accommodations tailored to your particular situation. En savoir plus How to overcome difficulties? The Faculty offers you individualized help from a tutor, monitorats and individual follow-up by a specialized pedagogue.The tutorYou can benefit from personalized help from a second or third year block student who has received specific coaching training and acts under the supervision of the Faculty's pedagogical coordinator.These tutors guide you through your studies. They listen to you, advise you, help you understand your subjects and interpret your results. If necessary, they'll refer you to the appropriate resource people.MonitoratsMonitorats are sessions organized for around 100 students at a rate of two to three sessions for more specialized subjects. They aim to re-explain and synthesize material seen in lectures, as well as to prepare you for tests and exams with the help of questions and answers, diagrams, document commentaries...And for students who have to present a second session, revision sessions are organized during the summer vacations.Individual supportThe Faculty of Law also organizes specific educational support in the form of preparatory sessions for the blockade and written exams, and individual interviews for methodological advice. You can be accompanied by a pedagogue specialized in the difficulties specific to law studies through individual appointments, email advice and/or group "coaching" sessions. Furthermore, the teaching staff, assistants and administrative staff are committed to being available for every student, particularly during lectures or at the stand-by sessions organized several times a week. What resources are available to you? Library, computer rooms, e-learning tools and videos accessible online: invaluable resources.The library, for a lawyer, proves as important as the laboratory for a chemist.To be a good lawyer is above all to be able to find the relevant information for resolving a dispute, drafting a contract or advising an investor; it means being able to identify the applicable regulations, the appropriate case law, the relevant doctrine.The Faculty of Law library provides free access to legal collections and works. Electronic legal documentation is also available. The use of this particular source of documentation is specifically taught to you. Computer rooms are open to students, and the library is also equipped with WIFI access.The Faculty of Law is also equipped with state-of-the-art tools to support different learning methods (e-learning platform "WebCampus", videoconferencing tool, course recording system...). For example, some class sessions are filmed and made available on the "WebCampus" platform, which also features exercises. Pedagogical videos (how to use the law code, etc.) and in-depth videos (interviews with experts, etc.) are also available online. This allows you to review, at your leisure and at your own pace, the presentation made in the audience.Educational videosVideo vignettes produced by teachers give you a better understanding of legal concepts and know-how. More information How can you prepare for writing an academic paper? At the start of the second term, several writing workshops are organized. The aim of these workshops is to support you in writing your first academic paper, and to be able to lay the necessary foundations in preparation for the methodology (in the second year) and end-of-cycle (in the third year) papers. Each session is given in small groups. How can you prepare for the exams? Study regularly, acquire good methods, but also get to know the teachers' requirements and their way of questioning.In the first year, formative assessments are organized at the beginning of November in certain subjects. Teachers correct your papers, comment on them and organize group or individual correction sessions with assistants. These tests do not play a part in the marks awarded at the end of the year. They are merely a training tool, enabling you to appreciate the high standards set by your teachers, and to judge the effectiveness of your work and your ability to handle an examination situation.As soon as you start your studies, you will also benefit from specific preparation for oral examinations.After the first year, you will adapt your effort more effectively to the nature and importance of each subject on the syllabus. As a result, you no longer benefit from regular questioning, other than as part of the exercises. 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Preparatory courses Discover university education and life at UNamur while revising the subjects essential for your future training.To get your first year of study off to a good start, UNamur is offering preparatory courses in IT, mathematics, languages and university work methodology during the last two weeks of August.Two programs are on offer:in the morning: computer science, mathematics and university work methodology;in the afternoon: languages (English and/or Dutch). Discover the preparatory course program Do you have what it takes? Test your knowledge and skills with "Passeports pour le bac".At the start of your first year, "Passeports pour le bac" allow you to compare what you've learned with what your teachers expect. Reinforcement and remediation sessions are offered by the Faculty. In this way, you can fill in any gaps in your knowledge and help yourself to succeed. The results are not taken into account in your end-of-year assessment. Are your methods appropriate? To succeed in your first year, you need effective strategies.Working methods sessions are organized to familiarize you with university learning techniques:taking clear, comprehensive notes;summarizing and synthesizing material;understanding material in depth;memorizing large amounts of information;managing your time during class and blockade periods;organizing your work;anticipating teachers' requirements.In addition, if you encounter difficulties in your study method, the cellule interfacultaire d'appui pédagogique offers you individual follow-up. The Faculty's pedagogical coordinator can also meet with you throughout the year to review your study methods and techniques and help you improve them. And if you run into difficulties? UNamur offers you remediation sessions.The exercise sessions organized in small groups make it easier for you to assimilate the subjects. You are regularly quizzed during these sessions, enabling you to assess the quality of your study and remedy any weaknesses in good time through remediation sessions.Remediation takes the form of different activities: question-and-answer sessions, test or exam corrections, group work corrections...Thanks to the tutoring scheme, you can be sponsored by a student enrolled in a higher year. At "Info-Meet" sessions, sponsors share their experiences, tips and tricks, and answer your questions to ensure that your first year of study goes as smoothly as possible. How can you prepare for the exams? Studying regularly, acquiring good methods, but also knowing the requirements of teachers and their way of questioning.In the first year, formative assessments are organized at the end of October in 3 or 4 subjects. These are known as "mid-semester tests". You will be given the papers, corrected and commented on.These tests do not play a part in the marks awarded at the end of the year. They are merely a training tool to help you appreciate the level of your teachers' requirements and judge the effectiveness of your work.Furthermore, for first-year students, the Faculty organizes two "Info-Methodo" sessions in the middle of the term to help you unpack your teachers' requirements and expectations for the exams.Beyond the first year, you adapt your effort more effectively to the nature and importance of each subject on the syllabus. As a result, you no longer benefit from regular questioning. Exam organization January, June and, if necessary, August... three sessions to prove your mastery of the subjects.In January, you sit the exams on the 1st term courses. If you fail, you can retake the relevant exam in June and/or August. Three chances to succeed, but only in your first year as a bachelor. The Faculty organizes specific remediation sessions for the exams on offer.From the second year onwards, any exam failed in the January or June session is automatically carried over to the August session. Image Studies in the Faculty of Computer Science See content Image Studying at UNamur See content Image Campus life See content

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.