This program is offered to holders of a license or a bachelor’s degree in law (LL.L or LL.B.) who are destined for a general LL.M. program with thesis and who are interested in studying at abroad and also to obtain a Master 2 in legal culture from Lyon 3 thanks to this international partnership.
For the 2023-2024 academic year, a first cohort made up of five (5) Canadian students and five (5) students from Lyon will share a common academic path for the fall 2023 term in Lyon, France, then the following two terms in Ottawa, Canada (winter and summer 2024).
Financing available
To mark the launch of this new partnership, the dean’s scholarship will be awarded to admitted students, i.e. $2,500 to partially cover tuition, travel and other costs. Other funding opportunities may also be offered to participants depending on their eligibility.
Interested? Submit your request!
To be eligible, candidates must have completed and obtained a bachelor’s or bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B.) with an average of 6.0.
Interested candidates must submit a complete application for admission to the General LL.M. with memory, without concentration, by May 30, 2023.
You have questions? Contact the Graduate Studies Office to learn more about funding opportunities at [email protected].
A bridge to research
This dual degree is closely linked to the Ottawa-Lyon Mirror Chairwhich promotes organic research collaboration, notably thanks to two experts in private and comparative law, professors Marieve Lacroix (University of Ottawa) and Olivier Gout (Jean Moulin University – Lyon 3), which work on common issues. Holders working within the Chaire-mirror to take an informed and comparative look at the questions and challenges posed by artificial intelligence, in the private law of persons and liability. They thus mobilize their knowledge through their teaching and their research projects.
In addition, the program offers an ideal study context for students interested in contemporary issues and major systems in private law, thanks to themes that will be addressed in collaboration with theObservatory on the future of private law, co-directed by Professor Lacroix and Professors Pascale Cornut St-Pierre and Audrey Ferron-Parayre. The Observatory is a pole of attraction for graduate students due to its nature as a place of exchange between researchers from various backgrounds and because of the holding of activities regular scientific events (seminars, symposiums, conferences, workshops, etc.). The students of the three cycles are fully integrated into the activities of the Observatory, allowing the acquisition of knowledge and a better development of skills. Thus, it helps train the legal mind of future lawyers in the face of the challenges of tomorrow.
With more than 100 professors and 2,000 students, the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa is the largest faculty in Canada and a true bilingual and multi-legal search engine. Building on a tradition of innovative, influential and globally minded legal education and research, the Faculty benefits from its strategic location within the University of Ottawa and Canada’s capital, a place of and encounter between different legal traditions, including civil law, common law, as well as several Indigenous legal traditions.
Other details
As part of this protocol, the institutions have agreed in advance to recognize that the study paths described therein meet the requirements of their respective degrees. The pathways in question require students to complete a certain number of credits at each institution. Students who succeed in completing the planned course receive two diplomas: a Master 2 in legal culture and a master’s degree in law (LL.M.).
