A retired lawyer friend of mine is interested in taking some French law classes. Anyone know of any? They can even be in French as he is fluent. Thanks.
BARBRI is a well known company that offers bar review classes, including online classes, for recent law school graduates. As an attorney, he could consider taking the BARBRI online review class for the Louisiana Bar Exam; this would cover Louisiana's unique state legal system, which is based (in part) on French rather than English law: It seems possible that there might be a Canadian bar review company that would offer online classes in Quebec law, which has similar roots in the French legal system. Although I've never heard of anyone taking a bar review class for fun or personal interest.
Louisiana law isn't french law. It's code-based law just like the civil law of Europe, but it's not French law. In La it's the system of law that is French(ish) not the substance that is French. And Canadian law in the French language also isn't French law. It's Canadian law in French! But thanks for the effort. Anyone know of any French universities that offer online programs?
Quebec provincial law isn't just written in French: it includes a French(ish) system of civil law, as in Louisiana. As you pointed out, neither jurisdiction literally uses "French law", but they do have French-heritage legal systems. The only reason for suggesting these North American options is that it may be difficult to find a real French law school that offers online classes -- just as it would be difficult to find real online law classes in most US states (apart from unaccredited law schools in California).
Odd how the board goes through phases of questions about theology schools and then law schools with very little overlap.
Here's a list of many (though probably not all) law schools in France. Click-Ahoy and let us know if you find anything. University of Aix-Marseille III, Faculty of Law and Political Science University of Avignon and the Vaucluse, Department of Legal Sciences and Economic Policy University of Maine (France), Le Mans campus, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences University of Perpignan Via Dometia, Legal and Economic Department of Humanities and Social Sciences University of the South, Toulon-Var University of Savoie, Jacob-Bellecombett campus, Faculty of Law and Economics International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg. NGO offering courses in human rights law University of Angers, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences University of Bordeaux, Faculty of Law, Social and Political Sciences University of Western Brittany, Brest, EBU Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences University of Caen, Faculty of Law and Political Science University of Cergy-Pontoise, Department of Law University of Auvergne, Legal Science and Politics University of Dijon, Faculty of Law and Political Science Lille 2 University of Health and Law University of Franche-Comté (Besançon), Faculty of Law and Economics and Political Science Pierre Mendès-France University, Grenoble, U.F.R., Faculty of Law University of Limoges, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences University Lumière Lyon, Faculty of Juridical Sciences, University Campus of Bron-Parilly Paul Verlaine University - Metz U.E.R., Juridical, Economic, and Social Sciences University of Montpellier, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, Faculty of Law University of Nancy, U.E.R. Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences University of Nantes, UFR Law and Political Sciences, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre University of Nice, UFR Juridical, Political, Economic, and Management Sciences University of Orléans, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences Université de Paris I, (Sorbonne) Business Law Université de Paris II, University specialising in Law, Economics, and Social Sciences, incorporating the Institute of Comparative Law Université de Paris X (Nanterre), U.E.R. of Juridical, Administrative, and Political Sciences Université de Paris XI (Paris-Sud), Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences Paris 12 Val de Marne University, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences Paris 13 University, Law and Political Sciences University of Pau and the Adour region, UFR of Law, Economy, and Management (name written at the entrance : Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences) University of Picardie, U.E.R. of Law and Political and Social Sciences University of Poitiers, UFR Law and Social Sciences University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, U.E.R. Faculty of Law and Sciences University of Rennes I, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences University of Rouen, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences Jean Monnet University, St-Etienne, Faculty of Law and Economics and Management Robert Schumann University, Faculty of Law, Political Sciences, and Management University of Strasbourg III, UFR Faculty of Management, Law, and Political Sciences University of Toulouse I, University of Social Sciences University of Tours, Faculty of Law, Economy, Management, and Commerce
I at one time researched this very question. I found some programs using the following search engine. http://www.formasup.education.fr/index.php?page=cataccess From memory there are several online masters level programs offered by French universities. I am not sure if the content is specifically French law. I believe that there are also some Licence (Bachelor equivalent) programs that may be partially distance learning but I cannot recall finding one that was 100% online. This goes back a couple years so this may all have changed. Toulouse 1 comes to mind as a school that may have offered an online program, but again, it has been a few years. As an aside the Quebec Civil code was rewritten in the early 1990s, from what I understand it continues to bear some similarity to French law less than it used to. There are still of course some concepts that are more civilian in nature, but that is another conversation.
A quick search turned up a few possibilties, this one in particular looks promising. Enseignement à distance Licence, Maîtrise (Master 1) et Capacité en droit.Diplômes en droit à l'université.
I think an undergrad or grad class along the lines of a "business law" class that you might take as an UG at an American school would suit him. It doesn't really have to be from a law school. Thanks for all the great suggestions. I will pass them on. As he's fluent in french he should be able to navigate their websites pretty well.