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INTRODUCTION
"Law" doesn't lead uniquely to the professions of
lawyer and magistrate. Law intervenes in all fields : labor, health,
environment, competition, industry, services…, and covers a very great
variety of professions: lawyers, bailiffs, clerks, notaries, magistrates, fiscalists, counsels, administrative
and managerial staff… The way leading to
these careers is often long and requires a real commitment from the student,
for the jurist's training can't be improvised, but has to be built from the
early years of university. Indeed, employers, (notably the private sector), are
more and more hard to please and require a high level jurists, having solid
knowledge, and even with double competencies (law and economy or, preferably,
management, mastering foreign languages).
However, and whatever his future orientation may be, the
student should have good basic
training,
and assimilate the fundamental
teachings (civil law, constitutional law, penal law, administrative law,
commercial law…)
ACCESS TO THE DISCIPLINE
Access to
juridical discipline can be made through
the
three following modes
:
a)
The academic orientation system
: baccalaureates (Lettres and
Economy/Management) and a quota for the other baccalaureates.
b)
The competitive reorientation which is open to the holders of
baccalaureate obtained in the two years preceding the competitive
examination. The candidates are submitted to the following tests
:
c)
The students, holders of a master's degree
"maîtrise", or a similar
diploma, in another discipline may register in the first cycle.
REQUIRED SKILLS
To succeed in the juridical disciplines, it's recommended to
have good skills in languages and writing and oral expression facilities.
une
bonne maîtrise des langues et une aisance rédactionnelle et
orale.
LENGTH OF STUDIES
The studies last four years divided in two
cycles of two years each.
These cycles are made up of annual or semester
modules.
First cycle :
The first cycle aims at providing a basic scientific and
cultural training and at developing the capacities of personal work and
method. It prolongs trainings assured by the baccalaureate and prepares
the students either to the professional insertion or to the second cycle.
The first cycle lasts two years and is sanctioned by a
diploma (DEUPC).
Second cycle :
The objective of the second cycle is to assure a scientific
and cultural
training
that prolongs and deepens the academic first cycle
studies. It prepares the students to the professional life and to the
pursuit of third cycles' studies.
Lasting two years, this cycle is sanctioned by
a master's degree
"maîtrise"
in one of the following specialities
:
1 -
At the
Faculty of juridical, political and social sciences,
Tunis (Ariana), there is one option
:
2 -
At the
Faculty of law
and political sciences, Tunis (Campus), there are four options:
3 -
At the faculty of law, economic and political sciences, Sousse, there are three options
:
-
Public law
-
Private law
-
Political sciences
4 -
The
Faculty of
juridical, economic sciences and management, Jendouba, and the
Faculty of law, Sfax, deliver a master's
degree "maîtrise"
of law, (no
options for the moment).
EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS
-
The studies programmed within each module are sanctioned by
examinations organized, at the end of the academic year, in two successive
sessions
: main session and a
remedial
session.
-
The regular
attendance
at seminars
is compulsory.
-
Concerning the
semester
modules, the final examination
is held at the end of the semester.
-
Concerning the
annual
modules, the examination is held at
the end of the year.
-
A remedial
session is organized immediately after the
final examination of the end of the year. The subjects are related to
annual
as well as
semester
modules. The student is compelled to sit
only for the exams or modules in which he obtained an average inferior to
10/20.
-
The passage from one year to another is conditioned by obtaining of an average equal or superior to 10/20 for each module of the
year or a general average superior or equal to 10/20, in conformity with
article 18 of the decree number 1993-2333, November 22nd 1993.
The DEUPC is delivered to the student having succeeded in all
the first cycle's modules. The master's degree
"Maîtrise"
is delivered to the student
having succeeded in all the second cycle's modules and defended successfully
a memoir of the end of academic studies in the speciality.
CONTENT OF THE FIRST CYCLE'S STUDIES :
-
General introduction to law
-
Constitutional law
-
Civil law
-
Tunisian political institutions
-
Islamic law
-
Administrative law
-
Political sociology
-
Monetary economy
-
General penal law
-
Public finances
-
History of political ideas
-
International institutions and relations
ACQUIRED COMPETENCIES
At the end of his training in law and juridical sciences,
the graduate should be capable of:
-
Mastering the foundations of law and the role it plays in
society.
-
Mastering the methods of analysis, critic and justification
of juridical subjects.
-
Mastering the knowledge related to various
juridical texts and knowing the different jurisdiction codes.
-
Analysing
and adapting them to different possible situations.
-
Persuasion and expressing himself well orally.
The short
tracks
For the moment,, there is only one juridical short
track :
juridical techniques. Taught at the Higher Institute of Technological
Studies, (Rades), the teachings in this track last 5 semesters, and the
recruiting of students requires the baccalaureate or a similar diploma.
JURIDICAL TECHNIQUES
Common courses :
French, English, studying of juridical texts, management,
archiving, computer science and bureautic, labor law and social security,
commercial law, civil law, administrative enterprises, administrative law,
penal law, business penal law, penal procedures.
Option
: enterprise law
Studying of juridical texts, French, English, computer
science and bureautic, commercial law, fiscal law, customer' law, land law,
insurance law, International
business
law, transportation law, bank law,
civil law, administrative law, civil and commercial procedures, study of
practical cases and situations, execution ways,
graduation
project.
Option
: juridical studies
Juridical texts' studies, French, English, computing and
bureautic, commercial law, fiscal law, international
business
law,
arbitration, civil law, administrative enterprises, administrative law,
penal law, business penal law, penal procedures, land law, personal
statutes, civil and commercial procedures, case
studies,
execution ways,
graduation
project.
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL PROSPECTS
1. Scientific
prospects :
The master's degree
"la maîtrise"
in law or juridical sciences opens
the way
to third cycle's studies that offer two types of
training
:
-
D. E. S. S
(Diploma of higher specialized studies), conceived to lead
straight to active life.
-
D. E. A
(Diploma of
advancedstudies),
first step to research and doctorate.
2. Professional
prospects :
Leaving aside the DEUPC, sanctioning the student's success in
the first cycle's examinations, the master's degree
" maîtrise"
in law or juridical
sciences remains the basis for the access to professional life through the
participation in various competitive entrances or through
immediate
recruitment.
Among the professions that may well be open to young graduates
in law or juridical sciences, one
may
cite
:
-
The bar
:
Having his
master's degree"maîtrise" in law, the student can participate in the competitive
entrance of the CAPA (Aptitude Certificate to the Advocate Profession)
which comprises written and oral tests. If he succeeds in his competitive
entrance or in obtaining his D.E.A., the student is
required to pursue
two-year training in a lawyer's office, pleading at the Court of
Cassation for at least five years. During this training period, the
advocate-trainee should witness 20 defense-speeches performed by his
exercising colleagues. This training, sanctioned by a report presented
before a jury, allows the young lawyer to register on the lawyers'
official list at the order's council that authorizes him to exercise.
-
The magistrates and their assistants
:
The master's degree
"maîtrise"
in law permits also the participation in
:
-
The
competitive exam to the magistracy :
It is
organized on the basis of written and oral tests. In case of success, the
student pursues his studies at the Higher Institute of Magistracy during two
years: one year is reserved to the teachings, the other to the trainings. At
the end of this
training cycle, the candidate accedes to the statute of
magistrate. He, then, can exercise in the tribunals or in the prosecution,
in accordance with the examinations' mention.
-
The
competitive exam of bailiffs :
It is
organized on the basis of written and oral tests. In case of success, the
student pursues his studies at the Higher Institute of Magistracy for six
months before beginning to exercise.
-
The
competitive exam of notaries :
It is also
question, here, of six-month training at the Higher Institute of Magistracy
before beginning to exercise.
-
The National School of Administration
:
This
institution organizes competitive
exams
on the basis of written and oral tests for the holders of a master's
degree
"maîtrise"
in law or
in juridical sciences, among them one can mention
:
-
Competitive
exam for the
training of public services' counselor. It's a
three-year training cycle.
-
Competitive
exam
for the
training
of public services'
counselor-administrator. It's a two-year
training
cycle.
-
Competitive
exam
for the
training
of public communities'
counselors-administrators. It's also a two-year
training
cycle.
-
Competitive
exam for the
training of financial services' central
inspectors. It's a two-year
training cycle.
-
Competitive
exam
for the
training
of public communities'
administrators. It's a one-year
training
cycle.
-
The customs
:
The holder
of a master's degree "maîtrise" in law can participate in the competitive entrance
(written, oral and sports tests) for the
training of officers-lieutenants
during two years at the National Customs School.
-
The police
:
The holder of a master's degree
"maîtrise" in law can also participate in the
competitive exam of the students-police superintendent. It is
organized on the basis of written, oral and sports tests. In case of
success, the candidate pursues one-year training at the Higher School of
Managerial Staff's training in Salaambôo.
-
The public service
:
Many Ministries organize competitive
exam for the recruitment of
administrators among the holders of master's degree
"maîtrise" in law or juridical
sciences.
-
The private sector
:
The sector of free practice is more and more interested to recruit young
jurists, especially when it is question of creating and / or promoting
juridical and litigation services. "Enterprises' counselor" in law and
jurisdictions may also be interesting for
a number of law graduates.
ADDRESSES OF UNIVERSITIES AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
University of Law, Economy and
Management, Tunis III
-
Address : 29,
rue Asdrubaal , Tunis 1002
-
Phone
: 71 801 611 / 71 787 502
Tunis Faculty of Law and Political
Sciences
Tunis Faculty of Juridical, Political and
Social Sciences
-
Address : 14,
Hédi Karray, Ariana 2049
-
Phone
: 71 766 919 / 71 719 255
Jendouba Faculty of Juridical,
Political and Management
Sciences
General Office of Technological Studies (ISET)
Rades Higher Institute of Technological
Studies
Central University at Sousse
-
Adresse
: 43, avenue Mohamed El Karoui, Sousse 4002
-
Phone
: 73 234 011 / 73 235 582 / 73 234 012
Sousse Faculty of Law, Political and
Economic Sciences
Southern University at Sfax
-
Adresse
: Route de l'aéroport km 0,5, Sfax 3029
-
Phone
: 04 240 200 / 04 244 423 / 04 240 678
Sfax Faculty of Law
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