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The minor in law is an additional " option " that students from other faculties may choose as of their second year of studies  with a view to learning more about law. The program includes a certain number of mandatory courses which aim to give students a basic grasp of the main legal domains. This knowledge will then help students to study the way other disciplines can intertwine with law (law and religion, ethics applied to law, etc) and gain a deeper knowledge of some aspects of law which are of particular interest to them (European Union law for a student of political science, for example, or commercial law for a management engineer student). 

Once the minor in law has been completed, the student will be able to assess the importance of the rule of law in our day-to-day lives and evaluate its impact on the basic discipline s/he has chosen.

The minor in law is proposed to any U.C.L. student who is not already following the baccalaureate in law.

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Mandatory Optional Courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses taught this academic year Two year courses
Click on the course code to see detailed informations (objectives, methods, evaluation...)
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En deuxième année de baccalauréat,
Cours obligatoires L'étudiant est tenu de suivre les cours suivants :
ESPO1122	Foundations of Law  (in French)	Thomas Bombois, Damien Jans, François Jongen, Olivier Mignolet	40h	4credits		x
DROI1051	Elements of Private Law  (in French)	Isabelle Durant, Olivier Jauniaux (supplée Isabelle Durant)	30h	3credits	1q	x
DROI1052	Elements of Public Law  (in French)	Charles-Hubert Born	30h	3credits	1q	x
Cours au choix : L'étudiant complète son programme pour atteindre au minimum 15 crédits
DROI1226M	Droit de l'Union européenne  (in French)	Melchior Wathelet	45h	5credits		x	x
DROI1301M	Droit de la personne et de la famille  (in French)	Jean-Louis Renchon, Jehanne Sosson	60h	6credits		x	x
DROI1302M	Droit social (relations du travail)  (in French)	Filip Dorssemont, Pierre-Paul Van Gehuchten	45h	5credits		x	x
DROI1303M	Droit commercial  (in French)	Yves De Cordt	60h	6credits		x	x
DROI1304M	Droit des contrats  (in French)	Patrick Wéry	30h	4credits		x	x
DROI1305M	Droit administratif  (in French)	David Renders	60h	6credits		x	x
DROI1306M	Real and intellectual law  (in French)	Isabelle Durant	45h	5credits		x	x
DROI1505	Fundamental and public liberty rights  (in French)	Anne Roland	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
DROI1506	Law and foreigners  (in French)	Sylvie Sarolea	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
DROI1510	Introduction to American Law  (in English)	Cecelia Kye	30h	4credits	2q	x	x
DROI1511	Introduction to Islamic Law  (in French)	Louis-Léon Christians, Baudouin Dupret	30h	4credits	2q	x	x
ECRI1504	Elements of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure  (in French)	Damien Vandermeersch	60h	6credits	1q	x	x
SREL2230	Religions, law and societies in Europe  (in French)	Louis-Léon Christians	30h	4credits	2q	x	x
DROI1515	Law and Economics  (in French)	N.	30h	6credits	2q	x	x
En troisième année de Baccalauréat, (15credits) Le programme de la mineure pour BAC 3 est donné A TITRE INDICATIF.
Un cours obligatoire au choix : L'étudiant choisit au moins un des cours suivants :
DROI1004M	Histoire du droit  (in French)	N.	60h	7credits	2q		x
DROI1308M	Théorie du droit et de la pensée juridique contemporaine  (in French)	Olivier De Schutter	30h	4credits	2q		x
DROI1309M	Ethique appliquée au droit  (in French)	Philippe Coppens, Axel Gosseries	30h	4credits	1q		x
DROI1503	Natural Law  (in French)	Jacques Lenoble	30h	4credits	1q		x
Cours au choix : L'étudiant complète son programme pour atteindre au minimum 15 crédits
DROI1226M	Droit de l'Union européenne  (in French)	Melchior Wathelet	45h	5credits		x	x
DROI1301M	Droit de la personne et de la famille  (in French)	Jean-Louis Renchon, Jehanne Sosson	60h	6credits		x	x
DROI1302M	Droit social (relations du travail)  (in French)	Filip Dorssemont, Pierre-Paul Van Gehuchten	45h	5credits		x	x
DROI1303M	Droit commercial  (in French)	Yves De Cordt	60h	6credits		x	x
DROI1304M	Droit des contrats  (in French)	Patrick Wéry	30h	4credits		x	x
DROI1305M	Droit administratif  (in French)	David Renders	60h	6credits		x	x
DROI1306M	Real and intellectual law  (in French)	Isabelle Durant	45h	5credits		x	x
DROI1505	Fundamental and public liberty rights  (in French)	Anne Roland	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
DROI1506	Law and foreigners  (in French)	Sylvie Sarolea	30h	4credits	1q	x	x
DROI1510	Introduction to American Law  (in English)	Cecelia Kye	30h	4credits	2q	x	x
DROI1511	Introduction to Islamic Law  (in French)	Louis-Léon Christians, Baudouin Dupret	30h	4credits	2q	x	x
ECRI1504	Elements of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure  (in French)	Damien Vandermeersch	60h	6credits	1q	x	x
SREL2230	Religions, law and societies in Europe  (in French)	Louis-Léon Christians	30h	4credits	2q	x	x
DROI1515	Law and Economics  (in French)	N.	30h	6credits	2q	x	x

The minor in law does not open up access to a Masters in law. 

Signing up for the minor

1 Organizational details
Minor courses take place during the day on Tuesday morning, Wednesday and Thursday all day and Friday morning. 
Academic in charge : Professor M-A. Beernaert
Practical information : Brigitte Stecchino and Catherine Brams ( Office hours: Every day from 10.30 until 12.00 and from 13.30 until 15.30 - Tel.: 010/47 86 00)

2 Admission to the minor
The minor in law is proposed to any U.C.L. student who is not taking the baccalaureate in law. The Faculté de droit does not require any application pack to be sent to it. .

3 Signing up for the minor and application checks:
In order to access the I.T. program which you need to sign up for an option (minor, approfondissement, optional courses), use the following page:
http://www.uclouvain.be/13949.html

4 Changes to the minor enrollment form
To be decided

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Course timetable

1 Consulting the course timetable http://www.drt.ucl.ac.be/adm/rentree_academique/rentree_anac_2005/horaires/mineure.pdf

2 Resolving possible timetable clashes using an equivalence table
Link to the equivalence table
For any changes to the standard minor program, should a timetable clash arise, the student must obtain the agreement of the    conseiller aux études (course adviser) from the Faculté de droit as well as the authorization of the person in charge of his/her program in his/her own faculty.  
Jacques Laffineur, conseiller aux études in the Faculté de droit :

• Faculté de droit - Collège Thomas More - Office C.011
• Office hours : Tuesdays from 9.00 until 11.00 and Wednesdays from 11.00 until13.00
• By appointment (to be made by telephone - 010/47 86 10 or by an email sent to the following address: conseiller.etudes@drt.ucl.ac.be)

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Enrollment form for minor activities

1 Information on requirements
The student must start the minor in law by following the following three mandatory courses :

ESPO1122
 COURSE TITLE [40h] (3 credits)
 Gilberte Marchal, Henri Simonart, Marc Verdussen
 
DROI1051
 COURSE TITLE [30h] (3 credits)1q
 Isabelle Durant
 
DROI1052
 COURSE TITLE [30h] (3 credits)1q
 François Jongen
 

2 Signing up for activities on the minor program
In order to access the I.T. programme required in order to sign up for activities on the minor program, use the following page:
http://www.uclouvain.be/13993.html

3 Getting hold of the "visa" from the person in charge of the minor
The visa is not required for the minor in law if the student is following the standard program proposed by the Faculté de droit.
However, should the student encounter a timetable clash and the programme must be changed in order to solve the problem, the student must obtain the visa from the Faculté de droit. Should the change to the standard programme alter the number of credits allocated each year to the minor in law, the student must also obtain the visa from his/her own faculty.

Jacques Laffineur, conseiller aux études de la Faculté de droit :

• Faculté de droit - Collège Thomas More - Office C.011
• Office hours : Tuesdays from 9.00 until 11.00 and Wednesdays from 11.00 until 13.00
• By appointment (to be made by telephone - 010/47 86 10 - or by email sent to the following address: conseiller.etudes@drt.ucl.ac.be)

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Available support

1 Information on the course service
The Service-Cours du Cercle des étudiants de Droit (Course Service of the law students' group) is open on Tuesday from 13.00 until  15.00, Wednesday from 13.00 until 15.00 and Thursday from 16.15 until 18.00.

Rue P.J. Redouté, 1 (to the right of the Cercle de Droit - Chez Adèle)

2 Consulting the table of available support for each activity 
Alternative pedagogical arrangements can be made for some courses, intended solely for students who are following the activities as part of their minor and have demonstrated that it is impossible for them to attend courses due to a timetable clash with the major programme.

In order to familiarize him/herself with these alternative pedagogical arrangements, the student is invited to meet the conseiller aux études de la Faculté de droit (law faculty course adviser):

Jacques Laffineur, conseiller aux études de la Faculté de droit :

• Faculté de droit - Collège Thomas More - Office C.011
• Office hours : Tuesdays from 9.00 until 11.00 and Wednesdays from 11.00 until 13.00
• By appointment (to be made by telephone - 010/47 86 10 - or by email sent to the following address: conseiller.etudes@drt.ucl.ac.be)

The student must obtain the written consent of the conseiller aux études in order to replace attendance in courses with alternative pedagogical arrangements when this is suggested by the professor.

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Organization of exams

1 Registering for exams
In order to enroll for exams related to the minor, the student must fill in the "customary" registration form following the arrangements made by his/her own faculty secretariat. 

In order to "reserve" a time slot for an oral exam, the student is invited to consult the arrangements put in place by the Faculté de droit. This information will be posted up on the  Faculté de droit bulletin board as well as on the web pages of the faculty secretariat, at the following address: 
http://www.drt.ucl.ac.be/adm/

At the Faculté de droit, exam times are always posted up on two occasions:

• Provisional posting: The student notes the different test dates proposed for the oral exams and the planned times for the written exams. Based on this information, the student informs the secretariat of the date on which s/he will take the oral exam. Based on this, the Faculté de droit secretariat compiles lists of exam times for the oral exams. 
• Definitive posting :the student must check the date and time of his/her exam once the final times have been posted.  

In order to find out when the exam dates are posted, the student is invited to consult the Faculté de droit paper bulletins or the following address:
http://www.drt.ucl.ac.be/adm/

2 Consulting exam times
http://www.drt.ucl.ac.be/adm/