Hi everyone,

Is there anyone that can tell me some more about the master in European Litigation, given by the University of Luxemburg?
What is the reputation of this master? How is Luxemburg to live in? How big are the classes? How are the courses?
So I clearly have a lot of questions. I hope some students are on this site...

Thank you!!
Karen

hi Karen i want to do your same LLM but i can't find anyone who has just done it.
Do you know by chance if during he is possible to find out a work in Luxemburgh, having considered that "our" master will take 2 years?
By see you
p.s ( i am from Italy, you?)

Hi,

Mine will only take one year, because I already have a law degree... At least, I hope it will take me only one year :-)
I searched some people trough Facebook and I've contacted them, but they haven't answered me so far.. If I do get an answer, I'll tell you.
I don't know if it's possible to find a job in luxemburg, but i guess it will be. They need work people over there too :-)
I'm from Belgium :-) I study in Brussels, but I live in Antwerp :)
From where in Italy are you?

Bye! Karen

Karen i want to thank you very much for your kindness...
i ve tried to send you an e mail but the system has said to me that you have blocked me and so i can't sen a PM to you....
i think there's some kind of technic problem...
however....thanks a lot
P.S. From the messages that you have sent to me comes out that is not so simple to find a job after the LLM and i am thinkin to do also the integratives exam in luxembourgh law to have more possibilities after the LLM, are you thinking about?
see you soon,
Alberto

Hi,

Sorry, it was my mistake. I accidently clicked something, i didn't even know you could block people here :-)
so, i'm sorry :-) it's fixed now...
i believe that for the luxembourgish law, you also have to know german... and i don't speak it. but if I have the possibility i will take it without a doubt... just not in german then ;-) we'll see :-)
will you send in an application? i will start with learning french then... i really think most things happen in french over there...

bye! karen

Hey guys! I live in Antwerp as well, and am also considering the llm in european litigation in luxemburg for 2008-2009. Is it correct that the application deadline is July 2008? On the website they mention July 2007, but that would be insane, no? Thanks!
Natacha

Hey,

what is the process of becoming a lawyer in Luxembourg?

Greets,
Josh

Hi
I'm from Luxembourg and I've done one year of legal studies there before going to London so I might be able to reply to some of your Q's! :-)

So Luxembourg's fun to live in, but do no go there if yo expect a big or busy city. It's nice and quiet but also expensive.

The law faculty itself has a good reputation. Classes are small, everything's well organised and teachers are highly qualified and in gerenal also really motivated.
As for finding a job it should be fine but note that the regulations to sit the bar exam are done in a way to make it really difficult for foreign jurists to pass them.

You do not need to speak German, as the whole legal stuff is in French. When applying for a job English is absolutely necessary and German more than welcome.

Voilà!

hi,
Are all the courses mainly conducted in French? I speak English and just a little French, will that be a big problem?
thank you.

I have contacted some students from the last year and they told me that most of the courses are given in french, mostly because it is the 'official working language' of the Court, so the judges all speak french.

I think following the master will give you the opportunity to improve your french, no? If you take a course in the summer or something like that, i hope you will be able to be a student in the program. But i think it's something you have to feel yourself...

Karen

Thank you Karen.

I do hope to improve my French through the program. But I am not sure whether I will have time to do summer.

Have you submitted your application yet?

Hi,

I emailed the school back in november or something and they told me they would start with the applications somewhere in march... So I'm still waiting on March :-)

Hope to see you in Luxembourg next year!

Karen

Hi, I'm also interested in this Masters but I have a few questions... I'm a bit confused by the earlier posts - is this a fully accredited "LLM" course? I'm also wondering if someone knows what the fee situation is. Are those interested in the Masters mainly interested in qualifying as Luxembourg lawyers? I would really like to study a bilingual French/English EU Law Masters but it doesn't seem like there any many around! Any info or personal experiences would be much appreciated :)!

Hi! I did my two first year at the university of Luxembourg and decided to that same master but at the University Paris II Panthéon Assas, mainly because I wanted to stay in Paris for another year. The master in Luxembourg is good as many judges etc from the ECJ are lecturers. However it's not very well-known, and from what I've heard it's not a very demanding nor competitive programme. The good thing is that you do very easily get internships at the Court. However, Luxembourgish law firms do not specially like this master and won't hire you unless you have an interesting background. It is both a master 2 (French system) and an LL.M. I think that lectures are given in both French and English.

I hope that this can be useful to you!

thanks for your reply, thats a great help! which masters did you do at paris II then?

Master 2 Contentieux européens and it's great! But you really should do the one in Luxembourg if you're interested in working at the ECJ later on. Luxembourgish law firms don't like if you complete all your degrees in Luxembourg, but they don't mind if a foreigner does his/her last year in Luxembourg. You should also consider the Luxembourgish bar, which is very useful if you want to work in Luxembourg. You will basically study all Luxembourgish law (14 subjects I think) from October until April and then you have to complete an internship in a Luxembourgish law firm for 2 years (with a few compulsory cases). At the end of that period you will have to take a few exams which are pretty difficult. You have to be good in French and have basic knowledge of German in order to make it.

hope it's useful information!

I am interested in the program. My earspoland@wp.pl

Dear all,
I have been admitted to the European Litigation Program but I am not sure to confirm because I have already found a good place in an international legal firm in Italy. Do you know which is the real job scope of this master? I mean the real opportunities.. thank you for your help!
Elisa

Good luck to all of you,,,i saw the uni and visited the city and it was very very pretty :)

Hey,
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I´m from Luxembourg. But I do study in Germany at the moment and will probably go to do the same master in 2010. With regard to the luxembourgish bar exam, you need to know, either you´re already a lawyer in an members state, so you can profit of the freedom to settle down, or you´ve studied under a system of law which is similar to the luxembourgish, this includes France, Belgium and excludes Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, GBritain etc... only, when your degrees are homologated "Homologation", you´re allowed to go for the complementary course in luxembourgish law.


Good luck