Department Department of Law

Consumer Law Clinic

A pioneer in Europe, the Consumer Law Clinic of the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg is the first European clinic exclusively dedicated to consumer law that is open to the public.

Attached to the Master in European Business Law, it sets up an innovative teaching system, inspired by the American model and adapted to the Luxembourg context. Students in the second year of the master鈥檚 programme are trained in the practice of legal advice, which consists in particular of conversations with real consumers whom they advise. This unique training course enables students to deal with complex legal issues on the basis of collaboration with a professor and an Associate Professor in Psychology and lawyers of the Luxembourg Bar Association.

Clinical teaching is divided into an educational and practical teaching method.

  • The first part, which prepares the student for the legal and psychological confrontation with the consumer, involves the organisation of active role-playing seminars. Each student has three days to study real, anonymous cases and to think about the solutions 鈥 legal or not 鈥 that can be offered. They are then confronted with 鈥渇ake鈥 consumers playing the role of the parties in the case. Students have 20 minutes to explain the possible solutions to them under the supervision of a lawyer and a psychologist.
  • The second part of the programme consists of clinical consultations. The clinic receives questions from Luxembourg consumers and cross-border commuters in dispute with a Luxembourg professional via a form on the 8xav福利导航 webpage. Students refer legal problems to the clinic鈥檚 teaching staff and discuss them with the staff and their fellow students. They then meet with consumers to provide them with legal information under the supervision of lawyers.

N.B.: Participation in the consumer law clinic is open to any Master 2 student with a maximum of 14 students. Therefore, interested students may be subject to a selection process.

The Clinique du droit (law clinic) is a study programme offered by the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg and as such follows the academic calendar. The Clinic is open from 20 October to 20 December and from 20 February to 31 May. Questions referred to the Clinic after its closing at the end of the summer term will be dealt with by our teams after the reopening of the Clinic at the start of the next academic year.

Modules

Module聽Clinique de droit de la consommation I ( Semestre 3, 5 ECTS)

厂辞耻蝉-尘辞诲耻濒别听滨:
Introduction g茅n茅rale au droit europ茅en et luxembourgeois de la consommation

Number of ECTS credits for these modules:
  • Introduction 脿 la m茅thode clinique

    Programme: Pr茅sentation de la m茅thode clinique appliqu茅e au droit substantiel europ茅en et luxembourgeois de la consommation. Familiarisation avec le code de la consommation et son maniement.
    Mathilde Calcio-Gaudino

    Number of ECTS credits for this module: (10 UE)
  • Droit juridictionnel de la consommation

    Programme: Pr茅sentation des comp茅tences juridictionnelles en droit de la consommation luxembourgeois.
    Un magistrat

    Number of ECTS credits for this module: (5 UE)
  • Droit de la preuve

    Programme: R茅capitulatif de l鈥檈nsemble du droit de la preuve p茅nale et civile.
    Un avocat

    Number of ECTS credits for this module: (5 UE)
  • Initiation 脿 la m茅diation

    Un m茅diateur

    Number of ECTS credits for this module: (5 UE)

Sous-module II:
Introduction 脿 l鈥檈nseignement clinique du droit

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  • S茅minaire interactif (le nombre d鈥橴E d茅pend du nombre d鈥櫭﹖udiants).

    Programme: Analyse 脿 partir de cas concrets, des faits pertinents d鈥檜ne esp猫ce, des qualifications pouvant leur 锚tre appliqu茅es. Les 茅tudiants travaillent en 茅quipe sur des cas r茅els communiqu茅s 脿 l鈥檃vance. Les entretiens sont film茅s Initiation 脿 l鈥檈ntretien juridique avec un client.
    脡. Poillot / A. Specogna / N. Thomas /C. Besson / Les avocats de la Clinique du droit

    Number of ECTS credits for this module:
  • Psychologie de la relation juridique (le nombre d鈥橴E d茅pend du nombre d鈥櫭﹖udiants).

    Analyse des vid茅os tourn茅es lors du s茅minaire interactif.
    A. Specogna.

    Number of ECTS credits for this module:

Full-time ECTS credit: 5 ECTS

Module聽Clinique de droit de la consommation II (semestre 4, 10 ECTS)

Mode d鈥櫭﹙aluation du second semestre

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  • Appr茅ciation du rapport 茅crit (70% de la note finale), appr茅ciation de la pr茅sentation orale du rapport (30% de la note finale) soutenue devant un jury compos茅 d鈥檈nseignants chercheurs et de praticiens du droit.

    Number of ECTS credits for this module:

Full-time ECTS credit: 10 ECTS

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