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Federated Diploma in Property Law (DFJP)

The Federated Diploma in Property Law (DFJP) is designed to recognize legal excellence in property law. It is a combination of nine specialized certificates, each of which is overseen by the certificate’s teaching director(s).

The idea is to bring together the best of each of the FNDP’s second-year Master’s programs into one 190-hour diploma.

This first-of-its-kind program is taught in a hybrid model, with some courses taught online and others in in-person seminars. It perfectly complements the content of the second-year Master’s courses.

Students can take it alongside their regular second-year Master’s courses, but it is also open to professionals who already have an M2 from FNDP.

The cost of the program and its examination are covered by the program.

Consult the brochure

ADEPP

The ADEPP was formed in 2001, in tandem with the Université Paris Dauphine – PSL’s Professional Property Law program. It has been growing ever since.

The Association tasked itself with increasing the visibility of the Master’s program and building a strong sense of community among its alumni.

ADEPP’s initiatives aim to:

Promote the Professional Property Law program in academic and business circles;
Foster the alumni community by organizing networking opportunities and updating the alumni directory;
Offering top-quality seminars that enable its members to ensure that their professional knowledge is up-to-date.

Events

Both the program and ADEPP put on a number of key events throughout the year.

Career Forum

Held at the start of the year, the Career Forum brings together banking professionals, lawyers, notaries, and asset management advisors, many of whom are alumni of the second-year Master’s program. This event is an opportunity for ADEPP to host working professionals and students from the program in a convivial atmosphere.

Notariaal Heritage Days

Every year, in collaboration with the Superior Council of Notaries (CSN), the program hosts Notarial Heritage Days at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL.

Career Forum

January Conference in partnership with the FNDP

Every January, the FNDP and Université Paris Dauphine – PSL put on a conference about contemporary issues in case law and taxation.

April Conference organized by the ADEPP

Every year, the ADEPP, with the support of the program, puts on a conference dealing with issues pertaining to asset management, law, taxation, and finance.

DFJP Certification Week in Toulouse

Students can obtain an additional diploma, the Federated Diploma in Property Law (DFJP), under the aegis of our partnership with the FNDP.
Students obtain this diploma by taking FNDP courses online and then passing a series of examinations over the course of a week in Toulouse.

Professional Property Law Program Conference

At the end of May, the Master’s program puts on a conference on legal and technical themes; conference presentations are later published.

The Gala

The gala, a key event in the Professional Heritage Law program, brings together students from the two most recent cohorts along with professionals, program faculty, alumni, and sponsors. The event rotates between the Club de la chasse et de la nature and the Automobile club de France, and is an opportunity both for recent graduates to receive their diplomas and for everyone to mingle in a convivial atmosphere.

Competitions

Grand Prix FNDP

The Federation, in collaboration with its sponsor Lexis Nexis, offers an annual Grand Prix.

In May, student teams (each consisting of one student from each federated diploma program) have six hours to prepare the synthesis of a major case. They have access to digital references but may not communicate with anyone outside the team. When the time is up, each team’s work is graded by the jury.
The oral test takes place in June: each team has 10 minutes to remark on the case they covered in the written test, then 10 minutes to answer questions from the jury. The judging and awards ceremony follow.

AGEFI Competition

For ten years now, BNP Paribas (via its subsidiaries BNP Paribas Banque Privée and BNP Paribas Cardif) has been a sponsoring partner of the “Grand Prix du Patrimoine Jeunes Diplômés,” a unique event in heritage management.

More than 1,000 students have entered this competition since it began in 1992, some of them going on to join the workforce of BNP Paribas.

The competition, which was launched by Agefi Actifs, the weekly magazine of wealth management professionals, is aimed at students from institutions of higher education that specialize in asset management.

It is still very popular among students. 19 teams participated in this year’s competition, for a total of 90 students from 18 institutions of higher education that offer a specialized advanced degree.

In a reflection of the current unprecedented professional situation, the oral part of the competition was held locally. This meant that in addition to each team co-authoring their response to the case, each student had to also “get to know” their client during a screening interview. The finalists then came to present their proposed solutions to a jury of professionals representing the client and a third party.

For many institutions, the “Grand Prix du Patrimoine Jeunes Diplômés” has become part of the curriculum for their advanced-degree students, and it is taken into account in the awarding of the diploma.

Alumni Testimonials

Jérôme Dubreuil
Team Lead, BNP Banque Privée

“The 223 second-year Master’s degree in Professional Heritage Law has many key ingredients of a healthy intellectual environment: the excellent education, the high quality of the faculty and the internships of offer, and the mix of students (both in initial training and in continuous education).

Students graduate the program with highly sought-after professional skills, which means they can chart their own career trajectory.

This program gave me all the tools necessary to get a position as an entrepreneurial wealth management advisor at BNP Paribas Banque Privée for three years, and then to become a Banque Privée team lead supervising a staff of nine, including six wealth management advisors.”

Rémi Dubail
Assistant Notary, Maître Luzu

“The M2 in Professional Heritage Law is a real specialist’s tool, enabling you to respond to the needs of a CEO in a way that is in line with their goals and constraints.

The master’s program gives you the opportunity to do real-life challenges requiring team work (the AGEFI ACTIFS Grand Prix du Patrimoine Jeunes Diplômés) or contributions to issues facing sole proprietorships (the ASEMP competition for the best study of sole proprietorships).”

François Lemoine
Lawyer, Sarray Thomas Couderc

“The second-year Master’s degree in Professional Heritage Law really kickstarted my professional career, because it gave me the opportunity to adapt my knowledge of theory to the professional environment in which I work as a lawyer.

The wide range of career paths chosen by the students in each cohort gave me access to a major network in the field of asset management consulting (notaries, lawyers, and financial planners working in the private banking sector...) This network is vital to everyday work in my profession.”

Publications

Since 2010, students in the Professional Heritage Law program have had the option of writing an article, under the guidance of a professor or professional, instead of a thesis. Those articles scoring higher than a 15 are sent to Éditions Lamy, who publish a selection of them chosen not only for their quality but also for their fit with the publisher’s needs. This publication is both a great educational and personal opportunity for our students, and an expression of confidence in and a recognition of the quality of our program.