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The Clinic
The Sciences Po Law School Clinic is an original educational program hosted by the Sciences Po Law School in Paris. An experiential learning program built around a contextual, interdisciplinary and reflective approach to the contemporary practice of law, it enables students and partner organizations to engage in cutting edge public interest and social innovation projects at the local, national and global scale.
The clinic’s pedagogical and public interest mission relies on the active involvement of faculty, students and partner organizations in projects related to current social justice issues.
Research is an integral part of the clinic, which aims to influence public debate within and beyond academic circles through the publication of reports, academic scholarship, as well as public events organized at Sciences Po.
The Sciences Po Law School Clinic covers six specific fields:
- Access to justice
- Corporate social responsibility (RISE)
- Human rights in the context of economic globalization and development (HEDG)
- Migrations
- Environmental Justice and Ecological Transition (JETE)
- DIGILAW
Each field translates into a specific clinical program, articulated around a clinical seminar. Clinical seminars are taught by Sciences Po faculty, as well as professionals drawn from a variety of fields. They are built around the various clinical projects on which teams of students, supervised by professional tutors, work throughout the academic year in partnership with a wide range of organizations.
Application procedure 2025-2026
Economic Law Students can apply to:
- Access to justice
- DIGILAW
- Human rights in the context of economic globalization and development (HEDG)
- Environmental Justice and Ecological Transition (JETE)
- Migrations
- Corporate social responsibility (RISE)
For more information about how to apply 2025-2026 (167 Ko)
Important information
Annual investment is mandatory and participation in the Law school clinic is not compatible with a Moot, a collective project, an exchange abroad or the research initiation programme (PIR).
The clinic course is closely associated with another elective course:
- Access to Justice programme: “Comparative discrimination law: enforcement and effectiveness in a global world” taught by Marie Mercat-Bruns, taken in Spring 2026
- DIGILAW programme: “AI and Data Governance” taught by Beatriz Botero Arcila, taken in Autumn 2025
- HEDG programme: Jayne Huckerby's course “Human Rights: Theory, Law, and Practice” taken in Autumn 2025
- JETE programme: Luca d'Ambrosio's course “Droit économique de l'environnement” taken in Autumn 2025
- Migration programme: Vincent Chetail's course “Global Migration Governance” taken in Spring 2026
- RISE programme: Jean-Philippe Robé's course “Structure juridique du système de pouvoir mondial” taken in Spring 2026
The HEDG and DIGILAW clinics are taught in English and projects can be carried out in English or French, depending on the language used in the call for projects.
Clinic students are exempt from one elective course per semester.
The Clinic project can be used for your Grand oral.
Clinic Grand Oral
Law school students enrolled in the Law school Clinic can choose to use the clinic project they have been working on as the basis for their Grand Oral. In this case, the Grand Oral will take the form of an oral presentation based on an executive summary note.
An information meeting on this subject is organised every year in January.
The next session of the "Grand Oral" examination will be held from Wednesday 14th to Friday 23rd May 2025.
- By Monday 10th February 2025, you must prepare and send the question to be addressed in your clinical executive summary (form provided by email). These questions will then be validated by the Law clinic teaching teams, and you will be notified by Friday 21st February 2025 at the latest.
- By Tuesday 1st April 2025, you must write and send your executive summary by email to ecolededroit.grandoral@sciencespo.fr
- You will be informed of the date and the panel for your exam by the end of April 2025
For more detailed information (duration, executive summary, preparation for your oral presentation…) we ask you to visit our site.
Calendar 2025-2026
This calendar only applies to Sciences Po Law School students
- Call for applications: Wednesday 21st May 2025
- Deadline: Tuesday 10th June 2025 at midday
- Zoom auditions: Monday 16th to Wednesday 25th June 2025
- Decisions : Early July 2025
Partner
Contact US
- Marie Mercat-Bruns, Affiliate professor at Sciences Po Law School, in charge of the Law school Clinic
- Julie Babin d'Amonville, Sciences Po Law School, Executive Director
- Caroline Johnson, Sciences Po Law School, Academic Advisor
