DU Droit de l'économie sociale et solidaire at Aix-Marseille University

The DU Droit de l'économie sociale et solidaire is a university diploma attached to the Institut de droit des affaires d'Aix-Marseille, delivered fully online from November to June and supported by CRESS PACA. It is presented as the only university law diploma in France dedicated to the social and solidarity economy.

Faculty: Faculté de Droit et de Science Politique  |  Department: Institut de droit des affaires d'Aix-Marseille  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Intake: November  |  Study mode: initial, continuing; French  |  Location: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

What you will study

Three sequences: introduction to the social and solidarity economy (ideas, economics, institutions); the main families (associations, cooperatives including SCIC and SCOP, foundations, mutual societies, commercial companies of the sector); and the legal environment (labour law, taxation, accounting and audit, public law and competition, insolvency, digitalisation). 80 hours of e-learning and 40 hours of practical conferences; assessed by online multiple-choice tests per unit and a final oral at the Aix campus.

Career pathways

Legal officer or head of legal in an association, cooperative, mutual or foundation; legal collaborator in a federation or CRESS; specialist lawyer; legal project officer in a local authority; consultant for ESS organisations.

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