Admission to the Paris Bar for students of Sorbonne–Euromed Morocco

Laws School of the Sorbonne, relocated to the Euromed University of Fes, can take pride in a very fine success in the entrance exam to the legal profession in France, the results of which were published on Monday, December 1, 2025. Five students from this program have just been declared admitted and may, after an 18-month internship, practice as lawyers in France. This result is exceptional compared even to long-established renowned French institutions.

Directed by François-Xavier Lucas, professor at the Sorbonne Law School and at Euromed University of Fes, this program is highly selective. Admitted students are handpicked and selected from several thousand candidates with 1/3 Moroccan students, 1/3 European students and 1/3 sub-Saharan students. The training is delivered by eminent French and Moroccan professors and practitioners as well as other international contributors. If they endure this very intensive regimen, students obtain both a French diploma and a Moroccan master’s degree in business law, enabling them to seek admission to the bar in both France and Morocco. The publication of the results of the latest selection of trainee lawyers in France confirms that this vocation is not purely theoretical and that promising legal careers operating in a dual French and Moroccan environment are emerging for students who have followed this very demanding curriculum, whose excellence is not a slogan but a proven success.

The uniqueness of this program lies in its close interweaving of academic teachings delivered by the most renowned university scholars in the field and practical training provided by lawyers from the best international firms. To ensure students in this “Sorbonne-Euromed Morocco” track a full immersion in a practitioners’ environment, Euromed University of Fes also organizes hallmark events, such as the “Fez Restructuring Days”, which each year bring together international restructuring law experts in Fez. The latest edition, held in May 2025, gathered about 250 participants, including judges, business leaders, heads of public and private institutions as well as political figures from Europe and Africa. Two thirds of these participants, seeking very high-level training, came from Europe. This program, which is now beginning to internationalize, also took place at Euromed University of Fes from November 24 to 26, 2025 for the benefit of more than 70 Brazilian professionals from Sao Paulo and Rio.

The next edition of this program will take place on May 21 and 22, 2026. April 2026 will also see the gathering in Fez of the who’s who of international arbitration with the most prestigious representatives of this elite field, who will come to Euromed University of Fes to examine the practice of arbitration in Arab and African countries (https://www.formation-arbitrage-fes.com).

Students obviously derive the greatest benefit from these stimulating international engagements. Constantly confronted by the best business law specialists who come to meet them, they are clearly identified in France and Morocco as valuable recruits. The greatest Moroccan practitioners have opened the doors of their firms to them and, beyond that, provided support, with Azzedine Kettani, Hicham Naciri and Laila Slassi agreeing to sponsor the first three cohorts of the Master’s program.

When two millenary university cities, like Fez and Paris, embark on a joint academic project, one can expect success. The result clearly exceeds the hopes of University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.