2018 edition : "Graduate, and then what?"
The Double Diploma Association has renewed its edition for the outgoing promotion (2014-2018) on their post-double diploma path. Once again, the graduates are planning a wide variety of beautiful projects, and testifying to the richness and excellence of the Double Diploma.
Now what are you planning to do now?
This is the question asked both by graduates themselves and by those around them. Indeed, the post-double degree situation is still as varied as ever, with similarities but also divergences from last year's graduates.
Sometimes the way is already mapped out in advance, with a fixed project and a planned or secure career path. But sometimes, the end of the double degree rhymes with uncertainty or adventure.
Thus, the Double-Diploma Association questioned graduates with a few questions, and here are the results and the comparison with the last edition.
84.4% believe that the double-degree made their choice easier for 2018-2019.
A slight decline compared to the previous edition, but still an indication of the recognition of this atypical course. The graduates focus first on the mastery of the English language and then of English law. Indeed, students do not always choose to pursue a course or professional integration requiring a rigid knowledge of English law. The real asset is immersion in England for two years which strengthens their ability to speak, write, and understand English, which enhances them when faced with applications for M2, LLM, other courses, or their integration. professional.
LLMs as well as Masters 2 remain the two major options after graduation.
72% of graduates opt for a Master 2 in France, and 19% for an LLM.
The LLM is thus becoming more common, at least for this year's graduates. The chosen LLMs can be found in France, Sweden, Ireland, England and even Canada.
But some opt for other atypical options
Indeed, some graduates have opted for various paths, such as a Master in another field, or even the LPC with a Training Contract already acquired. Professional integration, whether legal or not, is also chosen by a few graduates. Thus, like the last edition, there is no “typical profile”.
The end of the double-degree does not mean an identical path for graduates, on the contrary, it allows a wider opening both in the choice of Masters, LLM, or work itself.
It is precisely the rigor of the four years of study, the improvement of the English language, the in-depth study of two legal systems (and not a simple Erasmus year) that make it possible to promote this course of excellence, and allow students graduates to choose from a wider range of options that they would not have had if they had opted for a traditional course (Law Degree, then Master 1).