The Legal Clinic is a program of IE Law School created in 2014, which combines the innovative approach of the Labs with the model of university legal clinics. Inspired by the U.S. tradition, it offers a pioneering way of teaching Law through practical work with real clients and a commitment to social impact.

Each year, the Clinic provides pro bono legal advice to third sector entities, social entrepreneurs, foundations, and startups through projects tailored to their needs: fundamental rights, privacy and personal data, contracts, property, CSR, among others.

The Legal Clinic works with organizations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, offering legal solutions with a strong international and social focus, always adapted to the diversity of cultural and regulatory contexts.

The working teams are made up of undergraduate students, coordinated by postgraduate students (LL.M.), and supervised by practicing lawyers from prestigious law firms. The experience demands rigor and dedication, and delivers professional results with real impact.

For students, it represents a unique practical training opportunity; for organizations, it means access to quality legal support with a vocation for social transformation.

Students who participate in the Legal Clinic gain practical experience from day one, facing live challenges and collaborating with real clients and professionals in the field.

Throughout the program, they refine essential skills for the practice of law: rigorous legal research, precise technical drafting, as well as effective communication and presentation abilities. They also learn to work both independently and as part of a team, to interact with different legal stakeholders, and to manage projects with responsibility and professional judgment.

The program also fosters critical thinking and creativity applied to solving complex legal problems in real and changing contexts. Thanks to the diversity of projects and legal areas it addresses, students acquire a broader, more practical, and cross-cutting vision of Law.

The Legal Clinic is a hybrid program, integrated into the IE Labs, that merges pedagogical innovation with the tradition of legal clinics. Thanks to this formula, students participate in real cases from the first year, working in teams with postgraduate students, beneficiary entities, and prestigious national and international law firms.

Students work on projects that are defined by the real needs of the beneficiary entities. They are developed with a strong international dimension, in line with IE Law School's global values and its Comparative Law teaching methodology. This experience allows students to tackle cross-border legal challenges with a practical, critical, and contextualized approach.

The combination of early practice, international collaboration, and professional excellence makes the Legal Clinic a unique platform for learning, social impact, and global legal projection.