The School

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PRACTICE IMPACT

At IE Law School, legal education begins with principles, precedent and rigorous reasoning. Today’s most consequential legal challenges move across jurisdictions, sectors and systems. They require professionals who can work across legal frameworks, collaborate beyond the discipline, and translate legal judgment into outcomes that shape organizations, policy and society.

IE Law School is built for that reality.

OUR APPROACH TO LEGAL EDUCATION

A GLOBAL LEGAL MINDSET

Legal work today moves across systems and jurisdictions. From day one, our students learn to navigate complexity, understand international dynamics and operate with confidence in global legal contexts. Our faculty have shaped legal thinking at the highest levels and bring their expertise alongside our curriculum and methodology, which are built on a network of global partnerships that treat cross-jurisdictional work as the default.

COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION

Law is not practiced in isolation. Innovative thinking is strengthened through collaboration. Within our law programs, students work alongside law firms, institutions, and experts from other fields, developing legal strategies that respond to real-world situations. This commitment to practical impact extends through our Legal Clinic, which provides pro bono support to communities in need.

IMPACTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS

Legal training provides a platform for a fulfilling career, but it's also a first step toward meaningful impact in society. Graduates go on to shape organizations, inform policy and contribute to the systems people rely on. Our Legal Clinic provides direct pro bono support to communities in need, our faculty contribute to legal thinking at the highest levels, and our alumni carry that practice into consequential roles across legal practice, business and public life worldwide.

FROM THE DEAN: MASTERING LAW. PRACTICING IMPACT.

"IE Law School is built on a simple conviction: that legal education is only as good as what it produces in the world."

READ THE FULL MESSAGE

IE Law School is a global, diverse and multidisciplinary law school like no other, known for its international mindset, innovation and impact. We transcend legal cultures, jurisdictions and legal traditions. We impact society with our teaching and research, and we educate students with a global mindset to practice the legal professions.

We are a global law school with an international community of students and faculty, and we are global, above all, because we teach internationally-minded citizens, jurists and lawyers. We do so because this provides the most sophisticated and comprehensive legal education that our graduates require to succeed in today’s evolving legal market. As a law school, we are diverse in a unique way; in the origin and educational systems of our students, in the diversity of research interests and professional experience within our faculty, and in our research, teaching and collaboration with institutions of diverse legal systems.

We are multidisciplinary, as we believe that the law cannot be practiced or taught in isolation from other disciplines: economics, philosophy, environmental sciences or technology … our students are taught beyond legal disciplines, and we approach legal studies in the context of other disciplines. I am honored to lead a law school with a soul; a school that makes a relevant impact on its graduates, its alumni and its community. Together, we will make a meaningful difference in the world through the transformative power of law. Welcome to our vibrant community.

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Soledad Atienza

Dean of IE Law School

OUR PARTNERSHIPS

IE Law School maintains active partnerships with leading law firms, international institutions and professional associations worldwide, equipping students with direct access to the environments where legal decisions are made.

INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION (IBA)
Connect with the foremost organization for international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICC)
Specialize in international dispute resolution through joint academic training with the world's leading arbitration institution.
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
Build expertise in intellectual property and technology law through a joint specialization with the leading global authority on IP.
CIVICA
Access a network of ten leading European universities advancing education, research and innovation.
TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES (CTLS)
Engage with a global community of leading law schools committed to transnational legal issues and international governance.
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
Earn a dual LL.B./LL.M. across civil law and common law systems at two internationally recognized institutions.
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW
Graduate with an Executive LL.M. from Northwestern and a pathway to qualify for the California Bar.

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THE SCHOOL BEHIND THE PRACTICE

IE Law School is built around the people who teach it, the method behind it, and the network that surrounds it. Each one reflects the same conviction: that legal education is only as good as what it produces.

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BUILT FOR RIGOROUS, APPLIED LEARNING

IE Law School graduates are ready to operate in high-stakes environments, with the skills, perspective and judgment to practice law with meaningful results.

FACULTY WHO PRACTICE THE IMPACT THEY TEACH
Our faculty brings together legal scholars and practitioners who are actively shaping the field at the highest levels of the profession.

Their work extends across jurisdictions and sectors, beyond the classroom into courts, institutions and policy environments. It includes contributions to international legal debates, participation in global academic networks, and research that informs legal reasoning and decision-making in practice.
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A METHODOLOGY ANCHORED IN APPLICATION
At IE Law School, learning is structured around the practice of law.

Through case-based teaching, legal immersion experiences, and initiatives such as the Legal Clinic and cross-institutional programs, students work on real legal questions from the outset of their studies. Comparative, international and transnational law are treated as core components, reflecting the environments in which legal work takes place.
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A GLOBAL LEGAL NETWORK
IE Law School is deeply connected to the worldwide practice of law. Partnerships with global firms, international institutions and professional associations grant direct access to the environments where legal decisions are made. Our graduates move seamlessly into roles across jurisdictions and sectors, carrying their training into legal practice, business, policy and public life.
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