Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

Main Activities:

1. Talks on career paths and public examinations: Sessions led by legal sector experts analyzing the various possible career paths for Law graduates, both in the private sector (law firms, legal departments, consultancy) and the public sector (judiciary, prosecution, registries, State legal service, etc.).

2. Institutional visits: Exclusive access to key institutions such as:

• The Spanish Congress of Deputies, to learn about the legislative process.
• Madrid International Arbitration Center (CIAM), where commercial disputes are resolved.
• Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid (ICAM), a leading institution in the Spanish legal profession.
• National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC), a key regulatory body for business practice.

3. Workshops and visits to top-tier law firms: Direct interaction with firms such as Pérez-Llorca, Uría Menéndez, or Garrigues, where students learn about work dynamics, departmental structures, and industry expectations.

4. Round tables on current legal issues: Discussion spaces where academics and professionals debate contemporary challenges such as constitutional justice in Europe and Latin America, the digitalization of legal practice, or the regulation of emerging markets.

Objectives:

• To progressively introduce students to the institutional and professional reality of Spanish law.
• To develop analytical and critical thinking skills applied to national legislation.
• To foster motivation and guide future academic and professional specialization in Spain.

3rd Year

• Public Law (6 ECTS): Analysis of constitutional foundations, the organization of the State, and the functioning of Public Administration.
• Property Law (6 ECTS): Study of legal relationships concerning property, contracts, civil liability, and real rights.
• Commercial Law (6 ECTS): Understanding the legal framework governing entrepreneurs, corporate entities, commercial contracts, and competition law.

4th Year

• Procedural Law (6 ECTS): In-depth study of civil, criminal, and commercial litigation; declaratory and enforcement proceedings; appeals and arbitration.
• Tax Law (6 ECTS): Study of the Spanish tax system, including direct and indirect taxes, corporate taxation, and tax procedures.
• Legal Challenge (6 ECTS): A practical course where students work in teams on a real case involving different areas of Spanish law, developing legal strategies and defending proposed solutions before an academic tribunal.

This hands-on course allows students to work on a real case from the very beginning, addressing different areas of Spanish law. Throughout the semester, students analyze issues, design legal strategies, and present comprehensive solutions as a team, simulating professional legal work in a collaborative environment.

• Final Degree Project (12 ECTS): Students enrolled in this specialization must complete their TFG on a topic related to Spanish law and write it in Spanish. This requirement can be fulfilled in one of two ways:

1. Traditional TFG: An individual academic research paper on a legal topic.

2. Capstone Project: A more practical and applied alternative. This group project is developed in collaboration with organizations from the public, private, or non-profit sectors, allowing students to address real-world challenges from legal, business, and strategic perspectives.

• Know and understand the elements, structure, resources, interpretation and application of the legal system and be able to interpret the sources and fundamental legal concepts of each of the different systems.
• Know and understand the mechanisms and procedures for resolving legal disputes, as well as the legal position of individuals in their relations with administrative bodies and with the public authorities in general.
• Know and understand how to apply the sources’ priority criteria so as to determine the applicable rules in each case, especially criteria related to compliance with constitutional rules, principles and values.
• Interpret legal texts from an interdisciplinary perspective using legal principles and social, ethical and deontological values and principles as analytical tools.
• Deliver convincing legal arguments on theoretical questions concerning various legal matters.
• Solve case studies in accordance with current statutory law, which implies the prior preparation of material, the identification of problematic issues, the selection and interpretation of the applicable law and a reasoned explanation for those choices.
• Manage the legal language and terminology of the different branches of the law with skill and precision: Draft legal documents in an orderly and understandable manner. Communicate ideas, arguments and legal reasoning both orally and in writing using the appropriate records in each context.
• Use information and communication technologies to search for and obtain legal information (legislation and jurisprudence databases, bibliographies, etc.), and as tools for work and communication.

• Acquire a critical understanding of the historical foundations and principles of private and public statutory law.
• Analyze the different branches of law from the perspective of their economic, political or social functions.
• Understand the basic principles of certain non-legal matters concerning the regulation of the different branches of law, and which are important for the attainment of a multidisciplinary education.
• Apply abstract reasoning and analytical competences so as to understand economic, political and social contexts and formulate solutions to complex problems in multidisciplinary settings.
• Promote constitutional and democratic values, the principles of the rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights as a representative of the legal profession.
• Analyze the institutions of public and private law.
• Achieve a comparative perspective of law and understand the evolution of civil and common law systems on a global level.
• Identify and determine the scope of legislative changes in each area.
• Understand the main public and private institutions, their genesis and interconnection, as well as the procedures of their activities and the guarantees they provide.
• Identify, formulate and solve substantive and procedural issues related to the different branches of public law.
• Understand legal phenomena on a supranational level.
• Develop analytical and practical competences in the resolution of cases of international and European law.
• Acquire negotiation and reconciliation competences in the legal sphere.
• Think creatively and develop new ideas and concepts in the field of law.