Master's Degree in Access to the Lawyer's profession
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
About this program
Master's Degree in Access to the Lawyer's profession
The Madrid Autonomous University Law Faculty has designed the curriculum of a University Master’s degree for the Admission to the Profession of Lawyer comprising 90 ECTS credits (60 ECTS classroom-based credits + 30 ECTS work placement credits). Its objectives are: to complement the training of Law graduates with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to work effectively as a lawyer both advising and litigating; and to prepare students to pass the nationwide aptitude test, convened each year by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education.
This Master’s Degree is a reference among Spanish postgraduate programmes for training lawyers owing to its excellent teaching team made up of Faculty lecturers and highly respected experts (lawyers, notaries, registrars, etc), and its outstanding facilities (classrooms with audiovisual equipment, courtroom, library, group work rooms). Additionally, students can undertake work placements in some of the top law firms operating in Spain, in-house legal departments of large companies and other prestigious public or private institutions.
Admission requirements
Students who have studied at Spanish Universities:
Average mark according to the University Transcript
Points may be added for the following factors:
1. Up to 1 point in accordance with the Faculty of origin’s position in the international ranking determined by the Faculty in each admission process.
2. Up to 1 point for knowledge of ENGLISH. Credit will be given starting from a B1 level, according to the European Framework of Reference. One of the official certificates recognised by the UAM Language Service must be provided to prove the level.
3. Half a point for holding more than one official university bachelor’s or postgraduate degree.
Students who have studied in foreign Universities:
Must prove, in addition to the above requirements:
1. That they hold a Bachelor’s Degree conferred by a Spanish University, obtained by partial validation (“convalidación parcial”) of studies undertaken in foreign universities or by recognition (“homologación”) of a Law Degree by the Ministry of Education.
2. Knowledge of Spanish. Students whose mother tongue is not Spanish must prove that they have a minimum B2 level Diploma in Spanish as a foreign language (DELE), or equivalent.It is necessary to hold a Law Degree (“licenciado” or “graduado”) or another equivalent Bachelor’s Degree from a Spanish university that meets the requirements established in article 3 of the Regulation of Law 34/2006, of 30 October, regarding admission to the professions of lawyer (“abogado”) and court representative (“procurador de los Tribunales”), approved by Royal Decree 775/2011 of 3 June.
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Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
The Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) was founded in 1968 and has two campuses, Cantoblanco and the Medical School, in northern Madrid. The Autonomous University of Madrid is organized into seven schools, which include: Arts and Philosophy, Teacher Training and...
