Bachelor's Degree in Law

With Legal Clinic and Mentoring Program
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Bachelor's Degree in Law

Bachelor's Degree in Law

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Student profile: Students interested in the practice of the legal profession.

Official Degree:Bachelor's Degree in Law

Center responsible:School of Law and International Relations

Branch of knowledge: Social and Legal Sciences

Openings available: - Classroom attendance: 100
- Blended: 150

Total Credits:240 credits.
. Minimum of 12 ECTS credits and maximum of 90 ECTS credits per enrollment and academic period.

Academic year in which it was implemented: 2017

Languages: - This degree in taught in Spanish.
– English level required at admission: A2

Quality of the degree

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Legal clinic in firms such as Baker McKenzie, Écija and Maio

The Bachelor's Degree in Law from Nebrija University allows the student to acquire specialized training, focused on the practice of law or the business world, through the wide range of electives offered.

The program includes a legal clinic, where students work together with the partners of some of the most prestigious law firms in our country, such as Baker McKenzie, Écija and Maio, in solving cases for non-profit associations and/or corporations. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the professional world and the reality of the sector.

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Nebrija University's Law School reinforces its international presence with collaboration agreements with the most prestigious academic networks in the world.

The Bachelor's Degree in Law is a magnificent alternative for those who wish to open up endless professional doors, in which we can highlight its high employability index in various sectors. The Nebrija University graduate has a special training to develop professionally in different areas of law, as a business lawyer, managing their own firm or working for one of the most prestigious law firms in Spain.

In addition, all the Bachelor's Degree courses carry out their professional internships in some of the most prestigious firms in Spain (Garrigues, Écija and Ramón y Cajal) or in public institutions, thanks to the agreement with the General Council of the Judiciary to carry out internships in Courts and Tribunals.

The Bachelor's degree in Law from Nebrija University stands out for the following differential characteristics:

  • The teaching method is specially designed so that the student becomes familiar with professional practice through the discussion of real cases, extracted in many occasions from the experience of his/her professors, and the exposition and debate of current legal issues. In this way, the student acquires the analysis, argumentation and decision-making skills essential to successfully carry out his/her professional activity in the future.
  • Becoming acquainted with the working world through the compulsory realization of professional internships in prestigious law firms and legal counseling for companies.
  • The multidisciplinary design of the new Bachelor's Degree in Law, fully adapted to the EHEA (European Higher Education Area), orients the minds of our students towards the intense knowledge of reality as a whole and not only to purely legal scenarios. The skills and competences of these studies are acquired by the students in a natural way, gradually becoming part of their daily work.
  • University extension activities, which include seminars, conferences and visits to institutions and companies (courts, registries, financial centers, public bodies, etc.) that complement education and connect it with reality.

In addition, you have the possibility of combining the Bachelor's Degree in Law with the Bachelor's Degrees in International Relations, Business Creation, Administration and Management, or Security, promoting employability and promoting the figure of a new global Social Sciences professional with an international and transversal character.

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Student mentoring program by active professionals

Mentoring Club

Made up of active professionals from the best companies and law firms, such as Backer McKenzie, Écija, PwC, Uría Menéndez, Broseta Abogados, Legal & Económico, Procesal y Corporate, Repsol, Adif, Arbitration Court and the College of Attorneys.

International Moot of Negotiation and Civil and Commercial Mediation

International competition organized by Nebrija University in cooperation with IDM (Institutions for Diffusion and Mediation) and Habitus Incorporated (American consulting firm of reference in conflict resolution) that seeks to enhance students' skills for dispute resolution.

Internationally renowned professors

The teaching staff consists of doctors and active professionals with a long professional career, such as Inmaculada Herranz, director of the Labor Area of PwC Tax & Legal Services, and Fernando Ledrado, director of Corporate Security of the Digital Administration Agency of the Community of Madrid.

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Diploma in English Professional Communication

Nebrija University, which is strongly committed to languages and quality, provides the student with an academic certification in English, an ideal complement to achieve the B2 and C1 levels.

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Subjects in Professional Competencies

Promotion of skills oriented towards employability, management skills, coaching, personal branding and any other topic related to professional and social development, which may be chosen by the student to enrich his/her personal and professional education.

The University puts within reach of students a total of three subjects to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to become a competent professional within the demands of the current labor market.

Interdisciplinary Learning Courses
Transversal Subjects Program

Through the transversal subjects you will be able to complement your education and complete your CV in a practical, collaborative and fun way.

It is a voluntary program with no added cost. Upon completion, you will be provided with a diploma.

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Study Law in Madrid

Prestigious program endorsed by large companies and law firms such as Garrigues, Écija, PwC and Ramón y Cajal, in which our students can carry out their professional internships.

Curriculum


BOE No. 167, of July 11, 2018
Our curriculum has been prepared in accordance with the new guidelines set by current legislation, having been verified by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation.
The student must take 240 credits


First year 60 ECTS


  • First Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Roman Law
  • 6 ECTS | Natural law and human rights
  • 6 ECTS | Fundamentals of Economics
  • 6 ECTS | History of law
  • 6 ECTS | Seminar of legal competences and skills I

  • Second Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Civil Law I: Fundamentals of civil law
  • 6 ECTS | Administrative Law I
  • 6 ECTS | Constitutional Law I
  • 6 ECTS | Criminal Law I
  • 6 ECTS | Common Law basics inglés o español

Second year 60 ECTS


  • First Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Constitutional law II
  • 6 ECTS | Commercial Law I
  • 6 ECTS | Criminal Law II
  • 6 ECTS | Introduction to financial and tax law
  • 6 ECTS | Seminar on legal competences and skills II

  • Second Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Administrative Law II
  • 6 ECTS | Fundamentals of accounting
  • 6 ECTS | Civil law II: obligations and contracts
  • 6 ECTS | Labor law and Social Security
  • 6 ECTS | Privacy and data protection inglés o español

Third year 60 ECTS


  • First Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Civil Law III: real, mortgage and registry law
  • 6 ECTS | Civil procedural law
  • 6 ECTS | Elective I
  • 6 ECTS | Elective II
  • 6 ECTS | Elective III

  • Second Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Civil Law IV: family and successions
  • 6 ECTS | Commercial law II
  • 6 ECTS | Public international law
  • 6 ECTS | Elective IV
  • 6 ECTS | Elective V

Fourth year 60 ECTS


  • First Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Criminal Procedural Law
  • 6 ECTS | Financial Law II: VAT and corporate tax
  • 6 ECTS | Ethics and professional deontology
  • 6 ECTS | Community law
  • 6 ECTS | Alternative dispute resolution systems

  • Second Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Private international law
  • 6 ECTS | Development of the Participative and Solidarity Spirit
  • 12 ECTS | Evaluation of the development of skills in the company
  • 6 ECTS | Final Research Project

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Electives 30 ECTS

The student must complete 18 ECTS in the fifth Semester, and may choose three of the following subjects:

  • 6 ECTS | Organizational environment and billing in law firms
  • 6 ECTS | HR and Occupational Risk Prevention
  • 6 ECTS | Compliance: regulatory compliance plan
  • 6 ECTS | Technology for legal management
  • 6 ECTS | International transactions
  • 6 ECTS | Financial statements
  • 6 ECTS | Valuation of companies: mergers and acquisitions
  • 6 ECTS | Comparative legal systems I
  • 6 ECTS | Legal environment of the entrepreneur
  • 6 ECTS | Criminology
  • 6 ECTS | Environmental law
  • 6 ECTS | Urban law
  • 6 ECTS | Intelligence and defense
  • 6 ECTS | Union law
  • 6 ECTS | Derecho sindical
  • 6 ECTS | Police law and criminal investigation
  • 6 ECTS | Consumer law
  • 6 ECTS | Anthropology
  • 6 ECTS | Emerging rights
  • 6 ECTS | Industrial and intellectual property

The student must complete 12 ECTS in the sixth Semester, and can choose two of the following subjects:

  • 6 ECTS | Social psychology
  • 6 ECTS | Research techniques and legal argumentation
  • 6 ECTS | Law of damages and insurance
  • 6 ECTS | Strategic planning in legal environments
  • 6 ECTS | Competition and market
  • 6 ECTS | HR management: communications, risks and acquisitions
  • 6 ECTS | Institutional relations
  • 6 ECTS | Compared legal systems II
  • 6 ECTS | Canonical ecclesiastical and matrimonial law
  • 6 ECTS | Philosophy of law
  • 6 ECTS | Cybersecurity
  • 6 ECTS | Foreign exchange law and Bankruptcy law
Development of Professional Skills 12 ECTS

  • 3 ECTS | Communication
  • 3 ECTS | Emotional Intelligence
  • 3 ECTS | Teamwork
  • 3 ECTS | Project management
  • 3 ECTS | Leadership
  • 3 ECTS | Negotiation
Development of the Participative and Solidarity Spirit 6 ECTS

The student must obtain the 6 credits that make up this subject through:

  • Cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation activities. The Department will propose a list of these activities and will manage the awarding of these credits based on the different activities carried out by the student.
  • Passing the semester subject: Corporate Social Responsibility.

The student can combine these two alternatives depending on their development needs until they obtain the 6 ECTS credits of the subject. Even having achieved the maximum number of ECTS credits, the student may continue to carry out cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation activities whenever they wish, although this will not imply obtaining more ECTS credits.

Evaluation of Skill Development in the Company 12 ECTS

Program which aims to promote the practical training of students, under the continuous supervision of the Department of Professional Careers of the University, the academic department corresponding to the degree and the company or collaborating institution where the practices are carried out. Advice is provided on the internship and there is follow-up and tutoring, always taking into account the professional orientation of each student.

More information on Company Internships List of companies and institutions where the students of the degree have carried out internships under educational cooperation agreements
Final Research Project ECTS

The subject consists of choosing a subject to research or study in the field of Law, and writing a dissertation on it and defending in before a tribunal.

This process will be supervised by a professor from the School in order for the student to acquire the criteria and procedures by carrying out the project.

Transversal Subjects
Transversal Subjects Program

Through the transversal subjects you will be able to complement your education and complete your CV in a practical, collaborative and fun way.

It is a voluntary program with no added cost. Upon completion, you will be provided with a diploma.

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Legend:

  • inglés Obligatoria en inglés
  • bilingüe English or Spanish, choose between English / Spanish
  • Basic Education
  • Compulsory
  • Electives
  • Internships
  • End of Degree Project

Former Curriculum

The student must take 240 credits

First year 60 ECTS

  • First Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Fundamentals of Economics
  • 6 ECTS | Communication theory
  • 6 ECTS | General Concepts of Administrative Law and Public Sector Contracting
  • 6 ECTS | History of Spanish Law: The Roman and Germanic Influence
  • 6 ECTS | The Spanish Constitution and its Law System

  • Second Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Introduction to Law
  • 6 ECTS | The Company and its Environment
  • 6 ECTS | Fundamentals of Civil Law: Legal Standard, Person and the Legal Relationship
  • 6 ECTS | General Concepts of Criminal Law and Theory of Punishment
  • 6 ECTS | Competence Development Seminar I
Second year 60 ECTS

  • First Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Contemporary world
  • 6 ECTS | History of Political Thought
  • 6 ECTS | Law of Obligations and Contracts
  • 6 ECTS | Crimes and Offenses in the Spanish Legal System
  • 6 ECTS | Legal Statute of the Entrepreneur and the Company and Company Law

  • Second Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Social psychology
  • 6 ECTS | Modern languages
  • 6 ECTS | Commercial Contracts Law, Banking Law and Stock Exchange Law
  • 6 ECTS | Introduction and General Questions of Procedural Law
  • 6 ECTS | Competence Development Seminar II
Third year 60 ECTS

  • First Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | International Law in the Globalized World
  • 6 ECTS | Contentious-Administrative Process, Public Function and Basic Institutions of Administrative Law
  • 6 ECTS | Procedural Law and Civil Litigation
  • 6 ECTS | Real Rights: its Regulation and Advertising
  • 6 ECTS | Competition law

  • Second Semester 30 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Introduction to European Community Law
  • 6 ECTS | Theory of Financial and Tax Law and PIT
  • 18 ECTS | Eval. of the Development of Skills in the Company
Fourth year 60 ECTS

  • First Semester 24 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | Procedural Law and Criminal Litigation
  • 6 ECTS | Family Law and Succession Law
  • 6 ECTS | Labor law and Social Security
  • 6 ECTS | Competence Development Seminar III

  • Second Semester 36 ECTS
  • 6 ECTS | VAT, Tax on Companies and Tax Procedures
  • 6 ECTS | Private international law
  • 18 ECTS | Final Research Project
  • 6 ECTS | Development of the Participatory and Solidarity Spirit

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International


After studying the curriculum map of Nebrija University's Bachelor's degrees, the Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of Ecuador (SENESCYT) recognizes this Bachelor's degree through document number SENESCYT-SGES-SFA-2019-0722-O


The International Mobility Office of Nebrija University makes a constant effort to monitor the agreements with the most prestigious universities.

Thus, our law students (if they wish) can carry out part of their studies abroad, either taking advantage of the Erasmus program, or visiting for a semester or an academic year any of the universities with which the University has a bilateral agreement.

Socrates Erasmus Agreement

Country University
Argentina Argentina Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales (UCES)
Australia Australia University of Technology Sydney
Brasil Brasil Pontificia Universidade Católica-Rio De Janeiro
Chile Chile Universidad del Desarrollo
Colombia Colombia Pontificia Universidad Javeriana De Bogotá
Universidad Nacional De Colombia
Italia Italy Università deggli Studi di Molise, Molise
Università degli Studi di Ferrara
Mexico Mexico Tecnológico de Monterrey
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara
Universidad Iberoamericana - Ciudad de México
Universidad Iberoamericana - Puebla
Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (ITESO)
Universidad Marista de Mérida
Polonia Poland University of Gdansk
República Checa Czech Republic Masaryk University
Rumanía Rumanía Bucharest University Of Economic Studies

NOTE: : The host universities, offered by degree, may vary according to the International Mobility Program. For more up-to-date information, students can consult the online information in the International Mobility Program.

Employability


Career Opportunities

There are several future career opportunities, from practicing the profession of lawyer both in Spain and abroad, always after fulfilling the other requirements that the general regulations impose, such as consultancy for companies, the integration of large professional firms and consultants, or public service through the numerous pubic examinations, for which the degree in law provides training, are all options that our students can consider.

The Bachelor's Degree in Law of Nebrija University has some of the most relevant companies and institutions in the sector as partners of the program, endorsing the quality of the Degree and facilitating the students to carry out their professional internships. UNICEF, Pwc, Écija, Ramón y Cajal and Santander are some of these companies.

Some of the professions for graduates are:

  • Tax, commercial, labor consulting
  • Traditional areas of Law, such as criminal, civil, administrative, family...
  • New areas of Law: sports law, maritime law, environmental law, law and new technologies...
  • Urbanism
  • Bioethics
  • Arbitration and Mediation
  • Open doors in the company
  • You can integrate into different departments of the company, such as:
    • Legal advice
    • Quality
    • Accounting
    • Human Resources
    • Labor Safety and Hygiene
    • Marketing
    • Finance
  • Public examinations for the Administration
  • Either in the Administration of justice, as in the different Public Administrations (state, autonomous, regional or local)
  • Justice (Judge, Prosecutor, Judicial Secretary...)
  • Treasury (inspector, subinspector, tax agent practitioner...)
  • Register and Notary
  • Labor and Social Security
  • Technicians of the Administration
  • Diplomacy

Employability recognized in the Rankings

The commitment of Nebrija University to the academic requirement, training in leading companies and institutions, innovation in multidisciplinary programs and international projection, places the University in the top positions of the most important rankings.

The International Ranking QS Stars awards Nebrija University the maximum score in the quality and satisfaction of students in teaching, employability of the graduates and the internationalization of the institution.

The national rankings also recognize Nebrija University as the first Spanish university in teaching and second in employability, highlighting its performance in research, knowledge transfer and internationalization.

Development of Professional Competences

The Bologna Declaration formalized the principles on which the European Higher Education Area should be based: quality, mobility, diversity, competitiveness and employment growth.

From this, Nebrija is positioned as a reference academic model, by educating students with excellent individual behavior, with interaction with their environment and motivated by and for constant and continuous training. The Nebrija Institute of Professional Competences works day by day to achieve the differentiation of our students through the development of attitudes and aptitudes.

With all this, the University for the Bachelor's Degree in Law, puts at his/her disposal two subjects through which the student will acquire the knowledge and legal skills necessary to become a competent professional within the demands of the current labor market.

These are two blocks of 6 ECTS credits each:

  • Seminar on Legal Competences and Skills I:
    The seminar offers an approach to the essential concepts for professional growth. Among its main objectives is to train the participants and provide them with the necessary strategic tools for professional development in the field of Law.
  • Seminar on Legal Competences and Skills II: The second part of the seminar tries to reinforce the skills and competences learned in the previous course, always focused on the legal area. Topics such as the identification of vocation, creativity and innovation, effective communication, negotiation techniques and tools, stress prevention techniques and time quality management, team work, as well as the tools for work optimization, motivation, leadership and performance.

The main objective is that students get the best out of themselves through the development and empowerment of their personal skills and resources, through personal self-knowledge.

In addition, some of the professional skills that are worked on within the two seminars are those related to interpersonal skills and active communication or negotiation skills, essential for our students to know how to convey ideas, argue them, provide information and opinions in an appropriate, clear and convincing way in the area of Law. Other aspects such as team work, conflict resolution and the ability to manage projects are dealt with within what will be their work performance.

For all this we have experts who are currently active in the selection of people, professionals dedicated to personal and professional training.

In this way, and in a complementary way to their specific education, we help students to create a differentiating pattern in the social and business environment in which they will be immersed when they finish their studies.

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Los alumnos del Departamento de Derecho pueden participar en la Clínica Jurídica Nebrija

Esta iniciativa tiene como finalidad facilitar asesoramiento y práctica jurídica de primer nivel a organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro cubriendo necesidades jurídicas reales, de interés social y de forma totalmente voluntaria y altruista.

Este asesoramiento jurídico es realizado por el alumnado del Departamento de Derecho (Grado y Máster). Le permite conocer en profundidad áreas concretas del derecho, ponerlas en práctica y, siempre bajo la coordinación de los responsables clínicos de la universidad y de la dirección letrada de los abogados designados por las firmas.

Gracias a esta actividad, el alumnado podrá aumentar su visibilidad en el mercado de trabajo, potenciar su marca personal y tener acceso a un networking del área. También, se organizan encuentros nacionales, posibilitando el contacto con las mejores firmas y bufetes. Asimismo, se podrá conocer de primera mano la práctica jurídica real y efectiva con mentores de una dilatada trayectoria.

Genera experiencia profesional, nuevos contactos, actuales conocimientos, obtener responsabilidades y retos de forma individual y grupal.

Ramón y Cajal Abogados Maio Legal
Baker McKenzie Écija Abogados

Para la realización de este proyecto, se han firmado convenios de colaboración cuatro de las mejores firmas legales de nuestro país

Proyectos

Actualmente, la Clínica Jurídica Nebrija trabaja en dos proyectos importantes:

  • En colaboración con FARPE (Federación de Asociaciones de Distrofias Hereditarias de Retina de España)
  • Con el Proyecto 100, una iniciativa para ayudar a las personas sin techo.
Clínica Jurídica
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Mentors Club

Exclusive mentoring program for our students in the Bachelor's Degree in Law, made up of active professionals from the best companies and law firms such as Baker McKenzie, Écija, PwC, Repsol, Adif, the Court of Arbitration and the College of Attorneys.

Pre-university Versus debate league

Pre-university students from Madrid and from different provinces participated in this debate league organized by Nebrija University at the Madrid-Princesa Campus.