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Plazo de admisión abierto del 10 de noviembre de 2022 al 8 de septiembre de 2023
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15 meses / 90 ECTS
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The Official Master's Degree for Admission to the Bar, organized through the Center for Legal Innovation in Law (CID-ICADE) of the Faculty of Law, has all the value and the guarantees associated with our University such as the clearly professionalizing methodology and the excellence and experience of our teaching staff who deliver it.
If you wish study the Official Master's Degree for Admission to the Bar at Comillas ICADE you will have a regulated and tutored external internship which allows students to access major law firms, institutions and companies based on their profile and interests. Moreover, our Master's offers specific preparation for the official bar entry examination.
External intership with major law firms, institutions and companies
For more than fifty years Comillas Pontifical University ICAI-ICADE has trained legal professionals of the highest level. Excellence and ethical values guide Degree and Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law, selected by the Financial Times in November 2016 as one of the best 91 Postgraduate Law Schools in the world.
Many people like you are already making the most of their Master's Degree. Here are their experiences.
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Admissions Process
Visit the Faculty in which these studies are offered on University Open Day. Attendance is not mandatory, but potential candidates are encouraged to learn about the Faculty, see the facilities, and obtain additional information.
Apply for admission. The process starts via the web, once the candidate has decided on the Master’s Degree which will be studied. If you wish, you may apply for scholarships and grants from the University at the same time as applying for admission.
The deadline for submitting applications is from november 10, 2021 to september 9, 2022.
Personal interview. The admission tests (interview and, where appropriate, English test) will take place on Thursdays in the morning or afternoon, for which the candidates will be opportunely and individually summoned from the Faculty of Law (CID-ICADE) by telephone call or email, using, for this purpose, the contact information provided in the application for admission to the program.
Once all required documentation has been analysed, the Head or Coordinator of the master's program will assess the candidate, on the basis of the global assessment comprising the requested profile, which includes the academic transcript (50%), knowledge of English (20%) and the personal interview (30%) with the Head or Coordinator of the master's program, in which their legal skills, argument capacity, defence of the personal profile, motivation, interrelation capacity and ethical commitment will be assessed.
Resolution and notification of admission. The candidate must submit all documents to the University General Registrar´s Office that certify that entry requirements have been met, following from the details that appear in the" information note on the documentation to be submitted".
The Dean, on the basis of the proposal of the Head or Coordinator of the Master's, shall decide on the admission; this decision will be notified through the established channels on the admission website.
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Important Dates
Admission application filing period:
The period begins on November 10, 2022 and ends on September 8, 2023
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The dates of publication of the lists of students admitted to University Degree Programs are the following:
1st List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: December 16, 2022
2nd List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: January 20, 2023
3rd List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: February 18, 2023
4th List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: March 18, 2023
5th List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: April 22, 2023
6th List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: May 20, 2023
7th List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: June 17, 2023
8th List of Students admitted to University Degree Programs: July 15, 2023
Classes begin on: September 11, 2023
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Applicant Profile/Requirements and Documentation
Candidate profile
This program covers the necessary contents that are required by the rules governing admission to the bar so that holders of a Bachelor's Degree in Law may engage in the legal profession as lawyers.
However, this program is also suited to holders of a Licentiate Degree in Law who wish to receive more comprehensive and advanced training in the practice of law.
Admission requirements:
Holding a Bachelor's Degree in Law or equivalent that enables the students to acquire the knowledge, skills and legal competencies that are required to be able to engage in the legal profession (art. 3 Royal Decree 775/2011).
Having an academic record with an overall grade of remarkable (a score of 7.0) or higher in the Bachelor's Degree or equivalent program; unless the candidate's motivation and background are deemed sufficient for admission.
Providing proof of sufficient knowledge of English corresponding to level C1 ("Effective Operational Proficiency or upper intermediate" level) according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, with particular focus on its application to legal matters. Such proof may consist of supporting documents showing that the student has attained the level required; alternatively, the student may be required to take an ad hoc language level test or attend a personal interview.
Documentation
Information notice on the documents to be submitted.
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Information on Fees, Payments, Grants and Scholarships
Full Master’s Degree Program: €19,520
First Year: €12,808.59
Initial Registration Fee: €1,995.96
10 Monthly Payments of: €1,081.26
Second Year: €6,711.20
Initial Registration Fee: €1,330.64
5 Monthly Payments of: €1,076.11
A 10% reduction in fees is available for University alumni.
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Contact Information
Center for Legal Innovation Law (CID)
Alberto Aguilera, 23 - 28015 Madrid
Tel.: +34 915422800-Ext. 2840; Ext. 2117 - Fax: +34 915596569
email:cid@comillas.edu
Person Responsible for the Program:
Director: Bruno W. Martín Baumeister, PhD
bruno.martin@icade.comillas.edu
Coordinator: Mª Ángeles Bengoechea Gil, PhD
mabengoechea@icade.comillas.edu
Tutor: Mª Angeles Martínez Fernández
amartinez@icade.comillas.edu
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Application for admissionMODULE 3. INTERNSHIP | ||
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Internships | 30.0 ECTS |
MODULE 4. FINAL PROJECT | ||
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Final Master´s Degree Project | 6.0 ECTS |
ACADEMIC REGULATION
Academic Regulations of the Official Master's Degree for Admission to the Bar
Academic Regulations for Official Master's Degrees
Admission Regulations
Permanency Regulations
Regulations for Credit Recognition
OTHER REGULATIONS
Act 34/2006, of 30 October, on the Admission to the Bar and access to the profession of Court Representative
Royal Decree 775/2011, of 3 June, on the approval of the Regulations of Act 34/2006, of 30 October, on the Admission to the Bar and access to the profession of Court Representative
GENERAL SKILLS
CG1 - Analysis and synthesis capacity.
CG4 - Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing.
CG3 - Information management skills.
CG4 - Problem-solving capacity.
CG5 - Decision-making capacity.
CGP2 - Team working capacity.
CG7- Ability to work in an international environment.
CG8 - Critical reasoning capacity.
CG9 - Awareness of the relevance of critical commitment.
CG10 - Autonomous learning development capacity.
CG11 - Motivation for quality.
CG12 - Capacity to put theoretical knowledge into practice.
CG13 - Ability to negotiate.
SPECIFIC SKILLS
CE1 - Have, understand and develop skills that allow the student to apply specialised academic knowledge gained during the University official degree to a changing real life the lawyers have to deal with, in order to avoid injury, risk or conflict situations regarding the interests they are defending or their professional work before tribunals, courts or public authorities and for their counselling duties.
CE2 - Know the techniques aimed at finding out and determining the facts at the different stages of the proceeding, especially the production of documents, questioning and expert evidence.
CE3 - Know and be able to integrate the defence of customers' rights within the framework of national and international legal protection systems.
CE4 - Know the different techniques for the reconciliation of interests, and be able to find solutions to problems by using methods alternative to legal proceedings.
CE5 - Know and be able to apply professional ethical rights and duties to lawyer-customer relationships, the other parties, the court or public authority and between lawyers.
CE6 - Know and assess the different responsibilities related to the exercise of that professional activity, including the basic operating principles of legal aid and the promotion of social responsibility of the lawyer.
CE7 - Be able to identify conflicts of interest and know the techniques for resolution thereof, define the scope of professional secrecy and confidentiality and preserve the independence of mind.
CE8 - Be able to identify the main provision and organisation requirements for legal advice.
CE9 - Know and be able to put into practice the organisational, management and commercial environment of the lawyer's profession, as well as its legal, tax, labour and personal data protection framework.
CE10 - Develop skills and capacities for the election of the correct strategy for the defence of customers' rights, taking into account the requests of the different areas of professional practice.
CE11 - Be able to develop skills that allow the lawyers to improve their work effectiveness and promote the global operation of the team or institution in which they carry it out, by accessing sources of information, knowledge of languages, management of knowledge and management of the techniques and tools applied.
CE12 - Know, be able to organise and plan individual and collective resources available for the exercise of the different organisation modalities of the legal profession.
CE13 - Be able to explain orally and in writing facts, and draw legal consequences in a reasoned way, depending on the context and the recipient they are intended for, pursuant, where appropriate, to the modalities of each procedural area.
CE14 - Be able to develop professional works in specific, multi-disciplinary environments.
CE15 - Be able to develop interpersonal capacities and skills that facilitate the lawyer profession in its relationships with citizens, other professionals and institutions.
Professional Opportunities and Graduate Profile
Professional opportunities are all those allowing the student to develop a professional career as lawyers, either in law offices or legal services offices, in litigation or procedural activities, but also those that comprise the whole spectrum of the provision of legal assistance, and therefore, internal and external advice to companies, whether in civil, bankruptcy, criminal, contentious-administrative and labour legal areas.
The Master's Degree for Admission to the Bar gives access to the bar, pursuant to provisions of Act 34/2006 and Royal Decree 775/2011.
Regarding the Graduate profile of this Master's Program, said profile is defined by the competencies the students are expected to reach by means of this Master's Program. With this program, graduates obtain the knowledge, skills and tools required for the profession of lawyer which allow them to know how to operate in a very specific area of legal professions, such as the area of law practice, with special focus on the instruments and techniques, such as reasoning, communication, oratory, writing and negotiation and the use of new technologies in that area of studies, as well as on the procedural strategy, litigation and alternative dispute-resolution systems.
Academic Career Paths
Furthermore, the Master's Degree for Admission to the Bar gives access to an official doctorate program, pursuant to current regulations.