Master in Legal Practice

Complement your education with the Advanced Legal Program in International Business Law

Learning
Face-to-face
Language
Spanish
Credits
90 ECTS
Employability
100%

Master in Legal Practice

The Master in Legal Practice is aimed at graduates in Law who wish to obtain the qualifications and gain the skills required to practise as registered lawyers or solicitors before the Spanish courts.

This programme, which offers an excellent balance between procedural practice, technical knowledge and emerging professional competencies, equips students with a comprehensive skillset that enables them to confidently practise law.

Taught by professors with extensive professional experience, the programme provides specialised, up-to-date and rigorous training, in addition to preparing participants for the State Examination for Access to the Legal Profession. Students can complement and enhance this degree with the Advanced Legal Programme in International Business Law.

Master in Legal Practice

Curriculum

CUNEF Universidad’s Master in Legal Practice is an official degree consisting of 90 ECTS credits distributed as follows:

Compulsory Courses: 54 credits
Academic Internship: 30 credits
Final Dissertation (FD): 6 credits

COURSE	ECTS	TERM
Legal Practice: Functions, Competencies, Duties and Law Firm Management (9 ECTS): -Legal Practice and Law Firm Management -Procedural Practice and Law Firm Management -Ethics and Deontology in Legal Practice -In-House Counsel (LegalTech and AI)	Total ECTS: 9 2 2 2 3	Fall Fall Fall Spring
Criminal Procedural Practice I	3	Fall
Contentious-Administrative and Constitutional Procedural Practice I	3	Fall
Civil and Commercial Procedural Practice I	3	Fall
Legal System and Trading Practices	3	Fall
Legal System and Banking Practices	3	Fall
General and Consumer Banking Contracts	3	Fall
Supervision and Sanctioning Regimes	3	Fall
Property Law	3	Spring
Compliance and Corporate Governance	5	Spring
Labour Procedural Practice	5	Spring
Obligations and Contracts	3	Spring
Criminal Procedural Practice II	3	Spring
Contentious-Administrative and Constitutional Procedural Practice II	3	Spring
Civil and Commercial Procedural Practice II	2	Spring

COURSE	ECTS	TERM
Academic Internship	30	Fall and Spring
Final Dissertation (FD)	6	Fall and Spring

Career Outcomes

This master equips students with the necessary competencies to skilfully practice law as lawyers or solicitors from day one. It includes 30 ECTS credits for a curricular internship that guarantees that participants will immerse themselves professionally in law firms, corporate legal consultancy firms, financial institutions and public bodies, facilitating a smooth transition into the job market.

Graduates can work in:

Law firms of any size and practice area.
Attorneys’ offices, with full mastery of procedural representation and telematic handling of proceedings.
Corporate legal services, especially compliance, contracting, litigation, risk and corporate governance.
Consultancy firms and legal services companies, where there is a very high demand for experts who combine technological and legal analysis skills.
Public administrations and institutions, in defence, advice or procedural processing.

Their multidisciplinary training allows students to integrate quickly into professional teams as skilful litigators and legal advisors.

Advanced Legal Program in International Business Law

This program is designed to complement and enhance the education of the students enrolled in the Master in Legal Practice, focusing on fields such as International Law and European Law.

The Advanced Legal Programme in International Business Law offers students a practical vision on how to approach legal relations between agents in different countries. At the same time, it enhances the employability of those graduates who aim to build a career in law firms and multinational companies operating in several jurisdictions.

Program Structure

The Advanced Legal Programme in International Business Law consists of 24 ECTS credits and is taught in English during the Fall and Spring term of the first year of the Master in Legal Practice:

COURSE	ECTS	TERM
European Single Market Law	4	Fall
European Private International Law	4	Fall
International Litigation and Arbitration	4	Fall
International Contracts	4	Spring
Mergers and Acquisitions Law	4	Spring
European Competition Law	4	Spring