Degree in Law

  • Students must have acquired knowledge and understanding in a specific field of study, on the basis of general secondary education and at a level that includes mainly knowledge drawn from advanced textbooks, but also some cutting-edge knowledge in their field of study.
  • Students must be able to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have acquired the competences required for the preparation and defence of arguments and for problem solving in their field of study.
  • Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in their field of study) to make judgements that take relevant social, scientific or ethical issues into consideration.
  • Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both expert and lay audiences.
  • Students must have developed the learning skills needed to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Be able to work in an international context.
  • Be able to correctly search, locate, analyse and select different sources of legal information.
  • Be able to analyse and synthesise legal texts, jurisprudence and doctrine.
  • Acquire the knowledge needed to function in the knowledge society and be able to use ICT properly to evaluate, use and communicate legal information.
  • Be able to organise and plan study and research.
  • Be able to communicate correctly both orally and in writing.
  • Be able to communicate correctly both orally and in writing.
  • Be able to make decisions based on legal grounds.
  • Be able to work in a coordinated team.
  • Be able to work in interdisciplinary teams in the field of law.
  • Be able to recognise and value diversity and multiculturalism.
  • Develop critical reasoning.
  • Acquire an ethical commitment to social problems.
  • Be able to learn autonomously.
  • Be able to adapt to new situations.
  • Be able to generate ideas.
  • Be able to lead work teams.
  • Know and understand other cultures and customs.
  • Have initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Show motivation for quality and innovation.
  • Be able to adopt a sensitive attitude towards social, economic and environmental issues.
  • Recognise the importance of law as a system for regulating social relations.
  • Know the content and application of each of the branches of the legal system.
  • Understand the legal system as unitary and have an interdisciplinary perspective of legal problems.
  • Be able to apply constitutional principles and values, the respect for human rights, with special attention to equality between men and women, sustainability and the culture of peace as working tools in the interpretation of the legal system.
  • Understand the constitutional regulatory framework, the political institutions of the State and their functioning.
  • Know the community and international regulatory framework, its institutions and their functioning.
  • Be able to use legal sources (legal, jurisprudential and doctrinal).
  • Be able to read and interpret legal texts.
  • Be able to communicate correctly both orally and in writing in the field of law.
  • Be able to analyse legal problems and synthesise their approach and resolution.
  • Develop critical awareness for the analysis of the legal system and develop the legal dialectic.
  • Acquire basic knowledge of legal arguments.
  • Be able to use information and communication technology to obtain and select legal information.
  • Have negotiation and conciliation skills.
  • Be able to create and structure regulations.
  • Understand the law in its historical dimension and the differences in regulations sequenced chronologically.
  • Understand the basic functions of the different legal professions.
  • Know, understand and know how to apply the interrelation between law and other non-legal disciplines.