Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Valencia (since 1998). President of the University of Valencia General Foundation and Vice Rector for Communication and Institutional Relations (2010–2014). She is the first and only female legal scholar in the Spanish-speaking world to be part of the AKademiaNet Network (which includes influential female researchers from around the world). She has been awarded the Grand Cross of San Raimundo de Peñafort. She is an honorary consul of the Lonja and President of the Alexander von Humboldt Association–Spain. She is a member of the ValgrAI Foundation.
She is a member of the General Codification Commission. She served on the Ministry of Justice’s Commission of 8 Experts tasked with drafting the Principles of the Law on Judicial Organization and Jurisdictional Boundaries from 2008 to 2009 and was a member of the LECRIM 2021 Commission.
who received her scientific training in Germany (DAAD, Max Planck, and Alexander von Humboldt fellowships). Sole author of 22 books; co-author of nearly 700 books, some of which she edited (30). She has published articles in national and international journals. She has participated in 18 research projects (mostly as principal investigator). She has completed 6 six-year research terms and 6 six-year teaching terms.
Honorary doctorate from the following universities: Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University (Bolivia, 2006), Örebro University (Sweden, 2017), Inca Garcilaso University (Peru, 2018), Norbert Wiener University of Peru (2021), and the Autonomous University of Chile (2021); Honorary professor at the Faculty of Ourense, honorary member of the Cuban Society of Procedural Law, and member of the Mexican and Spanish Academies of Criminal Sciences. She has completed numerous research stays at prestigious universities.
She has supervised 23 doctoral dissertations. She has delivered more than 400 lectures and taught courses at most Spanish, Asian, and Latin American universities, and has trained lawyers, judges, and prosecutors. She has been a professional and academic pioneer in the field of ADR (mediation, negotiation, arbitration). She is a national and international arbitrator and President of the Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation of Valencia. She is a mediator. She is currently working on sustainability, vulnerability, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and justice.
| 01/09/2026 - 31/07/2027 |
| LUNES de 10:30 a 12:30 3D05 DESPATX 3D05 DESPATX FACULTAT DE DRET |
| 01/09/2026 - 31/07/2027 |
| MARTES de 09:30 a 10:30 3D05 DESPATX 3D05 DESPATX FACULTAT DE DRET |
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| Participate in the e-tutoring programme of the Universitat de València |