Law – (LL.B.)

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The syllabus in the UPF degree in Law contains basic training subjects (60 credits), compulsory subjects (140 credits) and optional subjects (34 credits). It is also possible, on an optional basis, to undertake a professional internship (12 credits). The syllabus is completed by the production and defence of an end-of-degree dissertation (6 credits), which must enable progress in the command of concepts and knowledge in one or several branches of law and a lawyer's basic skills in particular to be assessed.

The basic subjects are taught at the beginning of the degree, in order to provide students with transversal training in the social sciences field which enhances their ability to understand legal issues from various perspectives. The compulsory subjects are at the core of the legal studies that are deemed essential for any career prospects in the law field and in particular, to be able to pass the admission tests for becoming a lawyer or the competitive admission processes to other legal professions, after the appropriate additional training.

The syllabus also enables some degree of specialisation, which can be acquired by taking some or all of the subjects in one of the seven optional tracks available. The Faculty of Law encourages student mobility by means of exchange programmes with other European universities, as part of the agreements signed with higher education institutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Italy and France, among other countries. The aim thereof is to improve foreign language skills and to contribute to an international focus within the graduates' professional profile.