Professional Work Placement
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
Head instructor
Dra. Montserrat NEBRERA - mnebrera@uic.es
Office hours
Reyes Alcón: ralcon@uic.es
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 09.30 to 13.30. In any case, you must send an e-mail in advance to arrange the time
The external practices introduce the student in the detailed on-site analysis of a relevant experience of legal advice or forensic intervention through direct contact with a law firm or an institution with legal activity.
The University Master in Law has a strong professional orientation, which makes the internship period very important. The internships are another means of training the student in terms of knowledge and skills. They are made under an agreement with the office or institution with legal activity and under the supervision and monitoring of the University and a representative of the host institution.
Having passed the first semester.
The objective of the internship is that students make contact with the reality of legal practice and can apply to theoretical assumptions the theoretical concepts learned in the Degree and the Master, experience that will help them in their future insertion in the world of work.
- Recognizes and values the ordinary internal functioning of a professional office.
- Prepares all the precise procedural documents for the defense of a client.
- Applies the basic principles of substantive and procedural law and identifies the main problems that may arise both in the consulting and in the course of the process.
- It faces professional deontological problems.
- Be familiar with the operation and problems of institutions related to the practice of the legal profession.
- Learn about the activity of other legal operators, as well as professionals related to the practice of their legal profession.
- Receive updated information on the development of the professional career and the possible lines of activity, as well as on the instruments for its management.
- In general, it develops the skills and abilities necessary for the practice of the legal profession.
• Face professional deontological problems.
• Become familiar with the functioning and problems of institutions related to the practice of the professions of lawyer and attorney.
• Know the activity of other legal operators, as well as professionals related to the exercise of their profession.
• Receive updated information on the development of the professional career and the possible lines of activity, as well as on the instruments for its management.
• In general, develop the competencies and skills necessary for the practice of the professions of lawyer and attorney of the courts.
The internships will be developed in the offices of professional offices and collaborating entities of the Faculty of Law, with a duration of 30 ECTS credits from the 2nd semester of the Master's program.
Throughout the internship period the student will have two tutors, the University and a lawyer from the office or institution where he practices.
With the tutor of the Master for the improvement of skills. And you must present, once the internship is finished, the work done before the host institution through a memory document.
The assigned tutors will issue a joint report on student performance and make suggestions for improvement.
Internship tutors report: 90%
Student Self-Assessment Report: 10%