Law Degree

• Admission profile

  Access to the degree does not require special personal or academic characteristics, except for those relating to the language skills required for students who wish to take subjects in English. In particular, as there are no specific subjects of legal training in secondary education and high school, it is not possible to recommend a specific academic profile to students.

• Minimum number of ECTS enrollment credits per student and school period

  Access to the degree does not require special personal or academic characteristics, except for those relating to the language skills required for students who wish to take subjects in English. In particular, as there are no specific subjects of legal training in secondary education and high school, it is not possible to recommend a specific academic profile to students.

• Tutorial action and reception

  The USC has a programme of student tutors for undergraduate degrees, so that final year students, after training provided by the University, carry out guidance tasks for students who are starting their studies.

  Tutor student programme information:
  Programa alumnos titores

• Title suspension rules

  When a degree suspension occurs, the USC guarantees the adequate development of teachings that were initiated by their students until its suspension. For that, the Government Council approves the criteria related with the admission of new degree entry registration and the gradual suspension of teaching impartation, among others.

  If the suspended degree is substituted for a similar one —modifying the nature of the degree—, the new degree regulations will set the conditions to facilitate students the continuity of the new degree’s studies. These regulations will also set subject equivalences in both programmes.

• Access and admission rules

  Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
  A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
  A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
  A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
  A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university study programmes.
  A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
  A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.
  Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
  B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
  B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
  B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
  Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
  C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education System regulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

The Faculty of Law has 11 general purpose classrooms, 9 rooms for work in small groups, 4 computer rooms and two language rooms.

There are also areas designated for students, like a reading rooms with more than 200 seats.

We can also highlight that wireless Internet connection is available everywhere in the Faculty.

The Library “Concepción Arenal”, which serves the Faculties of Polítical and Social Sciences, Law and Labour Relations, is placed next to the Faculty, and has over 900 reading stations.

The general objective of the proposed Degree in Law is to provide a basic general training in Law, which will provide graduates with the skills required to work in the legal and paralegal professions.
Specific objectives are:
a) The formation of a lawyer, which involves both the acquisition of knowledge of substantive law as well as the capacity to interpret, integrate and apply legal rules.
b) The capacity for critical analysis of the Law and policy- making.
c) The acquisition of additional skills, necessary for the understanding of the legal system and the performance of legal and paralegal professions.

• Basic skills

  Que los estudiantes hayan demostrado poseer y comprender conocimientos en un área de estudio que parte de la base de la educación secundaria general, y se suele encontrar a un nivel que, si bien se apoya en libros de texto avanzados, incluye también algunos aspectos que implican conocimientos procedentes de la vanguardia de su campo de estudio;

  Que los estudiantes sepan aplicar sus conocimientos a su trabajo o vocación de una forma profesional y posean las competencias que suelen demostrarse por medio de la elaboración y defensa de argumentos y la resolución de problemas dentro de su área de estudio;

  Que los estudiantes tengan la capacidad de reunir e interpretar datos relevantes (normalmente dentro de su área de estudio) para emitir juicios que incluyan una reflexión sobre temas relevantes de índole social, científica o ética;

  Que los estudiantes puedan transmitir información, ideas, problemas y soluciones a un público tanto especializado como no especializado;

  Que los estudiantes hayan desarrollado aquellas habilidades de aprendizaje necesarias para emprender estudios posteriores con un alto grado de autonomía.

• Generic skills

  1. Ability to understand, analyse and synthesise
  2. Ability to organize and plan
  3. Ability to obtain and manage information
  4. Teamwork, including interdisciplinary teams
  5. Work in an international context
  6. Interpersonal skills in a professional context
  7. Ability to adapt to new situations
  8. Creativity
  9. Sensitivity in relation to social, economic and environmental issues

• Specific skills

  1. Use the principles of freedom, equality, justice and pluralism and democratic values and a culture of peace in the interpretation of the Legal System, with special attention to fundamental rights
  2. Perceive the unitary nature of the legal system and achieve the necessary systematic and overall vision of legal problems
  3. Acquire mastery of the techniques for obtaining legal information
  4. Acquire the capacity for reasoning and legal argumentation with a critical awareness in the analysis of the Ordinance
  5. Acquire the ability to analyse and solve problems arising from the practice and application of Law.

Mobility

Student mobility is regulated through the “Regulation of inter-university exchange.” Exchange programmes are managed through the International Relations Office, such as national exchange programmes (SICUE) as well as Europeans (ERASMUS) and from outside the European Union (exchanges with Latin American countries or English-speaking countries):
Portal Internacional

Internships

Prácticas Externas Optativas

Pueden obtenerse 9 ECTS por reconocimiento académico por la realización de prácticas externas relacionadas con la titulación, de acuerdo con lo establecido en el art. 12.6 del Real Decreto 1393/2007. Para obtener dicho reconocimiento, los alumnos deberán cursar y superar el total de estos 9 ECTS mediante prácticas externas. Para la configuración de la oferta de las prácticas se adaptarán los convenios que la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela tiene suscritos en la actualidad para la realización del Prácticum externo del vigente plan de estudios de la Licenciatura en Derecho.

Los alumnos deberán realizar un trabajo en el que demuestren las competencias adquiridas a lo largo de la titulación. La Facultad hará cada curso una oferta de trabajos y de tutores. Los alumnos seleccionarán el tema del trabajo dentro de esa oferta y el tutor o tutores serán designados a cada alumno en función del contenido del trabajo y de la capacidad docente del profesorado. Para poder matricularse del trabajo de fin de Grado, los alumnos deberán tener superados 150 ECTS de la titulación, entre ellos todos los de la primera mitad de la misma.