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Moving Towards an International Legal Education in Spain

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The Internationalisation of Legal Education

Part of the book series: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law ((GSCL,volume 19))

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The aim of this chapter is to describe the extent to which legal education has been internationalised in Spain. This is analysed both from an academic point of view (programs and subjects offered by Law Schools), and from a professional point of view (the reality of the legal profession, in particular in the business law firms). For this purpose, the chapter includes examples of specific programs and Law Schools in the Spanish legal education landscape. The new regulation to access the legal profession and the “European Higher Education Area” (Bologna process) are key elements of current legal education and are therefore taken into consideration. Other topics considered in this chapter are the accreditation of programs, the growth of dual degree programs and programs accredited under two different jurisdictions, as well as the skills required to practice law as a global lawyer.

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    Regulation to Access the legal profession in Spain. Real Decreto 775/2011, de 3 de junio, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley 34/2006, de 30 de octubre, sobre el acceso a las profesiones de Abogado y Procurador de los Tribunales.

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    Consejo de Universidades http://www.mecd.gob.es/ministerio-mecd/organizacion/organismos/consejo-universidades.html Access 13.11.15.

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    Regulation on official academic programs. Real Decreto 861/2010, de 2 de julio, por el que se modifica el Real Decreto 1393/2007, de 29 de octubre, por el que se establece la ordenación de las enseñanzas universitarias oficiales.

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    Consejo General de la Abogacía Española. “La abogacía española en datos y cifras”, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2012, Page 71.

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    European Higher Education Area http://www.ehea.info/ Access 13.11.15.

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    Consejo General de la Abogacía, Actualidad. 14.08.15 http://www.abogacia.es/2015/08/14/la-cifra-del-negocio-en-el-sector-juridico-aumenta-un-108-respecto-al-ano-anterior/ Access 13.11.15.

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    Consejo General de la Abogacía Española. “La abogacía española en datos y cifras”, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2012, Pages 12, 17, 146.

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    Consejo General de la Abogacía Española. “La abogacía española en datos y cifras”, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2012, Page 89.

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    Organismo Autónomo Programas Educativos Europeos 2012. Datos y cifras del programa ERASMUS en España Curso 2010–2011. http://www.oapee.es/dctm/weboapee/servicios/publicaciones/publicaciones-erasmus/bajadatos-y-cifrasok-2.pdf?documentId=0901e72b81579623 Access 13.11.15.

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    Financial Times http://rankings.ft.com/lawschools/llm-listing-2014 Access 13.11.15.

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    Consejo General de la Abogacía Española. “La abogacía española en datos y cifras”, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2012, Page 10.

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  • Regulation on official academic programs. Real Decreto 861/2010, de 2 de julio, por el que se modifica el Real Decreto 1393/2007, de 29 de octubre, por el que se establece la ordenación de las enseñanzas universitarias oficiales.

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  • Regulation to Access the legal profession in Spain. Real Decreto 775/2011, de 3 de junio, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley 34/2006, de 30 de octubre, sobre el acceso a las profesiones de Abogado y Procurador de los Tribunales.

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  1. IE University, IE Law School, Madrid, Segovia, Spain

    Soledad Atienza

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  2. Faculty of Law, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

    William van Caenegem

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Atienza, S. (2016). Moving Towards an International Legal Education in Spain. In: Jamin, C., van Caenegem, W. (eds) The Internationalisation of Legal Education. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29125-3_15

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