Master of Access to the Legal Profession

The current system of access to the legal profession in Spain has established a system that accredits minimal knowledge and skills in new lawyers.
However, those who wish to go beyond these requirements and aspire to become part of the elite of the profession must follow a different and more demanding path. If you want to be among the best lawyers of the future, you have to train with the best of the present. Those specialists from the most reputable firms who will help you go from books and notes to the application of law in real cases, in a real environment and with the best customer service as a goal.
To this end and during the teaching period (Module I to III), students consolidate their knowledge of law, while learning to work with real cases and in the real environment in which they occur. They do this with the help of prestigious teachers and renowned professionals, who begin the selection process for the internship in class. Visits and workshops are also carried out in different firms, where students get used to their working methods and get to know first-hand both their managers and the issues they face in their day-to-day work.
The preparation of this program is not only directed at the way the profession is practiced today, but also at how it will be practiced and what will be demanded of lawyers in the immediate future. Thus, you will learn how to work in any area of law firms (Cravath or Wachtell models) or legal departments of large companies, as well as in ALSP or startups in the legaltech sector.
To complete the training as a T-Shaped lawyer, workshops are given, role-playing is done and work is done on negotiation skills, public speaking, time organization strategies and resource management. All of this allows you to acquire the skills that are a differentiating element and a lever for professional promotion.
Finally, and thanks to personalized guidance and direct contact with employers, whose human resources departments are directly involved in the development of the program, students are incorporated into their internship period (Module V), taking into account the firms and areas for which they are most inclined and for which they show the best skills. This training period will be compatible with the preparation of the Master’s work (Module IV), which must be presented to a panel after completion of the internship.
CAMPUS: Madrid
DURATION: 18 months
STRUCTURE
Phase one:
- Classroom instruction:
- A full academic year.
- Classes from Monday to Thursday in the morning and Friday for extracurricular sessions, conferences and practical sessions in offices and institutions collaborating with ISDE.
Second phase (Integration in practices):
- Obligatory phase. One academic semester in law firms or legal departments of big companies collaborating with ISDE (more than 250), both national and international.
Studying the Master of Access to Lawyers ISDE prepares you for today’s legal market, where not only law firms and legal advisors of companies compete, but also ALSPs, highly specialized boutiques and other structures formed by hybrid teams.
The Master allows you to differentiate yourself and get to know those who are a reference in the sector, who will be your professors in the program and your guides at the beginning of your professional career.

ASSIGNMENT	ECTS	QUARTER	HOURS/TEACHING
1. El ejercicio de la abogacía: funciones, competencias, deberes y gestión del despacho	10	1	95
2. Asesoría de derecho administrativo y proceso contencioso-administrativo	5,5	1	55
3. Aplicación práctica de los derechos fundamentales y procedimientos para su defensa	3	1	30
4. Asesoría penal y proceso penal	7	1	65
5. Derecho patrimonial	6,5	2	60
6. Asesoría laboral y de la Seguridad Social	4,5	2	45
7. Asesoría jurídica internacional	3	2	30
8. Asesoría jurídica en derecho de la competencia, sociedades y concursal	5	2	50
9. Práctica procesal civil y mercantil	5	2	50
10. Fiscalidad de actos, negocios y contratos	4,5	2	45
			525

11. Prácticas	24
12. TFM	6
13. Visitas institucionales	6

Note:

This degree is currently undergoing a reform process to adapt it to Law 15/2021, of October 23, which modifies Law 34/2006, of October 30, and unifies access to the professions of Lawyer and Court Agent, as well as to Royal Decree 64/2023, of February 8, which develops the aforementioned Law. For this reason, modifications to the structure and content of the curriculum may occur.

Carried out by the ISDE Admissions Committee, it is divided into 2 phases:
- Evaluation of documents: the candidate must send the following documents to the admissions coordinator assigned to him/her:
  - Curriculum Vitae
  - Motivation letter (in which you express the reasons why you want to do this master’s degree)
  - University degree (if you already have one)
  - University transcript (list of subjects and grades)
  - At least one letter of recommendation
- Presential tests: 3h approximately
  - Written tests:
    
    Psycho-technical test
    
    Reasoning test
    
    English level test
  - Interviews:
    
    Personal interview with a member of the admissions office
    
    Court. With members of the academic and general management.
* REMOTE ADMISSION PROCESS AVAILABLE (for cases that need it)
If you wish to start the admission process, you can do so by sending us your documentation through the following link: ISDE ADMISSION PROCESS

The teachers who participate in our program are prestigious references in their areas of expertise. Among our professors, we have practicing lawyers, partners from large international law firms or from the legal departments of multinationals or specialized boutiques, senior civil servants and university professors with solid careers in research, but closely linked to companies through consulting work.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

D. Plácido Molina (Cuatrecasas Lawyer)
Dña. Cristina de Amunátegui Rodríguez (Teacher of Civil Law – Accredited to Professor)

ASSIGNMENT	ACADEMIC COUNCIL
1. El ejercicio de la abogacía: funciones, competencias, deberes y gestión del despacho	D. PLÁCIDO MOLINA – Abogado de Cuatrecasas
2. Asesoría de derecho administrativo y proceso contencioso-administrativo	DR. TOMÁS CANO – Of Counsel de DS Avocats y Catedrático de Derecho Administrativo de la UCM
3. Aplicación práctica de los derechos fundamentales y procedimientos para su defensa	DRA. MARÍA ROCA – Catedrática de Derecho Constitucional de la UCM
4. Asesoría penal y proceso penal	DR. MANUEL OLLÉ, Socio Director de Ollé Sesé Abogados y Profesor de Derecho Penal en la UCM
5. Derecho patrimonial	DRA. CRISTINA DE AMUNÁTEGUI – Catedrática de Derecho Civil de la UCM
6. Asesoría laboral y de la Seguridad Social	DRA. RAQUEL AGUILERA – Letrada del Tribunal Constitucional y Profesora Titular de Derecho del Trabajo de la UCM
7. Asesoría jurídica internacional	DRA. CARMEN OTERO – Catedrática de Derecho internacional privado de la UCM
8. Asesoría jurídica en derecho de la competencia, sociedades y concursal	DR. JOSÉ LUIS COLINO – Profesor Titular de Derecho Mercantil de la UCM
9. Práctica procesal civil y mercantil	DRA. PILAR PEITEADO – Of Counsel de Adarve y Profesora Titular de Derecho Procesal de UCM
10. Fiscalidad de actos, negocios y contratos	DR. JOSÉ ALMUDÍ – Profesor Titular de Derecho Financiero y Tributario