Master in International Advocacy

Program’s general structure

The study plan for the Master in International Advocacy is based on a series of common modules, which encompass 5 ECTS of soft skills subjects, as well as common contents. The latter entail a total of 23 ECTS, split in seven subjects. Students will have to enroll in both soft skills and the common contents.

These common contents provide knowledge and skills that will be of use in the more specialized courses, which are grouped in intensification modules, with a total of 18 credits, which will enable the students to choose one out of the two pre-defined paths that are offered as specialized content: Transactional and Dispute Resolution.

Students wishing to take an additional path to the first one selected or to register for additional subjects corresponding to the path different from the one chosen may request it from the Program Management before September 10 of the course that is being started. The subjects that correspond to the specialization paths are compatible with each other, so there are no time incompatibilities.

The structure of the Master also includes internships and a Master's Project with a highly practical approach, which will consist in participating in an international moot court or in the Business Transaction Lab (BTL).

(*) The minimum number of students to open a module is 15.
 

C) Compulsory: 28 ECTS

E) Elective Course: 18 ECTS

Internships: 6 ECTS

TFM) Master's Thesis: 8 ECTS

course Programs

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GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered​: 2017

• Information about Master´s Degree
• Verification Report
• External Evaluation and Monitoring Reports

QUALITY INDICATORS

☛ Master's Degree indicators

☛ Labour insertion indicators

PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).

• Academic Committee

FACULTY AND COURSE PLAN

☛ Curriculum subjects and their faculty (On-campus)

☛ Curriculum subjects and their faculty (Blended Learning)

Graduate Profile and Competences

• Graduate profile and competences

Application

The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

Requirements

For the admission to the Master in International Advocacy the basic requirement is to have obtained or be in the condition to get before the Master starts a Bachelor or Degree in the area of ​​Law.

In no case the completion of the Master in International Advocay will mean recognition by the Carlos III University of Madrid of the possibility of subsequently practicing as a lawyer in Spain or abroad.
 

COURSES 0

Students who have obtained their law degree outside Spain, either in other European Union countries or in third countries, must attend the Course 0 of Introduction to Spanish and European Union Law  of 22 hours and pass the corresponding exam. Once the exam has been passed, a certificate of attendance and passing of the Introductory Course will be provided to those students who request it. This Course 0 will be compulsory, but it will not be a requirement to take the program and is not subject to payment of any fee.
 

It is mandatory for the students of the program to take, as a complementary training, a course 0 on Introduction to Accounting  and other Financial matters. Exempted from this obligation will be: (i) the students enrolled in the Double Master in Legal Practice and the Master in International Advocacy, or (ii) the students who, besides Law, have majored in Business Administration, Economics, Finance and Accounting, or similar degrees, which can attest a sufficient understanding of accounting.

Even if not mandatory, it is advisable to take it for these students as well, if they need, or wish, to refresh their basic accounting and financial concepts and tools, especially for those students enrolled in the Transactional specialty. The course is part of the program and is free for the students.
 

Likewise, all students of the Program must attend the Transversal Activities organized by the School of Law.

Admission criteria

* Having a Dual Degree will be considered of value.

Notwithstanding the admission criteria Indicated above, the Academic Committee may consider to hold a personal Interview with the candidates if the Committee finds it necessary for its final decision.

Language requirements

You can check the language requirements of the generic language required to study for a Master at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

The Master in International Advocacy is taught entirely in English* on the Transactional path, and is bilingual (English and Spanish) on the path of Dispute resolution.
 

* The End of the Master Project as well as the Internship might be done in a bilingual way, although it will not be necessary to accredit any level of knowledge of the Spanish language. The Program will guarantee that those subjects might be developed in the English language.

students with foreign university degrees

Once admitted to the Master’s, students with university degrees issued by a higher education institution belonging to an educational system outside the EHEA, must provide, for enrolment, the diploma, legalized by diplomatic procedures or by means of The Hague Apostille. They must also submit the transcript of records, with the grade point average, duly legalized.

More information about Legalization of Foreign Documents.

If needed, documents must be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish.

TUITION fees*

Reservation fee: €800 

• it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment
• the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

60 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €9,000 (€150/ECTS credit)
• International (Non EU) students: €13,500 (€225/ECTS credit)

✎│Tuition fees
 

International Teaching of optional courses will be ultimately conditional to the enrollment of a minimum of 15 students in each intensification modules.
 

NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the  the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

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* Current fees for the 24/25 academic year, pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the 25/26 academic year.

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment. If the student enrolls full-time and does not take the double master's degree, he/she must enrol for a total of 60 credits corresponding to all the subjects related to the First and Second semester of Subject 1 (Soft Skills), Subject 2 (Common Contents), and Subject 3 in the corresponding intensification module. In the case of Subject 3, the student must register for all the subjects corresponding to the Transactional area or for all the subjects corresponding to the Dispute resolution area according to his/her choice. In addition to the above and in order to complete the 60 credits, students must register for the subjects: Internships and Master Final Project.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

✎│Enrolment master’s programmes

✎│ECTS credits recognition

Best Practices and Regulations

• Student cohabitation system
• Ethical code
• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's degree access rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

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A. MOOT COURT (Dispute resolution Track)

B. Social Challenge: Research work

BUSINESS TRANSACTION LAW (BTL)

To obtain the Master's degree students must undertake a Master 's Final Project, which will consist of participation in a moot court or a business transaction lab (BTL). Exceptionally it may be a research paper on any of the matters of the Master.

The BTL replicates the practice of a transactional attorney in large operations, on an international scale. The practical case (Case Study) will consist of a simulation of an acquisition of company assets, or both, with a cross - border dimension. Students will not only have to get familiar with the process, but also learn to identify risks, and reflect them through the appropriate clauses, which will have to be incorporated in the contractual documentation they will have to draft.

In order to simulate the cross-border situation in a more realistic manner the students should lead the process, coordinate and negotiate in teams of lawyers, which will be formed with students from other countries. Teams will not be formed on the basis of their nationalities, but on the basis of the parties to the transaction, so that each party-team will be represented in each of the jurisdictions involved.

In the process of coordination, negotiation, drafting and closing students will be tutored by lawyers of prestige and experience in large operations. The ultimate goal will be to achieve the closing of a complex transaction, with its associated documentation.