María Fraile Ortiz
Professor María Fraile Ortiz
Law Degree from Universidad Complutense Madrid (1993); in 1995 she obtained a Diploma of Specialisation in Political Science and Constitutional Law from the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid. She has been a Lecturer and Doctor in Constitutional Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid since 1994 and obtained her PhD in Law from this University in 2000. Since 2005 she has held the position of Tenured Lecturer (Profesora Contratada Doctora), with positive evaluations from ANECA and ACAP.[2][1]
THREE six-year research accreditations (sexenios), FIVE five-year teaching accreditations (quinquenios), and NINE three-year complements (trienios).
Her research focuses on fundamental rights, constitutional justice and constitutional interpretation, European citizenship and European Union law.
Her publications cover a wide range of topics, including Article 102 of the Spanish Constitution (2018), the General Council of the Judiciary (2016), human dignity (2015), European citizenship (2013 and 2010), fundamental rights (2016, 2012, 2011, 2008), and the Senate (2009). In 2016 she also published a work on teaching innovation.
She has collaborated as a researcher in several projects on human dignity and fundamental rights (2015), the General Council of the Judiciary (2014) and the Ombudsman (2013), among others.
She has taken part as a speaker in numerous conferences and seminars at institutions such as the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (2016), the Association of Spanish Constitutionalists (2016), Pompeu Fabra University (2014), Universidad Carlos III (2013), the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (2008), UNED (2007), Ghent University (2006) and the European Group of Public Law, Greece (2006).
She has regularly participated in the assessment of postgraduate research competence, preparing reports, supervising research projects, serving on dissertation examination boards, and supervising and examining numerous undergraduate dissertations (TFG).
She has taught accredited courses at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in the Degrees in Law, Law and Economics, Law and Business Administration, Law and Political Science, Labour Relations and Employment, Security Management and Security Sciences (the latter at the University Centre of the Guardia Civil, Aranjuez) between 2000 and 2025. Her teaching has covered the following subjects: Constitution and Sources of Law, Constitutional Organisation of the State, Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Justice and Constitutional Interpretation, Principles of Law, Fundamental Rights and Security (University Centre of the Guardia Civil), and Legal Framework of Security I and II (University Centre of the Guardia Civil). She has also taught accredited courses on the Master’s Programmes at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Advanced Studies in Public Law and Advanced Studies in Human Rights) in the following subjects: Constitutional Court, European Courts and Fundamental Rights, and Holders and Exercise of Fundamental Rights. In addition, she has taught on the Jurist‑Linguist Master’s Programme at the University of Poitiers (2008, 2011, 2012) on the Spanish Judicial System.
She is regularly commended in student evaluations.
In the DOCENTIA evaluation programme she obtained a DOCENTIA‑UC3M score of 94.77, rated “Excellent +”.