Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) + Master in Labour and Social Security Law
Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) + Master in Labour and Social Security Law
Train yourself to successfully pass the entrance exam for the legal profession with the master's degree that has the highest pass rate at the state level. Together with the Lifelong learning master's degree in Labour and Social Security Law, in which you will acquire the necessary knowledge to analyse and solve the main interpretive problems of current Labour and Social Security legislation.
The double Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) + Lifelong learning master's degree in Labour and Social Security Law offers you an unmatched professional comparative advantage. In addition to taking the Master's in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador), a benchmark program in the training of lawyers in Spain with the highest pass rate at the state level, it allows you to specialize in one of the areas of law with the most professional demand, by dedicating just a few more months .
The program is endorsed by Pompeu Fabra University, the 1st Spanish university and the 15th best university in the world (of those with less than 50 years), according to the Times Higher Education ranking. In addition, UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally.
During the first academic year, the Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) trains you in the central areas of litigation, professional ethics, and business legal advice and specializes in specific professional matters such as bankruptcy, damages, intellectual property, competition, environmental law, real estate and urban development, among others.
The Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) is a unique project that brings together university, professional, public and private institutions, with a common objective: to provide law graduates with an excellent training that, in the current legal framework, allows them not only to pass the future official exam, but, above all, face their professional career as lawyers with the maximum guarantee of success.
Subsequently, the Lifelong learning master's degree in Labour and Social Security Law trains you in a specific way, from advising companies and public institutions to the legal defence of the different subjects of labour relations, whether individual or collective.
Why choose this program
Receive the complete program on Labour and Social Security Law
This master's has been training specialists in the social branch of law for more than 23 years. It is a program to train specialized jurists and, therefore, different from other courses in Human Resources, social promotion or business consulting in general.
Gain a double degree
By dedicating a few more months of study, upon completion you will receive a double master's degree: the Official Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador), issued by Pompeu Fabra University (90 ECTS credits) and the Master's in Labour and Social Security Law, issued by the Pompeu Fabra University (60 ECTS credits).
Learn from industry professionals
The composition of the last two courses consisted of 19 university professors belonging to 13 different universities, 9 magistrates, 7 lawyers from the Public Administration, 4 practising lawyers and 2 Labour and Social Security inspectors.
Access an excellent internship program
The master's provides access to an internship program not only in law firms but also in companies and in public and justice administration. In addition, by taking the double master's degree, we guarantee that you will be able to do the internships in the area of specialization you have chosen.
Highest pass rate at the state level
99% of the students of the Master's in Legal Practice at the UPF Barcelona School of Management who took the official exam for access to the profession between 2016 and 2019, passed.
International recognition
Study at a school accredited by EQUIS, international distinction that guarantees the quality of our institution and makes us the 1st school of management linked to a public university with this accreditation in our country.
Who is it for?
The master's is aimed at recent law graduates with the best academic profiles with very good academic records or who come from double degrees (Business Administration + Law, Law + Economics/Social Work, etc.). In the case of international students students must submit a ratified accreditation.
Curriculum
The Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) + Lifelong learning master's degree in Labour and Social Security law will be taught in 3 languages: Spanish, Catalan and English. Three groups will be created, two of which will be taught in Catalan, Spanish and English, and one in Spanish and English.
The double master's degree is structured in a block of compulsory contents necessary for obtaining the double degree with the specialization in Labour and Social Security Law and the completion of optional subjects, Master's Final Project, and mandatory internship period.
Mandatory Contents
Optional Contents
Legal practice of Capital Mercantile Companies (4 ECTS credits)
Contracts: special questions (4 ECTS credits)
Master's Final Project
Professional internships
Complementary activities
The Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) + Master in Labour and Social Security Law also includes the possibility of participating in practical activities and activities for personal and professional growth such as:
- attendance at trials and custody of detainees
- trial simulations
- workshops organized by collaborating companies and firms
- specific training in public speaking and legal English
- UPF-BSM Inside: is a group of interdisciplinary subjects (applied data, communication, creativity, innovation and project management, sustainability and leadership among others) that, if you take this program, you can access at no additional cost. They are 100% online and you can take them throughout the academic year at your own pace, as they have been designed as self-study subjects.
Language:
3 groups will be created: two whose teaching languages will be Catalan, Spanish and English, and one in Spanish and English.
Qualification obtained
Once students have completed both programs they will obtain the Máster Universitario en Abogacía y Procura official Master's Degree (90 ECTS), issued by the Pompeu Fabra University and the electronic degree (e-Título) for Máster de Formación Permanente en Derecho Laboral y de la Seguridad Social (60 ECTS) issued by Pompeu Fabra University.
Issuance of official Master's Degrees: The amount stipulated in the DOGC (Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia) must be paid for the rights to issue the degree. This rate varies annually and the rate in force at the time of application for the degree will be applied.
The e-Título is an authentic digital degree, issued in pdf format and electronically signed, with the same legal validity as if it were in paper format.
Faculty
The Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) + Master in Labour and Social Security Law has a teaching staff made up of academics and professionals who are experts in each of the subjects that make up the program's study plan.
Academic directors
Collaborating faculty
- Alexandre de le Court
Assistant Professor of Labour Law and Social Security at Pompeu Fabra University. Mentor. - Ana Huertos Torné
Lawyer specialist in employment law. - Ana Salas
Social Magistrate - Antonio Baylos
Director of the Central European and Latin American Institute of University Research for Social Dialogue. Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. - Borja Moreno Pantrigo
Legal Advice for the Department of Social Welfare and Family for the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government) - Eduardo Rojo
Member of the Editorial Board of sociology magazine Papers. Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. - Faustino Rodríguez
Social Magistrate in Barcelona. - Félix Salaverria
Head of Legal Advice for the Department of Social Welfare and Family for the Generalitat de Catalunya. - Félix V. Azón
Master from the London School of Academics (United Kingdom). Social Magistrate. - Fernando Salinas
Magistrate at the Supreme Court. PhD in Law from the University of Seville. - Ferran Camas
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Girona. - Francisco González
Head of Legal Consultancy at the National Institute of the Social Security in Barcelona. - Francisco J. Prados
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Granada. - Ignacio García-Perrote
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Director of Employment Department at Uría-Menéndez Abogados. - Jaime Cabeza
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Vigo. - Jesús Cruz Vilalón
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Seville. - Jesús R. Mercader
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University Carlos III of Madrid. - Jordi Agustí
Magistrate at the Supreme Court. - José Antonio Garcia Ballesteros
Social Security information service in Barcelona. - José Luis Goñi
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the public university of Navarra. - José Manuel Gómez
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Seville. Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law. - Juan López Gandía
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. - Juan Manuel Sánchez-Bustamante
Lawyer of the Social Security Administration. - Juan Reyes
Lawyer from Employment Department at Uría-Menéndez Abogados. Barcelona - Maria José Feijóo
Tenured lecturer of Employment and Social Security Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. - María Luisa Segoviano Astaburuaga
Magistrate at the Supreme Court. - Mercè Saura Súcar
Social Magistrate. - Miguel Arenas
Lawyer and partner at Col.lectiu Ronda. - Nuria Pumar
President of the Equality Commission at the Law Faculty of the University of Barcelona. Tenured lecturer of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Barcelona. - Paco Pérez
Lawyer specialist in employment law. - Patrocinio Rodríguez
Tenured lecturer of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Seville. - Pedro J. López Clarós
Social Security Retirement Dept. in Barcelona - Rafael Laraña
Deputy Director of Retirement, Survival and International Conventions at the National Institute of the Social Security in Barcelona. - Rosa Maria Viroles Piñol
Magistrate at the Supreme Court. - Santiago González Ortega
PhD in Law from the University of Bologna. Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University Pablo de Olavide - Sebastián de Soto
Professor of Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Huelva. - Sergio Canalda
Assistant Professor of Labour Law and Social Security at the Pompeu Fabra University. Mentor. - Telma Vega Felgueroso
Employment Inspector.
Methodology
The course is conceived with the purpose of combining two aims that could seem antagonistic: generality and depth. The first is manifested in an all-encompassing program design in which all aspects of labour law are considered, with special emphasis on those aspects that have undergone more recent modifications.
Appropriate content for the official exam
The compulsory subjects are intended to guarantee adequate preparation for the official exam and, on the other hand, complete the compulsory content to obtain the specialization degree in Labour and Social Security Law, thus placing the student in the best conditions to start their professional career as a lawyer.
Litigation Subjects
These make up the main content block of the program. From problems posed by real cases, the students will be able to apply procedural and substantive law, internal and community law to their resolution. The writing of legal documents (demands, complaints, appeals) and their oral defence (simulations of trials and oral hearings) play an essential role in these subjects.
Other essential content
Essential content for the exercise of the legal profession are studied, such as deontology, negotiation and the organization of the office, which will play a fundamental role in the subsequent official examination.
Tutoring and monitoring
Throughout the program, the academic management team will monitor the student to offer support and ensure their proper progress.
Complementary activities
The master will organize during the school period a series of voluntary extracurricular activities: attendance at trials and custody of detainees, trial simulations, workshops organized by collaborating companies and firms, specific training (such as public speaking and legal English), etc.
Evaluation
To obtain the corresponding qualification, it is essential to pass all the subjects, the evaluation of which will depend on the corresponding teacher and which may consist of a continuous evaluation, completion of a task/exercise or a final exam. The Master's Final Project must also be passed, there must be regular attendance in class (a minimum of 80%), and practical exercises and compulsory work must be carried out and delivered to the professionals who commission them and who will mark them in each case.
Tools
Project-oriented learning and the combination of lectures and active methodologies such as case studies, flipped learning, solving real problems and professional simulations allow the student to connect theory and practice, acquire advanced skills and achieve learning which is transferable to work.
You will have:
- Master's Final Project or Postgraduate Final Project
- A personal mentor to monitor your final project
- Digital resources to achieve transversal skills
- Interdisciplinary activities and workshops
Professional Future
To obtain the corresponding qualification, it is essential to pass all the subjects, the evaluation of which will depend on the corresponding teacher and which may consist of a continuous evaluation, completion of a task/exercise or a final exam. The Master's Final Project must also be passed, there must be regular attendance in class (a minimum of 80%), and practical exercises and compulsory work must be carried out and delivered to the professionals who commission them and who will mark them in each case.
Student profile
The program brings together each year recent law graduates mainly from the city of Barcelona. It is therefore a junior profile, with the previous experience acquired in the professional practices carried out during the Law Degree.
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Career opportunities
To pass the program, each student must complete a curricular internship with a value of 30 ECTS credits. The internships will be full-time and will take place between June and November in the law firms, companies and institutions that collaborate with the program. The stay will be tutored by an experienced lawyer with the supervision of a team of tutors and will have the aim of enabling the student to:
- Face professional deontological problems.
- Become familiar with the functioning and problems of institutions related to the practice of the legal profession.
- Know the activity of other legal operators, as well as professionals related to the exercise of the profession.
- Receive updated information on the development of professional careers and the possible lines of activity, as well as on the instruments to manage them.
- In general, develop the skills and abilities necessary to practice the legal profession.
The Master‘s Degree in Spanish Legal Professions (Abogado y Procurador) + Labour and Social Security Law aims to provide law graduates with excellent training that, in the current legal framework, allows them not only to pass the future official exam, but, above all, to start their professional career as lawyers and experts in the field of Labour and Social Security Law with the maximum chances of success.