JD/Licenciatura en Derecho
University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Academic Requirements
WCL students must complete the first two academic years at WCL and the last two years at UC3. At WCL, students will complete a minimum of 59 credits, prior to starting the Licenciatura en Derecho program at UC3. This amount includes all the required courses of the program of study and those established by UC3 as equivalent to its curriculum.
After completing the course of study in Spain, students will receive the Licenciatura en Derecho from UC3 and the JD degree from WCL.
Courses
In addition to the regular JD required courses, WCL dual degree students must take; International Public Law, a course on International Private Law, Jurisprudence, Modern Legal Theory, or another course in legal theory, and Law & Economics (unless other course in Economics was taken at the undergraduate or graduate level).
Some of these requirements may be fulfilled through an independent study.
The following courses will be taken at UC3:
- Concentrated Academic Period 1 (September)
- Derecho Civil I
- Derecho Romano
- First Academic Term (October thru January):
- Derecho Civil II
- Derecho Constitucional I
- Introducción al Derecho Procesal
- Derecho Comunitario
- Derecho Penal I
- Derecho Administrativo I
- Second Academic Term (last week of February thru June 1st):
- Derecho Civil III
- Derecho Constitucional II
- Derecho Penal II
- Derecho Administrativo II
- Derecho Procesal Civil
- Derecho Mercantil I
- Concentrated Academic Period 2 (September)
- Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social I
- Historia del Derecho Español
- Third Academic Term (October thru January):
- Derecho Civil IV
- Derecho Constitucional III
- Derecho Penal III
- Derecho Administrativo III
- Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social II
- Derecho Mercantil II
- Derecho Financiero y Tributario I
- Fourth Academic Term (last week of February thru June 1st):
- Derecho Civil V
- Derecho Administrativo IV
- Derecho Procesal Penal
- Derecho Mercantil III
- Derecho Financiero y Tributario II
- Derecho Eclesiástico del Estado
- Practicum (Prácticas profesionales).
