Degree in Law + LL.M. IN global corporate Law and International Relations
Program
- Undergraduate + Graduate
Learning Option
- Face-to-face
Language
- Spanish and English
Credits
- 300 ETCS
Degree in Law + LL.M. IN global corporate Law and International Relations
The Degree in Law + LL.M. IN global corporate Law and International Relations is aimed at those students who in addition to wanting a highly specialised comprehensive legal training, wish to start their careers in national and international legal firms. The programme is for those students not only seeking a highly specialised comprehensive legal training, but who also wish to begin their professional careers in the banking and finance sector, and, in particular, in some of the following areas:
- Banking legal advice
- Tax advice
- Strategic consultancy and corporate development
- Auditing and legal-corporate firms
- Investment banking or commercial banking
As a distinguishing feature, CUNEF has added the Master in Global Corporate Law to this qualification.
Firstly, the Master in Global Corporate Law & International Relations provides the student with a global perspective of law and the international legal system, a characteristic that must define jurists and lawyers in an increasingly globalised world. In this manner, the future lawyer will obtain a solid base in legal training, combining knowledge of multiple legal systems and developing skills that will allow them to become a key figure within an international organisation, both public or private.
Secondly, the Master in Global Corporate Law & International Relations offers an extensive study programme on the international social conditions and international policies and their impact on a global scale in a world that it becoming more globalised. This programme also trains students so that they can develop their professional career in international policy, international business, international diplomacy and international Law.
Hallmarks
The Degree in Law + LL.M. IN global corporate Law and International Relations have the following hallmarks:
- Programme intensity: this is an intensive programme that requires a full-time commitment by the students.
- Three degrees in 6 years (414 ECTS).
- Two professional placements abroad.
- All students complete the course with a high level of English, equivalent to C1 (they must demonstrate this level through an internal or external exam).
- Mentors from the very first year who will accompany them during their time at the centre and whose mission it is to provide them with the resources to successfully develop their career within the institution and then during their professional placement.
- Incorporating distinguishing elements, the Degree in Law + LL.M. IN global corporate Law and International Relations has all the ingredients so that the road to success is clear and reinforced for students having studied at CUNEF.
Objetivos y competenciass
Objectives
The CUNEF Degree in Law + LL.M. IN global corporate Law and International Relations provides students with professional training, knowledge, competences and skills that are highly sought after by judicial operators. The fundamental goals of the qualification are as follows:
- Firstly, the students acquire an in-depth knowledge of the legal system so that they can practice law in public administration and in the business world, in a legal advisory capacity. The aim in this regard is to train professionals who combine an in-depth knowledge of the legal and corporate area with the ability to lead project development and efficiently adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
- Secondly, they acquire the necessary legal training to hold positions of responsibility at the legal departments of national and international companies in industry, trade, banking, insurance, development cooperation, etc.
- Furthermore, the participants also gain familiarity with the processes of decision-making, analysis and summary skills, communication and teamwork. Likewise, they also develop the abilities needed to analyse and resolve legal problems, to apply knowledge in practice, receive and convey information in other languages, and use information and telecommunications technologies.
- Students have the chance to supplement their academic training with practical placements at law firms and legal departments of companies through the educational cooperation programmes, and international training periods through exchange programmes established with a range of international institutions and universities.
- Lastly, the aim is to raise students’ awareness of ethical principles and values in the course of their work.
Competences
The skills acquisition process takes place through the modules and subjects that make up the Degree course. How aptitudes are acquired will of course depend on the student’s stage on the Degree course, with skills being learned at initial, intermediate and advanced levels, as is standard practice within the European university system.
The horizontal and specific skills acquired by students focus on preparing them to engage in professional pursuits corresponding to the qualification offered.
The way the skills are designed likewise complies with the provisions of the ‘MECES’ framework for higher education qualifications in Spain.
Syllabus
First term
| CODE | SUBJECT | LANGUAGE | ECTS | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12805846 | Civil Law: Economics of Marriage and Inheritance | Spanish | 6 | Mandatory |
| 12805844 | Labour Law | Spanish | 6 | Mandatory |
| 12805845 | Private International Law: Principles and Heritage | Spanish | 6 | Mandatory |
| 12805847 | Commercial Law: Financial Markets and Bankruptcy Law | Spanish | 6 | Mandatory |
| 12805852 | Credit Protection and Special Proceedings | Spanish | 6 | Elective |
| Master | Accounting and Finance for Lawyers | Bilingual | 6 | Mandatory |
| Total | 36 |
Second term
| CODE | SUBJECT | LANGUAGE | ECTS | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12805848 | Private International Law of Individuals and Family | Spanish | 3 | Mandatory |
| 12805849 | Accounting for Lawyers | Spanish | 3 | Mandatory |
| 12805865 | International Commercial Law* | Spanish | 6 | Elective |
| 12805857 | Economic and Corporate Crimminal Law* | Spanish | 6 | Elective |
| 12805854 | Legal English* | Bilingual | 6 | Elective |
| 12805870 | Internship* | Spanish | 6 | Elective |
| 12805871 | Final Degree Project | Spanish | 6 | Final Degree Project |
| Master | International Tax Planning | Bilingual | 3 | Mandatory |
| Total | 39 |
- During the second term of Year 4, 3 subjects will be chosen from the available elective options.
First term
| CODE | SUBJECT | LANGUAGE | ECTS | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | Cross-border Transactions | Bilingual | 3 | Mandatory |
| Master | International Corporations and Contracts | Bilingual | 3 | Mandatory |
| Total | 6 |
Second term
| CODE | SUBJECT | LANGUAGE | ECTS | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | Global Corporate Law & IIRR Internship Program | Bilingual | 12 | Mandatory |
| Total | 12 |
First term
| CODE | SUBJECT | LANGUAGE | ECTS | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | Global Corporate Law & IIRR Master thesis and Dissertation | Bilingual | 6 | Mandatory |
| Total | 6 |
Faculty
CUNEF sets out below the information of the faculty who teach this degree (academic and professional CVs for all of them), demonstrating that CUNEF has the necessary faculty required in order to deliver the teaching scheduled for the Degree in Law + LL.M. IN global corporate Law and International Relations.
The academic, research and professional qualifications of the lecturers teaching this qualification at CUNEF are therefore appropriate.
Areas of knowledge | No. of Professors | PhDs | Accredited |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 42 | 28 | 12 |
| Economics | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overall Total | 43 | 29 | 13 |
Internships
The practical activities that are carried out in law firms and company legal departments by the beneficiaries of the practical placement programmes will in all cases be compatible with the academic activities deriving from their studies at CUNEF. The participants on the placements will comply with the hours agreed, the internal rules of the firm or company, and carry out their duties diligently and professionally.
The Goals of the external placements are as follows:
- Contribute to the comprehensive training of the students by complementing their theoretical and practical learning.
- Facilitate the knowledge of the appropriate work methodology to the professional reality in which the students must work, contrasting and applying the knowledge acquired.
- Favour the development of technical, methodological, personal and participative skills.
- Receive a practical experience that facilitates the incorporation into the job market and improves future employability.
- Favour the values of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
- The training project must establish the educational objectives and activities to be developed. The objectives will establish the basic, generic and/or specific skills that the student must acquire. The contents of the placement will ensure the direct relationship with the skills to be acquired during the studies.
In order to participate in the placements, the following REQUIREMENTS must be met:
- Pass all subjects from year 1, 2 and 3 (183 ECTS).
- Be enrolled on the subject “External Placements-Law” (6 ECTS).
- These placements will be carried out under the Cooperation Agreements between the collaborating entities and CUNEF, with the tutor at the firm or company (appointed by the entity) and the academic tutor (appointed by CUNEF) detailed in the Appendix.
- The placements can be carried out during the summer of the year prior to enrolling on the external placement subject or during the corresponding academic year.
Norms and documents
Academic Norms – Law
Official Law Documentation
Quality system
Spanish Universities Act 6/2001, of 21 December 2001, and the reform applied to this by Act 4/2007, of 12 April 2007, Article 31 of which addresses Quality Assurance, lays down the need to establish quality assurance criteria to facilitate evaluation, certification and accreditation, viewing quality assurance as an essential purpose of university policy. Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October 2007, amended by Royal Decree 861/2010, of 2 July 2010, establishing the regulations governing official university education, clearly indicates that “Quality Assurance Systems, which form a part of the new course curricula, likewise provide the basis for the new educational structure to function efficiently and to generate the trust on which the process of qualification accreditation relies”. The establishment of a Quality Assurance System is thus included in the new official university education regulations as a condition of the process of qualification verification and accreditation.
CUNEF has defined the structure of its Internal Quality Assurance System, (IQAS) and the procedures governing this function, in accordance with the demands of Royal Decree 1393/2007, amended by Royal Decree 861/2010.
The IQAS allows CUNEF to ascertain the development of its official qualifications, in support of transparency, the inclusion of continuous improvement strategies and the systematic organisation of actions effectively contributing to qualifications quality assurance and efficiency in processes to appraise verification, monitoring and renewal of mandatory official qualifications accreditation.
The CUNEFIQAS has the following structure: Degree Quality Committee, Master’s Programme Quality Committee and Doctorate Quality Committee, Technical Quality Unit, Academic and Management Unit.
The Quality Committees are responsible for monitoring the implementation of the degree, master’s and doctorate programmes taught at CUNEF. These Committees analyse and appraise the development of the qualifications, making proposals for review and improvement that will be submitted to the Academic Committee and CUNEF Management to be taken into account where applicable.
These committees have the following responsibilities:
- Manage and coordinate the Internal Quality Assurance System and monitor this process.
- Monitor and evaluate the quality targets, external practical placements and mobility programmes.
- Draw up the regulations governing the functioning of the Quality Committees, and make the corresponding proposals to the Academic Committee and the Director of CUNEF for approval.
- Gather information and evidence as to the development and application of the training programme for the qualification (objectives, development of teaching and learning, methodology, etc.).
- Manage the Information System for the qualification (information, support and guidance for students, coordination of teaching staff, qualification course resources, mobility programmes, external practical placements, etc.).
- Supervise fulfilment of the quality policy for the qualification in accordance with the CUNEF quality policy and the UCM quality policy.
- Promote specific actions to encourage the use of new teaching methodologies and to disseminate and raise awareness of good practice in the field of quality.
- Draw up guidelines for the development of information systems as to objectives, available resources, management and results of the qualifications course intended for lecturers, students and admin and support staff.
The Academic Committee (see composition in Table 1) is responsible for coordinating improvement proposals connected with qualifications and for decision-making in this regard. The Director of CUNEF is ultimately responsible for validating the decisions reached by the Academic Committee. Each Quality Committee comprises:
- The coordinators/directors of the applicable official qualifications in each case (degree, master’s and doctorate programme),
- The representatives (at least one per qualification) of the lecturers teaching each qualification,
- The representatives (one per qualification) of students sitting for the qualification as candidates,
- Up to a maximum of three representatives from the professional sphere of university qualifications delivered by CUNEF (where there are alumni among these representatives, they will be selected from this group), and a representative of admin and support staff.
The Degree Quality Committee is currently in operation (see composition in Table 2). It oversees the proper development of official CUNEF qualifications, and can be sent any comments connected with the quality of qualifications via the suggestions box.
The Quality Committees meet at least twice per year and are governed by the Quality Committee Functional Regulation approved on 24 November 2014.
Degree Quality Committee
| Name and Surname(s) | Category and/or group |
| Mercedes Gracia Díez | Degree Director (President) |
| José Javier Galán Ruiz | Degree in Law Director |
| Guillermo Velasco Fabra | Academic Staff Representative |
| Francisco Javier Sosa Álvarez | Academic Staff Representative |
| Javier Sánchez Hernández | Admin and Support Staff Representative (Secretary) |
| Begoña Menéndez Rodríguez | Admin and Support Staff Representative |
| Pablo Romanillos Pardo de Santayana | Student Representative |
| Felipe Julián Vázquez Sánchez | Student Representative |
| Cecilia de la Rosa González | Alumni Representative |
Law Degree Indicators:
| Course 13/14 | Course 14/15 | Course 15/16 | Course 16/17 | Course 17/18 | Course 18/19 | |
| Pre-registered | 71 | 60 | 69 | 95 | ||
| Admitted | 37 | 30 | 35 | 29 | ||
| Demand rate (pre-registered/places) | 236.67% | 200% | 230% | 327,58% | ||
| ICM-1 – New enrolment places offered (authorised by the UCM) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 40 |
| ICM-2 – New enrolment | 23 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 29 |
| ICM-3 – Percentage cover | 76,67% | 103,33% | 110,00% | 100,00% | 93,33% | 72,50% |
| ICM-4 – Qualification performance rate | 89,90% | 73,80% | 82,70% | 84,68% | 88,70% | 88,65% |
| ICM-5 – Degree dropout rate | 12,50% | 0,00% | 26,08% | 25,00% | ||
| ICM-6 – Teaching Evaluation Programme participation rate | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| ICM-7 – Alumni Efficiency rate | Not applicable | Not applicable | ND | 95,81% | 94,91% | 88,38% |
| ICM-8 – Graduation Rate | Not applicable | Not applicable | ND | 100,00% | 66,67% | 71,43% |
| IUCM-1 – Success rate | 85,90% | 89,15% | 89,23% | |||
| IUCM-2 – First choice degree demand rate | 85,00% | 106,67% | 75,00% | |||
| IUCM-3 – Second and subsequent choice degree demand rate | 105,00% | 143,33% | 92,50% | |||
| IUCM-4 – Degree suitability rate | 90,00% | 80,77% | 79,31% | |||
| IUCM-8 – Positive lecturer evaluation rate | 86,67% | 86,67% | 93,75% | 97,67% | ||
| IUCM-13 – Student satisfaction with the qualification | 7,67 | 8,06 | 7,9 | 7,31 | 7,68 | 7,11 |
| IUCM-14 – Lecturer satisfaction with the qualification | 9,2 | 9,11 | 8,04 | 8,68 | ||
| IUCM-15 – Centre Admin and Support Staff satisfaction | 5,03 | 7,9 | 6,82 | 6,76 | 7,43 | 7,83 |
| IUCM-16 – Qualification Appraisal Rate | 95.59% | 99.51% | 99,35% |
*ICM – Madrid Regional Government Indicators
*IUCM – Universidad Complutense de Madrid Indicators
CUNEF is a highly specialised university education institution focused on the world of business management, finance and financial markets and instruments, and law. Our Degree and Postgraduate programmes set the standard in their respective fields.
To maintain this prestigious standing, CUNEF is committed to the continuous improvement of the teaching, research and services it provides as part of its quality commitment.
In accordance with its equality policy, CUNEF aims to fulfil the reasonable needs and expectations of its students, lecturers, admin and support staff, governing bodies and society at large. To this end the Centre defines the following quality objectives:
- Pursue excellence in the education given to its students, combining cutting-edge knowledge with an eminently professional focus.
- Offer its students the very best lecturers for their specialist qualifications in each operational sphere, combining knowledge and educational vocation with lengthy professional management experience in their respective fields.
- Consolidate its image as a University Centre of acknowledged standing.
- Underpin its professional network of lecturers, students, graduates/alumni and partner companies to generate benefits in the professional and managerial performance of its graduates/alumni.
- Achieve an employability rate among graduates/alumni of close to 100%.
- Commit to the internationalisation of its students, lecturers and programmes.
- Ensure that the quality policy is understood and accepted by all CUNEF staff and is publicly available.
- Ensure that the CUNEF Internal Quality Assurance System remains effective and is periodically revised. As the figure responsible for this institution, I undertake to develop and implement this quality policy in order to achieve the highest possible level of performance among our students.
Ana Isabel Fernández Álvarez
CUNEF Director
The Degree Quality Committee meets periodically over the course of the academic year, and at least twice per year. These meetings analyse information regarding the implementation of degree studies and the data revealed by the functioning of the quality assurance system. This review and study of information serves to identify areas for improvement that the Quality Committee conveys to CUNEF Management for approval and execution together with the tasks to be undertaken to eliminate any shortcomings.
The Degree Quality Committee maintains a register of quality improvements and strengths which it reviews and updates at least once per term, in accordance with the tasks being performed and the assessment of their impact.
Numerous improvement actions have been conducted since 2013 covering a wide range of aspects, resulting in managerial improvements and enhanced satisfaction among students and other stakeholders, alongside the public information made available about CUNEF itself and its academic offering, etc. Particular mention should be made by way of example of efforts to increase teaching coordination, to incorporate diploma supplements within the degree courses, to review and enhance the website and the information published there, etc.
For more specific and detailed information about how the Degree Quality Committee functions and the improvement proposals made, you may contact the email address sgic@cunef.edu.
The employability of CUNEF alumni represents a variable which is analysed by the Quality Committees, serving to assess professional interest in the qualification while likewise ascertaining whether alumni have acquired the skills initially defined for the course.
This analysis will allow proposals to be made to improve the qualification, or to eliminate it if the figures are below 20% for 5 consecutive years. To this end CUNEF conducts yearly surveys of alumni, asking them directly, as set out in the IQAS, whether the training they received has or has not proved useful in the pursuit of their profession, and their professional position before (if any) and after completing the qualification.
CUNEF uses this information to conduct a study of whether the study curricula are appropriate or not, as well as the employability or professional prospects of alumni.