Double Master´s Degree in Labor Legal Consulting and Legal Practice
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MASTER IN LABOR LEGAL CONSULTING MASTER IN LEGAL PRACTICE (MARCH 2021 ED.) ✎ │ Double degree begins in September 2021
The UC3M offers students the possibility of jointly studying the Master in Legal Practice, which will help them to prepare for the professional aptitude assessment examinations in order to exercise the profession of law, and the Master in Labor Legal Consulting, thus obtaining a high level of specialization which will place them in an excellent position for entering the job market.
Master in Legal Practice
In its current guise, the Master’s degree in Legal Practice has developed in response to the requirements of the Law 34/2006 of 30 October regulating access to the professions of lawyer and court procedural representative (procurador), a legal reform that was taken as an opportunity to structure a postgraduate program that will improve training of law graduates thus facilitating access to the job market.
Master in Labor Legal Consulting
The University Master in Labor Legal Consulting is a specialized training program which responds to a need for professionals specializing in the prevention and resolution of individual and group labour conflicts, advising businesses and workers alike, as well as their social organizations, within the framework of labour relations, mainly in the private sector.
The Program is particularly suited to graduates in law and labour relations or labour sciences with or without professional experience, who plan to pursue a career in legal and labour related advisory services. The basic activities involved in exercise of this profession include extra-procedural advice in labour conflicts of all kinds, correct planning of labour relations within the European and Spanish regulatory framework, procedural representation and defense, in lawsuits and appeals in Social Jurisdiction, the management of alternative procedures for dispute settlement, consultancy and defense within the framework of work activities, work in corporate legal departments, business organizations, unions, public bodies or in corporate human resources departments.
SPONSORS
◉ LEGAL PRACTICE
MASTERS IN NUMBERS
◉ LEGAL PRACTICE
- ☛ 100% pass rate at the final evaluation test access to professional law degree (2016)
- ☛ Best results between public and private Universities of the Community of Madrid in the first official examination exam 2016
- ☛ More than 55% of teaching is in charge of legal professionals
- ☛ Access call report February 2016
◉ LABOR LEGAL CONSULTING
- ☛ Maximum 40 students per class
- ☛ 100% of the students take internship in offices and first level companies
- ☛ Quality of teaching +4 points out of 5
- CURRICULUM
- CURRICULUM
STRUCTURE
The syllabus for this Double Master's degree is structured around three teaching terms and a compulsory work placement for which students will obtain 70 ECTS corresponding to the Master in Legal Practice and 48 ECTS of the Master in Labor Legal Consulting.
The 118 total credits on the dual syllabus are broken down as follows:
- In the first term, compulsory subjects on the Labor Legal Consulting course corresponding to the main part of this degree (33 ECTS in total, in afternoon classes).
- In the second term some compulsory subjects will be studied, completing the technical training in Legal Practices and Professional Activity of the Master in Legal Practice (25 ECTS in total in morning classes) and a second phase of the Labor Legal Consulting specialization (9 ECTS in total taught in the afternoons).
- In the third term, one compulsory subject on the Legal Practice course corresponding to the main part of this degree (9 ECTS in morning classes) and the final dissertation for the Labor Legal Consulting master's degree.
- The fourth and final term is dedicated to the guided external work placement designed for students to acquire the skills and abilities needed to exercise the profession of law and completing the final dissertations for the Legal Practice master's degree.
32 of your ECTS credits will be recognized and at the end of the course you will have obtained two official Master's qualifications.
Course 1 - Semester 1
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master in Labor Legal Consulting European Union Social Law 3 C 
Individual Labor Relations 6 C Legal framework for prevention of occupational health and safety risks 4 C Judicial and out-of-court settlement of employment claims and labor disputes 5 C Entrepreneurship and self-employment 2 C Social Security Law 5 C Collective Labour Relations 4 C Seminars 1 C Course 1 - Semester 2
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master in Legal Practice Civil Practice I 5 C Criminal Practice 5 C Administrative and legal and administrative practice 5 C Commercial Practice 4 C Tax Procedures 2 C Civil Practice II 4 C Master in Labor Legal Consulting Human rights in the workplace 3 C The Labour Inspectorate and the infringement procedure 2 C The system of liability pertaining to occupational health and safety 3 C Transnational Labour Law 2 C Electives * 2 E Course 2 - Semester 3
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master in Legal Practice Professional: organization, legal status and ethical 9 C Master in Labor Legal Consulting Master's Thesis 6 C Course 2 - Semester 4
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master in Legal Practice Internship 30 C Master's Thesis 6 C * 2 credits must be taken from among the optional subjects offered by the Master in Counseling and Legal-Labor Consultancy.
C) Compulsory: 74 ECTS
E) Elective: 2 ECTS
Internships: 30 ECTS
Master in Legal Practice Master Thesis: 6 ECTS
Master in Labor Legal Consulting Master Thesis: 6 ECTS
course Programs
- QUALITY
Legal Practice
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
☛ First year offered: 2012
Graduate Profile and Competences
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
- Minutes of the Academic Quality Committee and Programme Reports (Restricted access)
QUALITY INDICATORS
☛ Master's Degree indicators (September Edition)
☛ Master's Degree indicators (March Edition)
Labor Legal Consulting
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
☛ First year offered: 2014
Graduate Profile and Competences
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
- Minutes of the Academic Quality Committee and Programme Reports (Restricted access)
QUALITY INDICATORS
- CURRICULUM
- ADMISSION
- ADMISSION
Application
The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:
Requirements
Check the requirements of the Master in Legal Practice.
Check the requirements of the Master in Labor Legal Consulting.
Admission criteria
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Legal Practice.
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Labor Legal Consulting.
Language requirements
Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.
STUDENTS with foreign university degrees
Check the requirements of the Master in Legal Practice for students with foreign university degrees.
Check the requirements of the Master in Labor Legal Consulting for students with foreign university degrees.
Important
To be admitted to the Doble Master Degree you have to be admitted by the Academic Committee of the Master in Legal Practice. If your application for admission to the Double Master Degree is Not Accepted, you can still apply for admission to the Master in Labor Legal Consulting if you want.
On the other hand, the admission to the Master in Labor Legal Consulting doesn’t imply the admission to the Master in Legal Practice.
In any case, the resolution will be communicated to the applicant.
- ENROLLMENT
FEES *
2021-2022 Academic year
LEGAL PRACTICE Reservation fee1 €800 Price EU students €70.79 / ECTS Price Non EU students €331.20 / ECTS Credits enrolling2 70 ECTS Labor Legal Consulting Reservation fee1 €600 Price EU students €95 / ECTS Price Non EU students €150 / ECTS Credits enrolling2 48 ECTS 1 Reservation fee 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.
2 Admission and registration on the double master's degree course will provide exemption from ECTS credits which will be validated according to the curriculum (see Program). Having obtained credits from both syllabuses, together with validation of 32 ECTS you will be able to obtain two official master's qualifications in little more than a year and a half. This exemption from payment of fees for validating ECTS credits shall only be applicable to students registered on the Dual Master's degree from the start.
NOTE: The enrolment fees do not include the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.
* Pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the academic year 21/22Important
☛ Once you submit the application for admission, you will have to wait for the official acceptance in the Master program, before starting the enrollment process.
☛ You must perform 2 enrollments, one for each degree, within the deadlines published for that purpose on the website.
☛ Registration implies effective entry to the master's course as a student.
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.
- 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.
Best Practices and Regulations
- ADMISSION
- PRACTICAL INFORMATION