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Soledad Atienza, Director of the LLB program at IE University and Professor of IE Law School, has been appointed Vice Chairman of the Academic Committee of the International Bar Association. This global organization brings together more than 5.000 practicing lawyers from all over the world and is the leading forum on lawyers’ issues and transnational law debates. The Academic Committee fosters innovation in lawyers’ training and organizes sessions in all continents on the future of legal education and its relation to legal practice. The next general meeting of the IBA will take place next October in Dubai. 

IE Law School is recognized as one of the top law schools in Europe and worldwide. IE University’s Bachelor of Laws trains lawyers who can work with corporate clients, organizations and governments developing and implementing effective solutions in a global environment. It is by far one of the most comprehensive law programs offered at the Bachelor level, combining the teaching of Civil Law and Common Law systems as well as European Union Law. Law Unplugged is the practice-focused component of the program where students must learn to work and think like a lawyer from year one.

The International Bar Association (IBA), established in 1947, is the world’s leading organization of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.

The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world.

It has a membership of more than 40,000 individual lawyers and 197 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents. It has considerable expertise in providing assistance to the global legal community.

Soledad Atienza, directora del Grado en Derecho en IE University y profesora de IE Law School, ha sido nombrada Vicepresidenta del Comité Académico de la Asociación Internacional de Abogados. Esta organización mundial reúne a más de 5.000 abogados en ejercicio de todo el mundo y es el principal foro sobre asuntos de abogados y debates de leyes transnacionales. El Comité Académico fomenta la innovación en la formación de abogados y organiza sesiones en todos los continentes sobre el futuro de la formación jurídica y su relación con la práctica jurídica. La próxima reunión general de la Asociación Internacional de Abogados tendrá lugar el próximo mes de octubre en Dubái. 

IE Law School es una de las mejores facultades de derecho en Europa y en todo el mundo. El Grado de Derecho de IE University  forma abogados que puedan trabajar con clientes corporativos, con organizaciones y con gobiernos, desarrollando y poniendo en práctica soluciones eficaces en un entorno global. Es, con diferencia, uno de los programas de derecho más completos a nivel de Grado: combina la enseñanza de los sistemas de Derecho Civil y los de Derecho Consuetudinario, así como Derecho de la Unión Europea. Law Unplugged es el componente del programa orientado a la práctica, en que los estudiantes deben aprender a trabajar y a pensar como abogados desde el primer año. 

La Asociación Internacional de Abogados (IBA), establecida en 1947, es la organización líder mundial de profesionales internacionales del derecho, colegios de abogados y asociaciones jurídicas. La IBA influye en el desarrollo de la reforma de ley internacional y determina el futuro de la profesión legal en todo el mundo. Cuenta con más de 40.000 abogados individuales y 197 colegios de abogados y asociaciones jurídicas en todos los continentes. Tiene una gran experiencia en prestación de asistencia a la comunidad jurídica mundial.

• The course is very different to the traditional format, with four different specializations to equip the student to be a corporate lawyer, transnational lawyer, environmental lawyer or expert in EU law.
• Students can also study a dual Bachelor of Laws and Business Administration Degree
• Clifford Chance, PwC and Latham & Watkins will offer scholarships covering 75% of enrolment fees 

IE University has presented its new Bachelor of Laws, an innovative degree course whereby students can choose one of four different specializations to become a corporate lawyer, environmental lawyer, transnational lawyer or expert in EU law. The official presentation of the Bachelor program took place during a round table on Training Lawyers of the Future, where participants included Antonio Hernández Gil, Dean of the Madrid Bar Association, Antonio Morales, Partner of Latham & Watkins, Madrid, Ignacio Ojanguren, managing partner of Clifford Chance Madrid, and Santiago Barrenechea, managing partner of PwC Tax & Legal Services. The round table was moderated by José María de Areilza, Dean of IE Law School, and Soledad Atienza, Director of IE University’s Bachelor of Laws. 

The new Bachelor of Laws will have both English and Spanish versions, and will be launched in September of this year at IE’s Madrid and Segovia campuses. The  program is very different to the traditional format offered by most universities in that  students can choose from 4 specializations, namely that of corporate lawyer, which equips students to work in companies or law firms with an international corporate focus, transnational lawyer, for those students who want to practice as lawyers in Spain and in the UK, environmental lawyer, to provide counsel in the field of the environment, and expert in EU law, for students who seek to specialize in this field. Moreover, students can study a dual degree in law and business administration, gleaning the benefits of the extensive experience of IE Law School and IE Business School in both fields. 

The Bachelor of Laws enjoys the support of companies that include Clifford Chance, PwC, and Latham & Watkins, who will be funding some of the future lawyers at IE University with the Latham & Watkins Scholarship for Entrepreurial Lawyering, the Clifford Chance scholarship for Diversity, and the PwC scholarship for Global Lawyering, each of which cover 75% of enrolment fees. 

Soledad Atienza, Director of IE University’s Bachelor of Laws explained how the course is designed to respond to the fast-changing needs of the law sector.  “The key differentiating factor of the program is its active methodology and its lawyering content. Students are brought into close contact with professional realities through practical case studies, workshops and role play, while the international slant of the degree program equips them to practice law in both the UK and Spain, all this coupled with internships in renowned Spanish and international law firms. We want our students to think and work like lawyers from day one.”   

The Bachelor of Laws also benefits from agreements between IE Law School and institutions that include Hong Kong University, King’s College , Northwestern, William & Mary, Georgetown, NUS Singapore, Getulio Vargas (Sao Paolo), Bucerius (Hamburg), Tilburg (Holland) or Sciences Po (Paris).

How do you know a Law degree is for you? 

Soledad Atienza, the director of the Bachelor of Laws, talks about the future for lawyers, and what it takes to follow your passion. “Nowadays lawyers need more than just legal training to become successful lawyers.  They need to be business oriented, they need to be trained in management, they need to be innovative and they need to be international.”  

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Estudiantes de Derecho de varias universidades españolas participarán del 16 al 18 de diciembre en el ‘Torneo de Debates Interuniversitario’ sobre la reforma laboral y los derechos de los trabajadores que organiza la Sociedad de Debates de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y el IE Law School.

De esta forma, participarán alumnos de la Universidad Camilo José Cela (Madrid), Universidad Carlos III (Madrid), la Universidad Complutense (Madrid), la Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla), la Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid), la Universidad San Pablo CEU (Madrid) y la Universidad de Zaragoza. Los siete equipos estarán compuestos por cinco alumnos cada uno.

El torneo tendrá lugar los días 16 y 17 de diciembre en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Complutense y la final, el 18, en el aula Magna del IE. El jurado estará compuesto por representantes de IE Law School, de la Sociedad de Debates Complutense así como de profesionales en activo. (Europa Press Madrid)