University Dual Master's Degree in Access to the Practice of Law and Legal Representation
and Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Legal Advice
Edition 2025-26
We offer a University Dual Master’s Degree, disruptive and really attractive, that trains the professional of tomorrow starting today. We prepare students to successfully pass the national qualification exam. Avoiding a purely academic vision, we are committed to excellence in the technical training of solid and reliable company lawyers, with leadership and communication skills, inspiring and acting as true “role models” in their respective communities and workplaces.
We believe that there is a lack of differentiating vision and courage to train true corporate lawyers who, above all, are people. Legal advisors who are ethical and responsible leaders, capable in turn of training and transforming, bringing the UFV imprint to their companies, offices and communities, in a world in which the paradigm of corporate social responsibility and business ethics is here to stay. Lawyers with an ambitious and coherent vision of the company and business. Global, but without losing sight of the close and everyday, with an established theoretical and practical training that pursues, promoting them, excellence and vocational authenticity.
Our training proposal assumes as an essential starting point that we will be able to achieve the highest standards of academic excellence in our students, offering an Own Master’s Degree as an integral and inseparable part of the University Master’s Degree in Access to the Practice of Law and Legal Practice.
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MODALITY
FULL TIME
FORMAT
IN PERSON
START
SEPTEMBER 2025
LANGUAGE
SPANISH
DURATION
18 MONTHS
LOCATION
UFV CAMPUS, MADRID
Alfonso Puyol Martínez-Ferrando
Director of the University Dual Master’s Degree
Former Partner of EY Abogados
Jaime Arrechea
Tax Director - South Europe/Cemex Latam at CEMEX
Raquel Benito Cavero
Tax Director
KPMG Abogados, S.L.P.
Jose Christian Bertram
Partner at Ashurst LLP
Guillermo Cabrera
Senior Lawyer in the Litigation Department
at Pérez-Llorca
Rafael Calvo
Partner at Garrigues
Cristina Carbonell
Partner in Estudio Jurídico Almagro
Pilar Carrasco
Lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills
María Cortizas
Partner at Dentons
Guillermo Crespo
Banking & Finance Partner at EY Abogados
Gerardo Cuesta
Tax Partner at Deloitte Legal
Arantxa de Luis
Counsel in Garrigues
Fátima Díaz-Grande
Senior Associate at Uría Menéndez
Joaquín Echánove Orbea
Partner at DLA Piper
Ignacio Escrivá de Romaní
Partner at Cuatrecasas
Luis Fernández
Partner at KPMG Abogados
Belén Fontanals
Lawyer expert in Compliance- CESCOM
PhD student in Economics (specializing in Compliance)
Marcos García
Partner at Cuatrecasas
Rafael García del Poyo
Partner at Osborne Clarke
Javier Guillén
Academic Consultant at Herbert Smith Freehills
Professor of Administrative Law
Cristina de la Haba
Partner at EY Abogados
Miguel de Haro
Partner at Estudio Jurídico Pérez de Ayala y Asociados
Ricardo Héctor
Partner at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo
Isabel Hidalgo
Partner at EY Abogados
José Miguel López
Partner, Public and Regulatory Law Department, Andersen
Carlos Lora
Senior Associate at Uría Menéndez
Doctor in Law
Javier Martín-Merino
Partner, Public and Regulatory Law Department, Andersen
Lucía Millán
International Taxation and M&A Coordinator at Enagás
Javier Izquierdo
Partner in charge of Litigation at Squire Patton Boggs, Madrid office
Sara Molina
Partner at Deloitte
Antonio Morales
Partner at Baker & McKenzie
Marisa Morales
Vice President Tax Kyndryl
Global Indirect Tax and Global Tax Advisory
Silvia Morro
Head of Tax
Bergé y Compañía, S.A.
Miguel Muñoz
Partner at PwC Tax & Legal
Juan Carlos Olarra
Partner-Director at Lexinter Abogados
Pelayo Oraa
Partner at KPMG Abogados
Pedro de Pablos
Partner of the Tax Department
Cremades & Calvo Sotelo
Cecilia Pastor
Managing Partner in Baker & McKenzie's EMEA International Commercial & Trade practice
Natalia Pastor
Partner at KPMG Abogados
Sancho Peña Oriol
Legal and Tax Headhunter
Partner at Altum Advisors
Ignacio Pereña
General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors at Redexis
State Attorney on leave of absence
Blas Piñar
Partner at Arias SLP
Juan Plaza Echevarría
Lawyer and doctor in Law
Partner and co-founder Del Castillo, Plaza & Asociados
Cristina Prados
HR Director at A&O Shearman Spain
Alberto Quintana
State Attorney Deputy Head of Central Legal Service (Spanish Tax Agency - AEAT)
Mónica Represa
Director of Knowledge Management at A&O Shearman
Margarita Ribas
Legal Agent in the Courts
Deputy President of the Official Association of Legal Representation in Barcelona
Marta Riaño
Tax Director of FORD SPAIN & FORD LUSITANA
David Riopérez
Partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Marta Robles
Senior Associate at Squire Patton Boggs
Associate Professor of Civil Law, Universidad Carlos III
Javier Rovira
Senior Associate at Cuatrecasas
Isabel Salazar
Director of Legal Advice and Compliance Fundación Telefónica
Vice-Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Andrés Sánchez
Partner at Cuatrecasas
Juan José Sánchez
Senior Associate at A&O Shearman
Andrea Sandi
Senior Associate at Uría Menéndez
Esther Villena
Global Head of Social Sustainability at Amadeus
Javier Vinuesa
Partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Adolfo Zunzunegui
Partner at EY
Applicant Profile
We are looking for excellent students who, in addition to training and specializing in the field of law, want to become people and professionals with international vision, talent, intellectual curiosity, vocation of service, responsibility, oriented to the achievement of the common good of the global society.
Graduates in Law, or other equivalent university degrees that meet the requirements set forth in sect. 3 of the Regulations of Act 34/2006, of 30 October, on access to the professions of Law and Legal Representation, approved by RD 64/2023, of 8 February.
Admission Criteria
Required documentation:
- University Degree in Law
- Academic Transcript
- Curriculum Vitae
- English Level B2 or higher
Additionally, the following will be valued:
- Academic Transcript (average grade of 7 or higher out of 10)
- Other languages from B2
- Participation in national or international MOOT projects
- Training internships in law firms or companies from 150 hours onwards
Admissions Process
Start the admission process to the University Master’s Degree 100% online.
Complete your data and provide the required documentation through our platform. To start the process it is not necessary to have completed your undergraduate studies.
Once the documentation has been validated by the admission committee, we will assign you an advisor to arrange a personal interview with the program management.
If you are admitted, you must pay the reservation fee within fifteen working days of notification of admission to the program. The amount of the reservation fee will be deducted from the total price to be paid at the time of enrollement.
The reservation fee will only be refunded in the event that the University Master’s Degree program is suspended, or if the legal requirements for admission are not met. In the case of international students, when the student does not meet the legal criteria for obtaining a visa.
In order to enroll in a UFV University Master’s Degree program in the Faculty of Law, Business and Governement, the candidate must prove that he/she has completed his/her undergraduate studies 10 days before the start of classes.
In the event that the student has not completed his or her undergraduate studies by the first day of the month in which classes begin, UFV will reimburse the amount paid to reserve a place in the University Master’s Degree program (subject to official documentary proof).
International students:
Students with a foreign university degree must have their university degree approved at the time of admission. This will also be a requirement to be able to apply for enrollment in the official entrance exam to the practice of law organized by the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, the admission, enrollment and completion of the University Master’s Degree does not guarantee the ability to take the official examination for access to the practice of law, as this is a matter completely outside the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. For this purpose, the requirements established by the legislation in force at the time the exam is taken must be followed.
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria is the University focused on people. For this reason, we value the different circumstances, aptitudes, skills and values of the students who wish to be part of our Institution.
Therefore, to pursue your University Master’s Degree studies at the Faculty of Law, Business and Government of the UFV, we offer you a wide range of scholarships and grants that recognize the academic and personal merits of our students, ensuring that financial difficulties are not an obstacle to study with us.
TOMAS MORO SCHOLARSHIP
We are looking for excellent university graduates with a vocation for service who want to be part of a community of professionals who contribute to and inspire change and the positive transformation of society in the areas of Law, Business and Government.
If you are Administrative and Service Staff /Teaching Staff or UFV Collaborator. Submit a candidate to the 2024 Call for Applications for the Tomás Moro Scholarships.
Career Opportunities
- Legal counselling department of companies and law firms (national and international);
- Legal and financial department of companies (national and multinational);
- Legal department of international institutions and organizations (including NGOs and similar);
- Legal consultancy in private banking and investment banking
- Legal consultancy in the public sector;
- Examinations to the bodies of the General State Administration and regional, local and municipal administrations;
- People development departments, designing, among other responsibilities, remuneration plans, remuneration policies and packages, tax incentive packages, labor restructuring, etc.;
- Legal support for entrepreneurship…
TITLE OF UNIVERSITY DEGREE
University Master’s Degree in Access to the Practice of Law and Legal Representation
CENTERS WHERE THE UNIVERSITY DEGREE IS TAUGHT
Faculty of Law, Business and GovernmentFIELD OF KNOWLEDGE
Social and Legal Sciences
FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE
Law and Legal Specializations
TYPE OF TEACHING
In-person
LANGUAGES IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITY DEGREE IS TAUGHT
Spanish
CALL SEPTEMBER 2024 STATUS
Closed
TOTAL NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS
90 ECTS
SPECIALIZATIONS
Specialization in Taxation
Specialization in European and International Commercial Law
NUMBER OF NEW ADMISSION PLACES OFFERED
60 places
LINK TO REGULATED PROFESSION
Attorney and Legal Representation
TYPE OF LINK
Meets the legal competences of the regulations of Act 34/2006, of 30 OctoberREGULATION
Royal Decree 64/2023, of 8 February
ENTRANCE EXAM SIMULATOR
Our online simulator is tailor-made for students of the university master’s degree in Practice of Law and Legal Representation, faithfully following the format of the Ministry of Justice exam. In addition, we offer a specialized course to prepare the access exam to the Practice of Law, focusing on reviewing the key subjects of the aptitude test. All of our training is specifically adapted to the requirements of the entrance exam for both Lawyers and Legal Agents.
BECOME AN EXPERT LAWYER IN GLOBAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEGAL ADVICE
AIMED AT THOSE PEOPLE WHO..
- Want to enter the practice of law and legal representation and, in addition, seek to specialize in the field of comprehensive legal advice to companies and businesses.
- In addition to acquiring the necessary technical knowledge, feel a vocation of service to society, and want to carry out their profession in an ethical and responsible manner.
- As future lawyers, want to be leaders in the companies, firms and institutions in which they develop their profession.
- Seek to prepare themselves for the practice of law in corporate environments.
- Want to acquire a global and international vision that will allow them to direct their professional career.
- Want to learn from practicing lawyers and legal counsellors who share the ethical vision of the profession proposed in this University Dual Master’s Degree.
THIS UNIVERSITY DUAL MASTER'S DEGREE IN PRACTICE OF LAW IN MADRID IS FOR YOU!
COMMON TRANSVERSAL EXPERIENCE
We create community from the very beginning, understanding that team involvement is essential to achieve positive results within the group itself.
To achieve this, we propose an integrated itinerary parallel to the development of the course, in which you can go through different stages and enjoy activities that expand and complement your university Master’s Degree experience, with the aim of getting students to think beyond the simple day-to-day business, the here and now.
In this journey, the main objective is a radical change of approach, proposing a different and meaningful professional performance.
CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
As a first milestone, you will share with your classmates from your University Master’s Degree and other graduate programs of the Faculty of Law, Business and Government (FDEG) of the UFV several days of the Camino de Santiago, which will include two team coaching sessions
TRANSVERSAL PROJECT
In order to enhance and reinforce the students’ capacity for work, adaptation and integration, a cross-cutting program has been designed, common to all the on-site Master’s programs of the UFV Faculty of Law, Business and Government, in which, through the business case methodology, you will develop your executive and resolution skills from a multidisciplinary team perspective (collaborative attitude and aptitude).
This project will be tutored by professionals from the legal and business sectors, and will be developed throughout the academic year, ending with the integrated presentation of the result of the case before a tribunal formed by members of the faculty and the company or institution that raises it.
COACHING SESSIONS
The student will have the opportunity to receive support sessions through individual and group coaching sessions and professional mentoring provided by professionals in the field of dialogic coaching.
WHY THIS UNIVERSITY MASTER'S DEGREE?
We propose a training that, from a deep technical knowledge, addresses the problems and challenges of man, business, technology and the global world in which we live, from the Christian humanism. And for this:
The student is the protagonist: he/she actively participates in the design of his/her own study plan and, therefore, of his/her future, through a wide range of optional subjects that allow the student to make his/her experience more flexible and personalized through the educational pathway
This flexibility allows students who choose the University Dual Master’s Degree in Access to the Practice of Law and Legal Representation and the Master’s Degree in Legal Advice, to take the essential subjects in the field of legal advice and at the same time choose between three itineraries to reinforce their specialization according to their professional vocation:
- OPERATIONS | CORPORATE | TAXATION
We have a highly experienced and committed faculty of recognized prestige and at the same time perfectly aligned with this humanistic vision: our faculty trains the student and accompanies the person
We train in key skills for legal professionals: knowledge management and state-of-the art digital tools
We encourage and promote entrepreneurship and innovation: we bring value to society, through our own vision of business and legal advice.
We offer tutored professional internships: individualized follow-up to the student.
We have a network of agreements and sponsorships with leading national and international law firms and companies.
We train excellent, ethical and authentic people and professionals, capable of contributing and making a difference towards the achievement of the common good.
THE BEST AGREEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS OF THE UNIVERSITY MASTER'S DEGREE IN ACCESS TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW
The syllabus and structure of the University Dual Master’s Degree have been designed by the UFV in collaboration with prestigious active professionals in law and business. To this end, the great dynamism of the sector has been taken into account, meeting the needs and demands required today by large companies and organizations in the legal and business world.
Students will carry out professional training internships in national and international firms and companies of recognized prestige, where they will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired and interact directly with professionals with experience in the sector.
The perspective I have gained from having been a student and then a teacher is that training programs are committed to helping students.
I actively collaborate with the UFV because in these challenging times for the Spanish legal profession, I highly value the training they provide to their students.
We want ethical and responsible leaders, such as those we train at the UFV, who, from their offices and companies, make decisions that contribute to changing the rules of the game for the better.
