Objectives
Contribute to the training of lawyers for professional practice, law research and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, providing conceptual, hermeneutical and argumentative tools, that allow students to study law from a broad and deep cultural horizon.
Study Plan
The Law Program is structured in three cycles:
- Contextualization cycle
- Basic education cycle
- Concentration cycle
Contextualization
Students are formed within an interdisciplinary approach, which enables them to address issues in a contextualized fashion, that is, with a holistic learning vision of Law. (This cycle covers the first two semesters of the law program).
Basic Juridical Education
Intended to identify the principles and basic rules of Colombian Law in the different areas of Law. At the same time, it integrates, structures and relates legal concepts, and generates skills among students to solve legal issues. (This cycle is made up of 28 subjects and extends through 5.5 semesters, i.e. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and half of 8).
Concentration
Students design their own syllabus according to their concentration interests. The different areas guarantee a varied offer of courses, so that students can have access to new knowledge and integrate it with their previous education. In this cycle, the students also opt for the way in which they will develop their graduation project or Guided Research. Finally, during the last two semesters of this cycle and of the career, students get to undertake their Law Firm Internship. (This Cycle encompasses 6 School courses and the last 2.5 semesters of the career).
Areas of Research and Concentration
The undergraduate program covers six (6) areas, whose main objective is the guidance of activities such as teaching, research, external impact, and publications.
- Legal Theory
- Public Law
- Derecho público administrativo
- Private Law
- Criminal Law
- Procedural Law
- International Law
Model Program
You can choose one of the following courses to fulfill the Spanish requirements.
First Semester
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| DERE-1101 | Introduction to Law | 4 |
| DERE-1301 | General Theory of the State | 3 |
| DERE-1102 | Logic and Rhetoric | 3 |
| MATE-1501 | Statistics I (Social Sciences) | 3 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 19 |
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
Sixth Semester
Seventh Semester
Eighth Semester
Ninth Semester
Tenth Semester
| XXXX- | Free Choice Course III | 3 |
| XXXX- | Free Choice Course IV | 3 |
| DERE-3802 | Legal Practice II | 4 |
| DERE-3909 | Investigación Dirigida | 0 |
| CBU- | Uniandino Basic Cycle Course | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 19 |
Alumni Profile
Upon completion of their undergraduate studies in Law, pur students have been admitted to prestigious universities like Harvard, Yale, Chicago, NYU, in the United States, and the Sorbonne, the London School of Economics and Carlos III in Europe.
Law professionals tend to concentrate their work in the private practice of law and in economic sectors such as finance, in public or private organizations.
Our students have performed with excellence within the public sector, in institutions like the Constitutional Court, the Ombudsman Office, the Council of State, the Attorney General Office, the Prosecutor's Office, the National Planning Department, the Presidency and the Ministries.
They also stand out in the diplomatic service as Colombian State representatives before foreign nations and international organisms as the UN, OAS, and IDB.