Law Degree

Degree Lawyer
Level Under Graduate
Duration Ten (10) semesters
Number of credits 183
Class Schedule Day
Modality On-Campus Learning
SNIES Code 1533
National Accreditation 2003: CNA (Consejo Nacional de Acreditación - National Accreditation Council) for 8 years

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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

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

DERE-1101Introduccion al Derecho

4

DERE-1301Teoria General del Estado

3

DERE-1102Logica y Retorica

3

MATE-1501Estadística I (Ciencias Sociales)

3

Total Credit Hours:19

Second Semester

DERE-1103Sociologia Juridica

3

DERE-1201Derecho Romano

3

DERE-3101Hermeneutica Juridica

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Third Semester

DERE-1901Examen de Ciclo 1

0

DERE-2101Historia de las Instituciones

3

DERE-2201Obligaciones I

5

DERE-2301Derecho Constitucional

5

DERE-2302Juez e Interpretacion Constitucional

3

DERE-2206Propiedad y Derechos Reales

3

Total Credit Hours:20

Fourth Semester

DERE-2102Teoria Juridica

5

DERE-2202Obligaciones II

5

DERE-2304Legislacion y Politicas Publicas

3

DERE-2601Derecho Internacional

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Fifth Semester

DERE-2203Procedimientos

4

DERE-2211Derecho Comercial

3

DERE-2401Derecho Penal

3

DERE-2501Relaciones Laborales

3

DERE-2602Derecho Comparado

3

DERE-2303Derecho Publico Administrativo

3

Total Credit Hours:19

Sixth Semester

DERE-2204Pruebas

3

DERE-2205Contratos

5

DERE-2207Argumentacion en Procesos Civiles

3

DERE-2403Penal Especial

3

DERE-2502Protección Laboral

3

Total Credit Hours:17

Seventh Semester

DERE-2103Etica Profesional

3

DERE-2208Relaciones Familiares

4

DERE-2402Argumentacion en el Proceso Penal

3

DERE-3201Sociedades

3

DERE-3204Procesos Ejecutivos, Declarativos y Arbitral

3

DERE-3303Contratos Estatales

3

Total Credit Hours:19

Eighth Semester

DERE-3202Titulos Valores

3

DERE-3302Acciones Publicas

3

DERE-3601Derecho Internacional 2

3

Total Credit Hours:9

Ninth Semester

DERE-3801Consultorio Juridico I

4

DERE-3905Examen de Facultad

0

DERE-XXX1

3

Total Credit Hours:19

Tenth Semester

DERE-3802Consultorio Juridico II

4

DERE-3909Investigacion Dirigida

0

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.

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