Checking date: 28/05/2024


Course: 2024/2025

Internship
(17281)
Master in International Advocacy (Plan: 370 - Estudio: 334)
EPD


Coordinating teacher: ARROYO VENDRELL, TATIANA

Department assigned to the subject: Private Law Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
The objective of the internship will be for students to know how to work in a human team through their integration in multidisciplinary teams: dealing with colleagues, other lawyers or clients, as well as learning how to become familiar with the practice of international law. It is also intended that students in practice know how to deal with specific legal problems that require specialized international advice as well as the assumption of responsibilities by the student. Within the content of the internships, students will learn to familiarize themselves, as the case may be, with the functioning of international institutions related to the transnational practice of the legal profession. Finally, students will develop the skills and abilities necessary to perform the tasks of an international lawyer: drafting of legal writings, preventive risk assessment, litigation, realization of negotiation, mediation and arbitration activities, development of relationships with legal operators and other professionals.
Learning activities and methodology
TEACHING ACTIVITIES BY MATTER AF2 Practice/Case AF6 Group work AF7 Students' individual work TEACHING METHODOLOGIES BY MATTER MD3: Resolution of cases, problems, etc, provided by the professor, individually or in group. MD5: Making of Works and reports individually or in group. The nature of the internship entails learning from the actual cases that the students will have to face in the specific institutions where the internship takes place. During the 6 credits ECTS that the internship is given the students will have tutors in the law firms, who will orient them in their insertion in teams led by experienced lawyers. TUTORING: Students will have access to tutorials with the person responsible for coordinating the subject. With the tutoring it is intended to organize the teaching and learning processes that are based on the interaction between the student and the teacher in order to: (i) Guide the autonomous and group work of the students (ii) Deepen in different aspects of the subject (iii) Guide the academic and comprehensive training of the student. The tutorials will take place at the time and under the conditions determined by the teacher in Aula Global.
Assessment System
SE2 Individual or group assignments completed during the course Evaluation systems Minimum weight (%) Maximum weight (%) SE2 100% 100% Each student's tutors in the placement institutions will undertake an assessment of the student's progress, learning, compliance with the program, and any events that may arise during the period of internship. At the end of the internship period the tutors will draft a report of the activities undertaken by each student, and include their appraisal over each student's performance. The content of this report will be notified to the academic tutor of the internship at the university. In parallel, the student will have to submit a repot over the activities undertaken during the internship period, where she/he will make reference to the matters involved, the means at her/his disposal, and the tutoring received. The academic tutor will evaluate the internship in light of the following criteria: o Activity report (10% of the grade). elaborated by the student. o Report of the external tutor (in the company) (80% of the grade) o In addition, all information about the student that is provided by the O & E and their participation in the Master (such as providing data to the O & E, compliance with deadlines, discipline, attendance at classes, etc.) will be taken into account) (10% of the grade). The Direction of the Master will guarantee that the supply of external internships will include institutions of placement where the internship may be conducted in English, Spanish, or both at the same time, according to the usual practice of the placement institutions, and in light of the students' preferences.
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