Students do not need to have completed a specific subject for optimal learning. However, it is recommended to take this subject in the last years because it is convenient to know the theory in order to apply it to clinical projects carried out in collaboration with NGOs, foundations, associations or public administrations.

The legal clinic is based on service-learning or ApS. In the legal clinic there is active learning by law students, collaborating with associations, foundations or administrations that support disadvantaged people or groups. This active learning, collaborating with these organisations in order to provide a service to society is ApS. ApS implies a radical change with respect to the traditional method of university teaching. It involves learning in an active and autonomous way in real scenarios, attending to some of the needs of certain social groups. The competences acquired by the student in the legal clinic are: Basic competences: - Knowing how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possessing the competences that are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defence of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study. - Have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) in order to make judgements which include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues. - Convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. General competences: - Acquire skills in the search for information in different sources and supports. - Obtain the ability to organise, analyse and synthesise. - To be able to express oneself orally and in writing on specific subjects. - Develop social sensitivity. - Acquire a civic, ethical and deontological commitment.

1. The legal clinic as a service-learning project (ApS): learn by giving a service to the community. 2. The legal clinic as a legal advisory service protected from real cases pro-bono of disadvantaged groups or in situations of vulnerability. 3. The legal clinic of human rights: equality and non-discrimination. 4. The legal clinic of local development, social cohesion and public services. 5. The legal clinic for entrepreneurship of socially responsible economic activities: initiation to entrepreneurship and initiation to employability. 6. Legal clinic in other areas of public interest for the benefit of people or communities in need or less privileged.

A legal clinic is an innovative teaching methodology through which university law students (always guided or tutored by the teaching staff and, where appropriate, by external professional tutors, such as volunteer pro-bono lawyers) deal with matters of public interest that are of great social importance. Those who attend to disadvantaged individuals or groups, through collaboration with third sector entities (NGOs, foundations or associations) or with public administrations, are the students of the Bachelor's or double Bachelor's Degree in Law. The main objective of the legal clinic is to train students in the subjects covered by the programme through a system of active and participative learning based on real cases of people in vulnerable situations who are offered information, training and assistance or help. It is worth highlighting the mentoring or guidance of the academic tutor (individual tutorials) or group tutorials (group tutorials) to students for the proper development, guidance and monitoring of the legal practice carried out within the framework of the Legal Clinic. The training activities and the methodology to be used may vary depending on the Legal Clinic project in which the student participates. Depending on the specific clinical project, there may be meetings and training workshops, complemented by teamwork among the students. Some clinical projects can be carried out in a hybrid or online way. Others require some face-to-face activities (e.g. in the form of training workshops). The tutor of each clinical project will inform the participating students of the specific activities to be carried out during the four-month period (workshops, talks, reports, information guides, etc.), depending on the needs and characteristics of the project in collaboration with the collaborating associations, foundations or public administrations. ¿Use of Artificial Intelligence tools selectively allowed in this subject. The teacher may indicate a list of assignments and exercises that the student may perform using AI tools, specifying how they should be used, and how the student should describe his/her use of them. If the use of AI by the student gives rise to academic fraud by falsifying the results of an exam or work required to accredit academic performance, the provisions of the Carlos III University of Madrid Regulations for the partial development of Law 3/2022, of 24 February, on university coexistence will be applied¿.