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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Work Experience in Courts

Work Experience in Courts
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10787
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Second semester
op
Optatividad
Elective
Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: Catalan,

Teaching staff


For any questions relating to the organization of the course, students could contact with the teacher by means of the following e-mail Pilar Rey mprey@uic.es

Introduction


It is an extraordinary opportunity to complete formation of a lawyer to contact the forensic's reality world. It is involved , directly, from the hand of a Magistrate or a Judicial Secretary in the daily activity of the courts . To attend views and see first hand the functioning of the judicial office allows students to apply the knowledge acquired during the degreee, in the scenario in which possibly move in their future professional performance.

Pre-course requirements

Not required , without prejudice to the acquired knowledge mainly in the subjects in the area of Procedural Law students will become very useful.

Objectives

(i) To know the functioning of the courts, both in its internal activity (mainly regarding the operation of the judicial office) and in its external activity (with respect to the activity of prosecution).

(ii) Understand how acting and forensic operators who collaborate with the Administration of Justice , referring to the work of solicitors and barristers operate. 

(iii) To acquire certain skills, manners and behavior patterns that specify in their future professional performance.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 05 - To be able to develop skills for group work
  • 19 - To develop the ability to write legal texts
  • 22 - To be able to identify and interpret documentation normally used in legal and negotiating settings
  • 23 - To identify the state, doctrinal and legal framework of a complex legal issue
  • 24 - To acquire the skills to resolve problems and make decisions using relevant information and by applying correct methods while placing the issue within a legal system context
  • 25 - To acquire the skills for legal paperwork processing: composing texts, clarifying a position on a matter, use of forms, etc.
  • 30 - To master computer techniques for obtaining legal information (legal databases, jurisprudence, and bibliography)

Learning outcomes of the subject

1. There will be acquired skills for teamwork.

2. Be able to find information, interpret and use it for solving practical cases or conducting work on this subject.

3. Be able to accurately identify the regulatory, doctrinal and jurisprudential status of a legal problem concerning the scope of this matter.

4. There will be developed skills to detect the legal problems that underlie a particular case.

5. There will be developed skills in resolving legal disputes related to the contents of the module.

6. There will be acquired skills to cope with the common elements of procedural actions concerning this matter.

7. There will be developed the ability to compose written using legal language.

8. There will be acquired and developed professionalizing skills necessary for procedural drive.

9. Know and apply different methodologies to analyze and solve complex legal problems interdisciplinary aspect.

10. Develop and apply the theoretical knowledge and skills and competences acquired during external practices.

Syllabus

This course does not contain an agenda.

Teaching and learning activities

In person



TRAINING ACTIVITYCOMPETENCES
Prácticas externas
05 19 22 23 24 25 30

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person



The assessment will be based on the report of the tutor of practices with 80 % of the note. The student will report the remaining 20 %.


A number of introductive and formative sessions are scheduled during the academic year. Attendance is mandatory for the correct performance of the student.

Bibliography and resources

No literature is proposed. As for resources, when necessary, will be provided by the placement tutor students assigned to the them.