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Legal education in Spanish-speaking countries

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Dear friends,

I wonder which features of legal education in Spanish-speaking countries.

In the UK, for example, a legal education usually begins with the completion of a bachelor degree in law, know as LLB, which usually takes 3 years. In the subsequent vocatinal stage, a person, who wishes to become a barrister joins one of the Inns of Court before begining the Bar vocational Course. The completion of this stage is marked be ceremomy reffered to as call to the Bar. The third stage, know as pupillage, is a year-long aprenticeship, usually at set of barrister's chambers, which customarily consists of group of 20-60 barristers. Similarily, a person wishing to become a solicitor must also complete 3 stages: the first stage involves gaining a law degree; the second stage requires passing a one - year Legal Practice Course (LPC); and the final stage entails working for two years as a trainee solicitor with a firm of solicitors or in the legal department of a local authority of large company.

In the USA, a legal education comprises 4 years of undegraduate study followed by 3 years of law school. A law-school graduate receives the degree of juris doctor (J.D). In order to qualify as a lawyer, a law-school graduate must pass the bar examin

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updated Nov 30, 2011
edited by 00494d19
posted by julls

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I'm curious Julls, are you a lawyer? By the way, by now you have probably already been welcomed to the forum but not yet by me so Bienvenida al foro.

updated Nov 30, 2011
posted by Yeser007
yes, I am a lawyer :))) Thanks for your invitation! - julls, Nov 30, 2011
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This is a http://obshalka.forum2x2.ru/h1-page

updated Nov 30, 2011
posted by julls