Qualifications that provide direct access to the Master of Laws at the University of Andorra:

• Bachelor of Laws
• Former master’s degree of Laws

Or equivalent qualifications recognised by the Andorran Government.

In all cases, a process for the evaluation of previous studies must be requested in order to analyse potential equivalences between the pre-sessional study programme and the master’s degree and establish, as appropriate, the educational supplements to be completed. The other qualifications do not provide access to the master’s degree.

Students who obtain the Master of Laws at the University of Andorra will be able to achieve the following competences, among others:

Specific competences

• The ability to defend the rights of natural or legal persons in the main branches of law, applying the correct strategy within the framework of national and international jurisdictional systems.
• The ability to resolve conflicts of interest while maintaining professional secrecy and confidentiality, and applying criteria of independence.
• The ability to prevent situations of injury, risk or conflict arising from the interests involved in professional practice.
• The ability to apply the different types of procedures in the production of documents, examinations and expert evidence.
• The ability to become integrated into the organisational and management environment of legal professionals within the context of Andorra.
• The ability to promote the resolution of conflicts by extrajudicial means.
• The ability to identify the different jurisdictional processes.
• The ability to identify the role of the lawyer, the judge and the public prosecutor and the functioning of national and international jurisdictional institutions.
• Interpretation of legal texts from an interdisciplinary perspective, using legal principles as a tool for analysis
• Critical analysis of the legal system

Specific competences for the Minor in Legal Practice

• The ability to apply knowledge, strategies and procedures in the social and management environment of the profession in Andorra.
• The ability to manage work and learning process efficiently with attention to the requirements of the professional activity.
• The ability to manage relationships with citizens, other professionals and different institutions based on the values of trust, integrity, honesty, truthfulness and diligence.

Specific competences for the Minor in Judicial Studies

• The ability to apply appropriate knowledge of the law to the actual circumstances encountered by professionals in the sphere of law.
• The ability to pass down duly reasoned decisions after evaluating the elements of evidence.
• The ability to manage the mechanisms of international judicial cooperation and, in particular, those of the European Courts of Justice.

The load of internships to be completed depends on the pathway each student chooses:

• Students who choose the Minor in Legal Practice or the double specialisation (in legal practice and judicial practice), must complete 30 European credits for internships at law firms established in Andorra. This attendance represents 25% of the total number of credits required for the master’s degree.
• Students who choose the Minor in Judicial Studies and students who do not choose a specialisation must complete 10 European credits for internships, which can be completed at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, with legal bodies that make up the Superior Council of Justice of Andorra, at law firms, and at public, semi-public or private companies (whether for-profit or not-for-profit) in the field of law in Andorra. The aim of these internships is to enable students to put into practice some of the subjects covered in the study programme. This face-to-face component accounts for 8.3% of the total number of credits in the master’s degree, and may increase if subjects from the judicial field are taken, as these are given face-to-face at the Higher Council of Justice.

Director of the College of eLearning and Lifelong Learning: Montserrat Casalprim (mcasalprim@uda.ad)

The Master of Laws provides graduates with the competences to practise the legal profession in both the public and private spheres with a domestic or international focus.

The Minor in Legal Practice and the double minor in Legal Practice and Judicial Studies give access to the profession of lawyer in Andorra. The qualification exempts the holder from the requirement to pass the entrance exams to the leg profession of lawyer under the conditions determined by the Decret 517/2022, del 7-12-2022, d’aprovació del Reglament de modificació del Reglament regulador dels requisits per obtenir el certificat d’aptitud per a l’exercici de la professió d’advocat, del 13 de febrer del 2019. The requirements to obtain the certificate of aptitude to practise law can be found in this Regulation.

The objective of the Minor in Judicial Studies is to create new vocations for the legal profession (magistrates, judges and public prosecutors) and for the career of court clerk, as well as to develop the competences required to exercise these professions.

The Master of Laws provides access to third cycle studies (doctorates) in the countries in the European Higher Education Area.

• View the UdA Doctoral Programme

Study programme publication (Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra):

• Decret 14/2024, del 17-1-2024, de modificació del Decret 299/2022, del 13-7-2022, pel qual s’aprova el pla d’estudis del màster en Dret de la Universitat d’Andorra
• Decret 299/2022, del 13-7-2022, pel qual s’aprova el pla d’estudis del màster en Dret de la Universitat d’Andorra

Andorran Agency for the Quality of Higher Education accreditation:

• Evaluation report of the modification of the Master of Laws
• Evaluation report of the Master of Laws