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1. Facultad de Jurisprudencia (Law School) of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador

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Facultad de Jurisprudencia (Law School) of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador
Av. 12 de Octubre 1076 y Roca
Fax: (593) 2 2224639; Email: info@derecho-puce.com

• Awarded degrees are: Licenciado Lawyer, Doctor in Law; Usual period of study is 5 years for law degree.
• The University has a clinical program.
• The admission requirement – Students have to approve the admission exam with high performance.
• The number of admitted students is 80 in the first semester and 40 in the second semester.
• The number of graduate students is approx. 100 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty and part-time faculty – Out of 100 professors, 4 are full-time faculty and 6 are part-time faculty and the rest work by hour.
• The University has a general library for the whole University. The Student Association administers a small law library with 500 volumes.
• The library provides 20 computer terminals for students and there is the projection of 100 terminals.

Process from Law School to practice:

In order to obtain from the Bar Association the license to practice law, the graduate has to:

1) Register the Diploma in the National Council of Universities and Politechnical Schools (CONSEUP-CONUEP)

2) Register the Diploma at the Supreme Court of Justice.