The UDEM's bachelor of law program offers an excellent learning experience that includes a well-balanced academic program consisting of more than 15 practical subjects and the Catedra Laboris, taught by the most renowned national and international professionals in the field of law: Dr. Cristian Larroumet, International Arbitrator; Dr. Jose Ramon Cossio-Diaz, Honorable Justice of the Supreme Court; and Dr. Carlos de la Garza, graduate from the first generation of the law program. In addition, all the students face real legal situations in the Juridical Competences Hall and take two semesters of professional internship.

Objective

To shape professionals who will be agents of positive change in their community by solving legal problems with a sense of responsibility, honesty, and ethics. We seek to provide an integral education in the main juridical areas with a special orientation toward international business law and corporate legal management.

Enrollment Profile

The students who enroll in this program must feel empathy for underprivileged people and be interested in looking after their wellbeing. They should also excel in critical thought and the promotion of civic participation.

Graduation Profile

Upon completion of their undergraduate degree, the students will have the following knowledge, skills, and attitudes:

Knowledge of: 

• International situations. 
• The basis and orientation of the various juridical disciplines. 
• The structure of foreign legal systems. 
• The enactment and application of legal procedures. 
• Alternative methods of conflict resolution. 
• Integration of the different tendencies of juridical thought. 
• Legal control mechanisms. 
• The mechanisms implemented to protect the constitutional principles. 
• The diverse fields of professional legal activity.

Skills for: 

• Understanding and relating the distinctive elements and characteristics of juridical institutions. 
• Communicating in other languages. 
• Classifying juridical categories. 
• Oral and written expression. 
• Reviewing juridical problems with a critical approach. 
• Defending legal proposals. 
• Reflection when facing ethical-juridical dilemmas. 
• Resolving specific legal situations. 
• Preparing legal documents. 
• Researching and submitting position papers.

Attitudes: 

• Respect and appreciation for human life and basic human rights. 
• Respect and appreciation for human creativity. 
• Respect and appreciation for learning. 
• Respect and appreciation for democratic principles. 
• Recognition and respect for justice.

Each UDEM curriculum is made up of two blocks of courses:

• Professional studies, these are the specialized, professional courses that make each degree plan unique.
• General studies, these are the courses that provide a general and interdisciplinary overview.  

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CREDIT SUMMARY
MANDATORY	AREA	CREDITS
	General studies	36
	Professional studies	243
	Total mandatory credits	279
ELECTIVE	AREA	CREDITS
	General studies	18
	Elective courses for professional concentration	21
	Elective courses in other disciplines	12
	Total elective credits	51
TOTAL CREDITS		330

A bachelor of law (LDE) is prepared to work successfully in various fields when graduating from the UDEM:

Private sector: 

• As a director, litigator, or legal counselor in a law office or firm and in the legal department of commercial or industrial companies, service companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), credit institutions, brokerage firms, financial institutions, insurance companies, among others. 
• As an arbitrator, mediator, or negotiator in procedures of alternative conflict resolution.
  In this sector there are multiple areas of specialization, such as: banking and securities law, civil law, corporate law, antitrust law, industrial and intellectual property law, environmental law, financial law, tax law, labor law, mercantile law, immigration law, criminal law, telecommunications law, foreign investment law, among others.

Educational Sector: 

• As a director, professor, or researcher in universities and higher-education institutions.
  Public Sector.
• As a justice of the Supreme Court, magistrate, judge, or any other position in the state or federal judicial system. 
• As an elected official or an advisor in office of an elected official in the legislative branch of government or in juridical or consulting offices of the executive branch of government. 
• As certified public officer (a notary public or commercial notary).

Sara Siller de la Garza

LDE Academic Program Director

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ssillerd@udem.edu.mx

Building 6, office 6428

 

T. (81) 8215-1237

01 800-801-UDEM ext. 1237