University of Puerto Rico School of Law
The University of Puerto Rico School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus and the only law school in the University of Puerto Rico System. Was founded in 1913 at its present site on Río Piedras, within the metropolitan area of San Juan. The School of Law has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1945
and by the Association of American Law Schools since 1948. It is also accredited by the Council on Higher Education and the Puerto Rico Supreme Court.
Its graduates include important and prominent figures of Puerto Rico. Among them are former governors Rafael Hernández Colón, Carlos Romero Barceló and Aníbal Acevedo Vilá.
The law school provides a unique venue for the study of the civil law tradition, its complex interaction with common law and U.S. federal law, and the controversial application of the U.S. Constitution to Puerto Rico's special political status.
Academics
The guiding principle behind our academic program is to increase and diversify the learning and development experiences of our students. That is the reason why half of our study program is elective. Our students can take courses ranging from theoretical to practical, to issues pertaining to civil rights, technology, feminism, business, international relations and comparative law. In addition, our students, as part of their program, have to participate in a clinical program. The study program consists of 92 credit hours. The majority of the courses are taught in Spanish. http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/LSAC_LawSchoolDescription/LSAC0979.pdf The Law School has several programs of studies designed to meet different needs of our students. http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/lawschools/169.html/- Juris Doctor (JD)
- Juris Doctor / Master of Business Administration concurrently (JD / MBA)
- Juris Doctor / Double Degree Program, University of Barcelona (JD / LLB)
- Juris Doctor / Master of Public Policy, University of Minnesota (JD / MPP)
- Juris Doctor / Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico (JD / MD)
- Master of Laws (LLM) for International Students