An Overview of Mexico's System of Legal Education

Mexican Law Review, Forthcoming

49 Pages Posted: 10 Jul 2008

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Luis Perez Hurtado

CEEAD - Centro de Estudios sobre la Ensenanza y el Aprendizaje del Derecho; Stanford Law School

Date Written: June 5, 2008

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze Mexico's system of legal education, which, in a narrow sense, refers to the study of the "Licenciatura en Derecho" and the process for obtaining the license to practice as a lawyer. The study concentrates on three issues: (a) the procedure to obtain the license to practice law in Mexico; (b) the content and structure of the law program; and (c) the increase in the number of law schools during the last decade, focusing on the causes and characteristics of this growth.

Keywords: legal education, Mexico, Latin America, system

Suggested Citation

Perez Hurtado, Luis, An Overview of Mexico's System of Legal Education (June 5, 2008). Mexican Law Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1157959

Luis Perez Hurtado (Contact Author)

CEEAD - Centro de Estudios sobre la Ensenanza y el Aprendizaje del Derecho ( email )

Bosques de los Alpes 234
Col. Bosques del Valle
San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon 66250
Mexico

HOME PAGE: http://www.ceead.org.mx

Stanford Law School ( email )

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Stanford, CA 94305-8610
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.educacionjuridica.org

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