Solicitorship

Bachelor’s Programme

Training professionals with solid knowledge in the field of Solicitors and giving them the traversal skills in order to enable them to correctly perform several legal actions, in a real working environment, in public or private organizations. Granting these professionals the basic training so as they can autonomously develop their own solicitor’s activities, as well as the representation and forensic mandate and, in particular, the activities of the Enforcement Agent, of the Company’s Solicitor and of the Solicitor’s Single Desk. Creating the conditions for obtaining the training on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Making sure that Solicitor will be guided by high ethical and moral standards. Providing adequate knowledge to the pursuit of the professional and academic training at the highest level.

Programme Coordinator

Jorge Manuel Barros Mendes
coord.so.estg@ipleiria.pt

Reference

9242 Diurno / 8015 Pós Laboral

School

Technology and Management

City

Leiria

Language

Portuguese

Type

Evening, Morning & Afternoon

Length

6 Semesters

Vacancies

General contingent D: 60 / N: 25
International student contingent D: 10

DGES certification

Link to Registration

Objectives

Programme

To train professionals capable of developing professional activities in the following areas: counseling; advisory; representation and defense of constituents, individuals, companies or public administration.

Careers Options

Programme

Legal defense in court and out of court, monitoring and representing clients’ interests before courts, tax authorities, extrajudicial registries, real estate, commercial, civil and automobile registries, government agencies and other public administration’s departments.

Study Plan

ECTS: 180

1st Year
2nd Year
3rd Year

1st Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Introduction to Law	1st Semester	6	81 h
Title I – Approaching the concept of law Concept and fundamental problems of Law 1.1. Concept of Law: the social nature of Man; ubi societas, ibi ius 1.2. Law and other normative orders 1.3. Other meanings of the expression “law”: Law and Right; Natural Law and Positive Law 1.4. Law and State 1.5. The goals of Law Elements of the Law’s concept 2.1. Legal System 2.2. Legal Norm 2.3. Coercive Protection Title II – Sources of law Enunciation and classification Legislation Other sources: customs, case-law and doctrine Title III – Legal relationship Introduction Subjects Object Fact Guarantee Title IV – Branches of the law General considerations Classification of Private Law Classification of Public Law Title V – Law interpretation and enforcement Law interpretation Law integration Law enforcement in time and in space
	Constitutional Law	1st Semester	6	81 h
I – Constitution, Constitutionalism and Constitutional Law. Constitution’s concept, structure and function. The place of the Constitution in our legal system. Constitutional power and founding pact/agreement. Constitutional Law Science. II – Constitutional Memory. Constitutionalism History. The Portuguese Constitutionalism. III – The in force Constitutional Law: The Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976). Genesis and evolution of the CPR: general ideas. The structural (fundamental) principles. Constitutionalism and normative force of the Constitution. a) Principle of human dignity b) Principle of the rule of law and the separation of powers c) Principle od proporcionality d) Principle of equality. Fundamental Rights. Organising-functional structures (political power organization). Law sources and normative structures. 6.Guaranty and control of the Constitution Constitutional Revision.
	Legal Portuguese	1st Semester	2	30 h
Language, ideology and power – social representation of reality: 1.1 Discourse as social practice 1.2 Speech, common sense and ideology 1.3 The construction of subject positions in legal language The legal text: 2.1. The latinisms and specific vocabulary 2.2. Lexicogrammatical issues The interpretation of the legal text: 3.1. Legal language 3.2. The scientific legal language 3.3. The judicial language 3.4. The common legal language. The textual genre: systemic perspective. Schematic structure. Gender and context. The schematic structure and linguistic correctness in genres used predominantly in the area of legal sciences 4.1. initial petitions 4.2. requirements 4.3. minutes and meeting notices 4.4. other legal documents The arguments in the legal context Formal Aspects of oral and written communication
	Accounting for Jurists	1st Semester	5	51 h
Chapter 1 – Fundamental Accounting Knowledge Chapter 2 – Financial Statements and Accountability. Accounting and the Código das Sociedades Comerciais Chapter 3 – Accounting and tax law: basic concepts of IRC, IRS and VAT Chapter 4 – Classe 1: Cash and bank deposits Chapter 5 – Payables and Receivables Chapter 6 – Inventories Chapter 7 – Tangible and Intangible Assets Chapter 8 – Income and Expenses Chapter 9 — Mischievous Practices in Corporate Operations
	Administrative Law I	1st Semester	6	66 h
I. Introduction Public Administration Administrative Law II. Administrative Organisation The constitutional principles regarding administrative organisation 2. State Central Administration Field Administration Indirect State Administration Autonomous Administration III. General Theory of Administrative Organisation
	Free Course I	1st Semester	5	–
The student can choose any 1st cycle curricular unit.
	English	2nd Semester	2	34 h
English as a lingua franca. Attitudes towards English. Expressions to convey linguistic and learning necessities. Brief notions of the characteristics that have led English to become a global language. Conversation: Taking part in conversations about people, places and other topics; description of personal and professional profiles; identification of cultural differences. Contacts: Starting and keeping conversations about topics related to the professional context via telephone, email or face to face… Describing people and exchanging information. Meetings: Expressions to set up and organize meetings, make decisions, solve problems, present suggestions and lead meetings. Official register of information. Checking and clarifying facts and figures. 5. Negotiating relationships: Expression of formality and informality. Expression of likes and dislikes about travelling on business. Discussing attitudes about meetings and cultural behaviours in different countries.
	Law and Technology	2nd Semester	6	66 h
Introduction 1.1 Digital transformation and the challenges of the information society 1.2 Fundamental rights in the digital environment 1.3 Regulation and self-regulation Data protection law Law and Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace 4.1 Smart Contracts 4.2 Legal framework for electronic commerce 4.3 Legal framework for the supply of digital content and services Digital Services and Markets Law 5.1 Legal framework for digital services (DSA) 5.2 Legal framework for digital markets (DMA) Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Market Industrial Property and Technology Competition Law and Technology Financial Law and Technology Cybercrime
	Administrative Law II	2nd Semester	6	66 h
I. Introduction II. Exercising administrative power Forms of exercising administrative power Administrative regulation Administrative act Administrative procedure Validity, effectiveness and interpretation of the administrative act Invalidity of the administrative act Extinguishing and modification of the administrative act Suspension, rectification and correction of the administrative act Implementation of the administrative act Administrative contract Administrative material operations III. The third party liability of the administration IV. The guarantees of private entities Guarantees in general Political guarantees Administrative guarantees Litigious guarantees
	General Theory on Civil Law	2nd Semester	7	96 h
Title I – Introduction. Title II – General Theory of the Portuguese Legal System. Chapter I – Sources of Portuguese Civil Law Chapter II – Main Principles of Portuguese Civil Law Title III – General Theory of the Legal Relationship Chapter I – General Theory of the Legal Relationship. Preliminary observations Chapter II – General Theory of the Subject of Legal Relationship 1.Introduction 2.Individuals 3.Legal Persons Chapter III – General Theory of the Object of Legal Relationship Chapter IV – General Theory of the Legal Fact 1.Concept and classifications of the legal fact 2.Acquisition, modification and termination of rights 3.Concept, elements and classification of legal contract 4.Formation of the legal contract 5.Content of the legal contract 6.Interpretation and integration of the legal contract 7.The will and the declaration; types of divergence between them 8.Invalidities and inefficacy Chapter V – General Theory of the Guarantees of Legal Relationship (brief mention)
	Consumption Law	2nd Semester	4	34 h
I – Introduction Brief historical note Consumer Law Sources General Concepts 3.1. Approach to the concept of Consumer Law 3.2. Concept of consumer II – Consumer Rights and Guarantees Consumer Rights (Lei de Defesa do Consumidor) Judicial and extrajudicial consumer protection III – General Consumer Contracts Form of contracts Offer and acceptance Price Unfair commercial practices Contract Content 5.1. Unfair terms 5.2. General contract terms 5.3. Loyalty period6. Consumers’ right to retraction IV – Contractual Consumer Law in Particular Sale of consumer goods 1.1. Guarantees 1.2. Producer responsibility Off-premises contracts Consumer Credit Agreement
	Free Course II	2nd Semester	5	–
The student can choose any 1st cycle curricular unit.

2nd Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Civil Procedural Law I	1st Semester	6	66 h
Part I – Introduction and General Principles Part II – Forms of Process Part III – Procedural Assumptions Part IV – Access to law and the courts Part V – Injunctions
	Property Law	1st Semester	7	96 h
Introduction 1.1. Rights in rem – first approach 1.2. Three theories about rights in rem 1.3. Rights in rem vs obligation rights 1.4. Major principles about rights in rem 1.5. The object of rights in rem 1.6. Rights in rem in Portuguese Civil Code 1.7. Different types of rights in rem Rights in rem – types, categories and particularities 2.1. Rights in rem for usage: property; horizontal property; usufruct; usage and habitation; surface rights; easements; timesharing 2.2. Rights in rem for guaranty: mortgage; pawn; yield consignation; special privileges; right of retention; judicial confiscation and garnishment 2.3. Rights in rem for acquisition: legal / contractual right of preference and promise of acquisition The ownership/tenure
	Obligations Law I	1st Semester	6	81 h
PART I – INTRODUCTION Simple and complex relationship of obligation Structure of obligation: constituent elements Civil and natural obligations Civil Law asset and non-asset PART II – SOURCES OF OBLIGATIONS Contracts 1.1. Concept and classifications 1.2. Fundamental principles: Private Autonomy; Contractual Freedom; Good Faith 1.3. Adhesion contracts and unfair contract terms 1.4. Promise Contract – regime and legal breach 1.5. Preferably Contract 1.6. Specially contracts (Buying and Selling; Donation; Mutual; Services; Office; Warehouse; Enterprise) Unilateral legal business Negotiorum getio Enrichment without cause Civil responsibility 5.1. Subjective/Guilt Civil Responsibility (assumptions) 5.2. Lens/Risk Civil Responsibility (hypothesis) 5.3. Pre-Contractual Responsibility
	Family Law	1st Semester	5	66 h
1 – Notion of Family Law 2 – Sources of Family Law 3 – Notion of family – family relationships 4 – De facto union 5 – “Parafamiliares” relations 6 – Constitutional principles of Family Law 7 – Characters of Family Law 8 – Characters of the family rights 9 – Matrimonial law 10 – Dissolution of marriage relationship 11 – Judicial separation of assets 12-Separation of persons and assets 13 – Establishment of filiation 14–Parental responsibilities
	Commercial Law	1st Semester	6	66 h
Acts of Trade Civil and Commercial Capacity Responsibilities of traders Special obligations of traders 4.1. The social denomination 4.2. The commercial register 4.3. The commercial bookkeeping 4.4. The assessment and accountability Trademark Securities – bills, notes and checks Transfer of a commercial or industrial business
	Company Law	2nd Semester	5	66 h
Companies Civil companies Commercial companies Concepts related companies (cooperatives, ACE, EEIG, consortium, public companies, association, foundation) Companies’ contract Commercial companies. Structure and operation of all types of companies.
	Civil Procedural Law II	2nd Semester	5	66 h
Procedural formalities 1.Common assessment procedure I.Phase of Pleadings II. Instruction and condensation process III. Education Phase IV. Stage of final hearing and judgment is delivered V. phase of the sentence VI. Appeal Special assessment procedures court fees
	Free Course III	2nd Semester	2	–
The student can choose any 1st cycle curricular unit.
	Succession Law and Inventory Procedures	2nd Semester	7	96 h
I – Introduction II – General Part 1) Death as a presupposition of the succession. 2) Succession opening. 3) Succession calling. 4) Heritage (hereditas jacens, acceptance and repudiation, petition, transfer, administration, liquidation and partition). III– Special Part. Legal, Testamentary and Contractual Succession. IV– The Inventory Process 1) The «unjudicialization» and the «rejudicialization» of Inventory process. 2) The stages of the inventory process.
	EU Law	2nd Semester	6	66 h
1- Génese e evolução da União Europeia: Origem e evolução histórica das Comunidades e da UE: Os Precursores; Ideia Europeia no Pós-Guerra; Tratados Constitutivos; Alargamentos e Aprofundamentos; Tratados Adesão; Tratados de Revisão; Teorias de integração. 2- O Direito Institucional da União: 2.1. Instituições: Conselho Europeu; Conselho da União Europeia; Parlamento Europeu; Comissão; Tribunal de Justiça da UE; Tribunal de Contas; Banco Central Europeu; 2.2. Órgãos e instâncias complementares. 3- Ordenamento Jurídico da União: 3.1. Fontes 3.2. Processos de Decisão na União Europeia 3.3. Princípios estruturantes da União Europeia 4- Objetivos da União Europeia: 4.1. Objetivos constitucionais 4.2. O Ordenamento Económico da União Europeia Livre circulação de mercadorias; Livre circulação de pessoas; Direito de estabelecimento e liberdade de prestação de serviços; Livre circulação de capitais e pagamentos. 4.3. Direito da Concorrência
	Obligations Law II	2nd Semester	5	66 h
I. OBLIGATIONS TYPES: Bound (natural and civil obligations) Subjects (specified and unspecified obligations; single and plural parties: joint and solidary obligations); Object (divisible and indivisible obligation; specific and generic obligations; cumulative and alternative obligations; cash obligations) II. OBLIGATIONS TRANSFERENCE Credit assignment (cession and subrogation) Debit assignment (debt assumption) Contract assignability III. WARRANTIES General guarantee (the debtor patrimony – judicial defence means) Special guarantees (bail, guarantees on first demand, mortgage, pledge) IV. OBLIGATION EXTINGUISHMENT Performance and payment Others causes of extinguishment of obligations (accord and satisfaction; consignation; compensation; novation; remission, confusion) V. CONTRACT FAILURE Modalities (default, defective performance, delay) Liability requirements

3rd Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Real Estate Law	1st Semester	5	66 h
Property contracts 1.1. The brokerage contract Real estate financing 2.1. Mutual loans. Collaterals 2.2. Real estate leasing 2.3. Life insurance The Horizontal Property Regime and Condominiums 3.1. Concept, Constitution and Registration 3.2. The Administration of the Condominium 3.3. The Condominium Assembly 3.4. Financial Management of the Condominium: Revenues and Charges 3.5. Rights and Duties of Condominium Owners 3.6. The Condominium Regulations 3.7. Dispute resolution of and sanctioning regime 3.8. Extinction of the Condominium 3.9. Taxation of the Condominium Lease Legal Framework for Local Accommodation
	Registry and Notary Law	1st Semester	6	81 h
I Notion of Registry Legal certainty and Security II – Real Estate Registry Object, facts and legal procedures of RegistryActs effects and principles of Register Supply,Rectification and Reconstitution of registration Register on line; III Commercial Register Commercial Registry object and principles Facts and actions subject to registration Effects of registration Acts and Registration process; Commercial register on line; IV Civil Registration; Object of Civil Registration; Facts subject to registration; Effects of Registration; Private Civil registration processes; Movable Property Register (Automobiles registration); V Car registration; Car registration on line; VI Notary Office; Notion of Notarial Acts; Probative value of the documents with Notaries Electronic documents and Digital signature The Notarial Function Notarial acts in General; Notarial acts in particular Certification, authentication of documents and titration of acts subject to registration by attorneys and solicitors
	Free Course IV	1st Semester	3	–
The student can choose any 1st cycle curricular unit.
	Labour Law and Labour Procedural Law	1st Semester	6	96 h
Introduction Labour Law sources The aplication of labour law 4.The subjects of the labour relationship Employment contract Formation of labour contract Rights, obligations and garanties of the labour contract parties Retribution Time working: duration and organization 9.1. Concepts and general principles 9.2.Limits on working hours 9.3.Office hours 9.4.Exemption of working hours 9.5.Rest breaks, daily and weekly rest 9.6.Shift work 9.7.Night work 9.8.Overtime work 9.9.Public holidays 9.10.Vacations 9.11. Absence to work 10.Contractual events11.Cessation of labour contract 12.The disciplinar Procedure 13.Illegality of dismissal and appeal Colective rights of workers The Labour Process Law
	Civil Enforcement Procedural Law I	1st Semester	5	51 h
Enforcement title; Other enforceability requirements; Jurisdiction, claimant and defendant; The defendant’s wife / husband; Public database on enforcement proceedings. The enforcement agent; Enforcement first application; first steps in the enforcement proceeding; The defendant’s opposition; .Seizure and means to avoid abuse; Seized assets’ trustee; Seizure effects; Other creditors intervention; Defendant’s insolvency; Enforcement proceedings to obtain public income payment; Sale and creditors’ payment; Sale’s effects; 18. Other means to achieve payment; Enforcement proceedings’ extinction; Enforcement proceedings in what concerns to obligations different from paying a sum of money.
	Tax Law I	1st Semester	5	51 h
1 – Financial Law and Tax Law 2 – Tax: concepts and classification 3 – Concept of tax, fee and other taxes 4 – Tax dynamics 5 – Tax classification 6 – Sources of Tax Law 7 – Interpretation and Application of Tax Law (Space/Time) 8 – Tax Juridical Relationship 9 – Tax Administration 10 – Administrative tax procedures 11 – Tax enforcement procedure 12 – Tax payers’ rights 13 – Tax arbitration
	Tax Law II	2nd Semester	5	51 h
1 -Tax systems in general 2 – Portuguese tax system 3 – Wealth Taxes 3.1 – IMT 3.2 – IMI 3.3 – IS 4 – Income Taxes 4.1 – IRS
	Urban Planning Law and Georeferencing	2nd Semester	4	51 h
1.1 What is town planning? 1.1.1 Law, cities and town planning 1.2 Urban planning as a social fact, science, policy and technique 2 Urban planning law, spatial planning law and environmental law Analysing the LBGPPSOTU: between rights and restrictions II. Land occupation, use and transformation in Portugal 1) Legal rules on land use. 1.1 The legal regime of the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN). 1.2 The legal regime of the National Ecological Reserve (REN) 1.3 The Nature Conservation and Biodiversity regime 1.4. The legal regime of the Natura 2000 Network 1.5. The legal regime for forest areas 1.6. Discipline of the occupation, use and transformation of the coastal strip 1.7 Administrative easements and public utility restrictions 2 The legal framework for land management instruments. 2.1 The LBOTU, the RJIGT and the SGT. 2.2. The new RJIGT the Legal Framework for Urbanisation and Building (RJUE) III. Georeferencing
	Legal Simulation	2nd Semester	6	36 h
All matters of degree, in particular of Administrative Law, Family Law, Inventory process, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law, Civil Procedure Law, and Executive Law, Registries and Notaries.
	Dispute Resolution	2nd Semester	4	51 h
I. ADR FRAMEWORK The alternative dispute mechanisms II. ADR MECHANISMS Mediation Peace Courts Arbitration
	Free Course IV	2nd Semester	2	–
The student can choose any 1st cycle curricular unit.
	Insolvency and Turnaround Management	2nd Semester	5	81 h
Introduction The subjects and objects of the process Insolvency concept 4 . The insolvency proceedings 5 – The insolvency players Claims verification The insolvency effects 7.1. The personal effects 7.2. The procedural effects 7.3. The effects over the contracts 7.4. The contract resolution in favor of the process The process closing procedures 8.1. Liquidation 8.2. Insolvency Plan 8.3. Payment plan 8.4. Fresh start The effects of closing the process
	Civil Enforcement Procedural Law II	2nd Semester	4	51 h
PART I – INTRODUCTION Reform of enforcement proceedings PART II – GENERAL PART General on the enforcement agent Appointments of the enforcement agent Skills of the enforcement agent Statutory Duties of the enforcement agent Incompatibilities of the enforcement agent Impediments of the enforcement agent Responsibility of the enforcement agent Rates PART III – SPECIAL PART PEPEX QUOTE PAWN SALE

Entry Requirements

For further information about international students’ applications,
please see International Applicants
or contact the International Students’ Office by email at: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt

Accreditation

State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 6
Publication date: 12/05/2025
A3ES Accreditation

Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 30€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent 697 €
International student contingent 3000€