Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE)

ISDE began its activity with the first Master of Law on the market. This is a Master Program, which allows students to learn a mechanism of legal reasoning, and consequently to acquire a sound grounding in legal practice in all subjects, with the aim of gradually aspiring to specialization. This Objective was achieved, receiving the recognition of the principle personalities of the juridical environment. ISDE has broadened its learning programs to students of non-judicial degrees, being able to provide them with the same training. ISDE has full time programs, aimed at recent graduates and young professionals who wish to have the best training and want to join the labor market.

In ISDE we work to integrate you in the main firms, institutions and companies, guaranteeing the placement. You will finish the master working in the reality of the professional world. We have a 100% pass rate in the entrance exam. We are the Spanish University Center that presents more students to the state exam.

The success of our method lies in attracting young people with the necessary talent to work in leading law firms and companies. At ISDE, our partners are the ones that train them as future professionals and fellow staff members.

ISDE is an academic institution born out of the heart of the legal profession. Representatives of the main national and international firms were involved in its foundation, with the objective of creating an academic institution dedicated to offer training of the highest level.

ISDE selects talented students from leading national and international universities, offers excellence-based training an therefore, introduces them in professional structures with sufficient guarantees.

ISDE is a center affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid. Its students are trained in some of the most prestigious international universities, such as Georgetown University, NYU, Miami University and Jindal Global University, leaders in international rankings.

This double contribution of the best academic and professional partners configures a global training model that breaks the artificial gap between theory and practice and translates into a comprehensive professionalization method.

In February 1992, members of the top Law firms in Barcelona and Madrid met to discuss the creation of an Institution exclusively dedicated to the highest quality of legal preparation. A center established from the core of advocacy in Spain was necessary to enable students who had been trained following its particular method to join leading firms, which at the same time would meet the demands of the most qualified offices in our country.

Two of the main assets of ISDE are its methodology (a perfect combination of theoretical and practical knowledge) and the extraordinary group of academics and collaborating entities.

ISDE has been the first Spanish educational center to obtain the recognition of the Consejo general de la Abogacia Española (CGAE) and of the Consejo de los Ilustres Colegios de Abogados de Cataluña (CICAC). It is also, the first and only Spanish institution whose Master programs have been recognized, in both, Barcelona and Madrid Bar Associations.

ISDE maintains a close relationship with business and academic sectors. Currently, it collaborates with more than 250 associated law firms and companies from multiple countries. Additionally, ISDE has partnerships with prestigious universities such as New York University, Georgetown, University of Miami and Jindal Global University, among others.

The objective of this collaboration is twofold: to guarantee that students receive permanently updated training and opportunities to develop their professional careers, and also to encourage collaborating law firms and companies to be more competitive and socially responsible thanks to the labor insertion of young talents trained in an environment of international excellence.

Thanks to the achievements reached over the past few years, ISDE nowadays has more than 15.000 former students from more than 40 countries all over the world.

ISDE´s faculty is composed of professionals with extensive experience in research and teaching. Most of them are doctors and practicing lawyers in leading law firms and companies, which proves their merit in research coupled with a practical viewpoint of the profession.

ISDE alumni are part of a community of 30,000 professionals from the five continents, many of you in senior management positions in law firms, in multinationals or undertaking personal projects. We are honored that you are wearing the ISDE badge as part of you and we want to be your support to continue doing so. We want that our spirit of constant relationship with the professional sphere and where the education centered in the person prevails is also materialized through our Former Students.

Your time at ISDE is not temporary, it is a stamp that you will carry with you throughout your career. Our goal is to keep alive that project of personal and professional growth in which we participate in your passage through the institution.

We want you to have ISDE as the space for development, meetings and encounters among you and where to build a network of valuable contacts that facilitate professional projects

Not only with classmates from your class, but also with other classmates from different generations so that you can be their inspiration as teachers or mentors and so that they can be your support in the development of your projects.

Carried out by the ISDE Admissions Committee, it is divided into 2 phases:

• Evaluation of documents: the candidate must send the following documents to the admissions coordinator assigned to him/her:
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Motivation letter (in which you express your reasons for wanting to do this master’s degree)
  • University degree (if you already have one)
  • University transcript (list of subjects and grades)
  • At least one letter of recommendation
• Presential tests: 3h approximately:
  • Written tests:
  • Psycho-technical test
  • Reasoning test
  • English level test
  • Interviews:
    • Personal interview with a member of the admissions office
    • Court. With members of the academic and general management.

* REMOTE ADMISSION PROCESS AVAILABLE (for cases that need it)

If you wish to start the admission process, you can do so by sending us your documentation through the following link: ISDE ADMISSION PROCESS

The personal commitment to self-improvement necessary leans on an excellent training, and the access to the excellence we all aspire to should not be impeded by insufficient financial means.

ISDE, to help as far as possible to people highly qualified and motivated, offers several options for obtaining partial grants and customized financial plans.

ISDE replicates work environments of leading law firms and companies. Therefore, as an essential support to their training, our students have access to the same tools that new internet based technologies provide.

Our students will be able to access the different campuses according to the type of program they are studying. Equipped with the latest technology and located in the most prominent neighborhoods of each city, in any of its four venues, they will find opportunities to practice sports, attend courses, conferences and master sessions that complements their academic programs. The activities promoted by ISDE are aimed at the acquisition of a greater knowledge and the strengthening of the relationships between students.

• Madrid
• Barcelona
• New York
• Asturias

Madrid is a bustling city in constant growth. Considered by many as the natural crossroad for business between Europe, America and Africa. ISDE’s campus is located in the financial district, close to the headquarters of leading law firms and companies, whose professionals compose its faculty and where ISDE students carry out multiple in-house workshops.

ISDE’s campus in Barcelona has all the conditions to provide the best environment for excellence based training and advancement. Located in one of the most charming areas of the city and in a building that combines the tradition of its history with all the comforts for students.

We have collaboration agreements with specialized partners that offer accommodation services. If a student requests it, we can advise on several options: shared and single apartments, residence in Spanish families for those foreign students who want to have a better understanding of the local culture etc.

If you need assistance with any of these alternatives, we will be glad to provide it.

At ISDE, you have the leading role. We inaugurate the course with an opening ceremony and during the term, we organize breakfasts, social activities and celebrate Christmas. Finally, the course concludes with the graduation ceremony attended by prominent professionals from the legal sector, elected officials, teachers, tutors and last but not least the students’ families.