
Course Coordination
João António Bahia de Almeida Garrett
Description
The IPMAIA Legal Studies course, the successor of the oldest higher education course for Legal Studies in the country and a pioneer in broadening legal training focusing on professions other than lawyers and judges, aims to train highly specialised legal professionals. While studying law was, for previous generations, only for the purpose of becoming a lawyer or a judge, the evolution in society and legal institutions demands trained professionals with more specialised skills, as imposed by the dynamics and needs of the labour market.
The Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies aims to centralise training based on working as a solicitador and connected areas, bringing together the acquisition of knowledge about different practical activities with the field of information technology and developing skills in procedural and legal or preventative areas. In Portugal, a solicitador is a professional similar to a paralegal in English-speaking countries.
Specific skills will be developed for performing the role of enforcement agent, for carrying out the work of a solicitador, representing clients at notaries, registry offices and public agencies, as well as special skills in the field of distribution of estates and divorces by mutual consent.