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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

The offer of master of Law degree programs in Ecuador: Current status and neglected areas

Authors

Abstract

This research approaches the composition and characteristics of law master programs in Ecuador. It pretends to identify the areas not treated by the law master offer, even though their relevance in professional law practice requires being the object of studies at the graduate level. The research analyses official information on Law master’s degree programs offered in the country and seeks to understand their current status through expert focus groups. The information obtained shows a high concentration of law master programs in the Public Law field instead a low presence in the Private and Social Law fields. Although, advanced training in these fields is necessary to develop capacities in areas where the trials are frequent and are related to fundamental rights.

Author Biographies

Rina Pazos, Universidad UTE

Rina Pazos has a PhD in General Legal Sciences from the University of Minho
from Portugal, Master in Administrative Law from the Universidad Andina Simón
Bolívar of Ecuador, Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Central University of
Ecuador and dean of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University
UTE of Ecuador. Her email is rina.pazos@ute.edu.ec. https://orcid.
org/0000-0002-2522-8138.

Mónica Rodríguez, Universidad UTE

Mónica Rodríguez is a lawyer and has a master's degree in International Law from the
Complutense University of Madrid and is director of the Law course at the
UTE University of Ecuador. Her email is monica.rodriguez@ute.edu.ec.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-2959.

Elena Fernández, Universidad UTE

Elena Fernández Torres is a lawyer and has a master's degree in Sociology from the Faculty
Latin American of Social Sciences from Ecuador and professor of Law
from the UTE University of Ecuador. Her email is elena.fernandez @
ute.edu.ec https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4781-5480.