Spain and the Lost Legal Generation: Spain's Dysfunctional University System Is Also to Blame

Abstract

One of the aims of this article is precisely to emphasize the fact that Spanish law students deserve more than they get from many current aspects of their legal education. By way of reinforcing one of the ideas put forward in the introductory section (a snapshot of the profile of Spanish law students is misleading because it fails to sufficiently reflect the shortcomings of the Spanish university system), this paper is going to raise a series of key issues regarding current law degrees in Spain, which in my opinion are in need of a thorough overhaul.

Keywords: Legal Education, Spain, Economic crisis, Higher Education, European Higher Education Area

JEL Classification: I2, K33