Título a obtener

Title to be obtained

Master in Procedural Law
Resolución

Resolution

RPC-S0-36-No. 666-2019

Duration

12 months

Study your LLM at UEES and apply for an international double degree.

Our master's students will be able to apply, simultaneously and with unbeatable academic and economic benefits, for an international double degree:
Online Master of Laws (LL.M.) from University of Dayton School of Law
LL.M. for Foreign-Trained Lawyers of Temple School of Law

Obtain your degree in only 1 year

Objectives

To train fourth level professionals capable of understanding in depth the fundamentals of procedural institutions, their relevance as a mechanism for the peaceful resolution of controversies and their role as an indispensable tool to guarantee the rights of the parties and defendants within the framework of the administration of justice.

Curriculum

  • General Theory of Process
  • Criminal Proceedings
  • Organic Procedural Law and Administration of Justice
  • General Theory of Evidence
  • Constitutional Processes in Jurisdictional Guarantees
  • Degree I: Research Methodology
  • Intellectual Property Proceedings
  • International Human Rights Proceedings
  • Mediation and Arbitration Proceedings
  • Contentious-Administrative and Contentious-Tax Proceedings
  • Procedures at Central and Decentralized Administrative Headquarters
  • General and Voluntary Litigation Proceedings
  • Oral Litigation
  • Degree II: Degree Work or Complexive Examination

Class schedules

Saturdays and Sundays from 08:00 to 17:00

University of Dayton - School of Law

Temple University - Beasly School of Law

Agreements

We maintain academic cooperation agreements with national and international universities and public institutions, among them:

Convenios de cooperación

Financing

The Master's Program can be financed through credit with any banking institution.

Means of payment
Enrollment, tuition and fees for the master's program can be cancelled in the following ways:Medios de pago

Objectives

To train fourth level professionals capable of understanding in depth the fundamentals of procedural institutions, their relevance as a mechanism for the peaceful resolution of controversies and their role as an indispensable tool to guarantee the rights of the parties and defendants within the framework of the administration of justice.

Methodology

  • Case Analysis
  • Keynote Speeches
  • Participation of renowned speakers during the classes
  • Teamwork

Curriculum

  • General Theory of Process
  • Criminal Proceedings
  • Organic Procedural Law and Administration of Justice
  • General Theory of Evidence
  • Constitutional Processes in Jurisdictional Guarantees
  • Degree I: Research Methodology
  • Intellectual Property Proceedings
  • International Human Rights Proceedings
  • Mediation and Arbitration Proceedings
  • Contentious-Administrative and Contentious-Tax Proceedings
  • Procedures at Central and Decentralized Administrative Headquarters
  • General and Voluntary Litigation Proceedings
  • Oral Litigation
  • Degree II: Degree Work or Complexive Examination

Class schedules

Saturdays and Sundays from 08:00 to 17:00

University of Dayton - School of Law

Temple University - Beasly School of Law

Agreements

We maintain academic cooperation agreements with national and international universities and public institutions, among them:

Convenios de cooperación

Financing

The Master's Program can be financed through credit with any banking institution.

Means of payment
Enrollment, tuition and fees for the master's program can be cancelled in the following ways:Medios de pago

Entry Profile

Law professionals with a third level degree, duly registered with SENESCYT.

Professional profile to be obtained

The graduate of the master's program will be a professional with the competencies to:

  • Reflect critically and proactively on the application of Procedural Law, its principles and institutions in any of the positions he/she performs in society, whether in the field of free professional practice or as a public servant, whether administrative or member of the justice administration system.
  • Theoretical-conceptual and fundamentally contextual or pragmatic management of procedural science, this from the perspective of the doctrine of the institutions of adjective law that exist in Ecuadorian law and its consequent deepening, as well as the understanding in the praxis of real cases.
  • Solve complex legal problems based on the application of procedural principles and adjective hermeneutics.
  • Adequately adjust the legal claims through the procedural challenge mechanisms.
  • To apply voluntary civil proceedings when they are relevant to the claims of the plaintiffs.
  • Develop skills in challenging the acts of the public administration through administrative and tax litigation processes.
  • Develop litigation skills based on the application of the oral system in the formulation of case theories in matters regulated mainly by the General Organic Code of Procedure and other procedural norms.
  • Contribute to the construction and elaboration of procedural acts of judicial origin adequate for the fulfillment of the constitutional guarantee of motivation.
  • To apply jurisdictional guarantees and constitutional control mechanisms as ways to protect the constitutional rights of individuals.
  • Develop skills for international human rights litigation, either in the Inter-American Human Rights System or in the Universal Human Rights System.
  • Implement their oral litigation skills and procedural strategy in highly complex cases.
  • Research on the current procedural problems in judicial proceedings and coherently apply the institutions of procedural law contained, among others, in the General Organic Code of Proceedings that regulates the jurisdiction and procedural activity in various matters, as well as comply with the constitutional mandate of respect for the right to effective protection.

Admission Process

  1. Fill out the digital admission form, making sure to upload the following mandatory documents:
    • Identity card.
    • Title registration in Senescyt.
    • In the case of degrees issued abroad, the diploma must be duly apostilled or consular legalized.
  2. Make the payment of the registration fee (option included at the end of the digital form).
  3. Perform aptitude test.
  4. English test: A1 proficiency is required.
  5. Interview with the Director of the master's program.
Address

Km 2.5 Via Puntilla - Samborondón. Graduate School, Building P.

Tel.: (04) 500 0950 - Ext. 1274- 1299 - 1202 - 1220-1201
Cell phone: 0939317447 / 0959657803 / 0985218487 / 0999426904 / 0985009710 / 0999426904 / 0985009710
Email: postgrado@uees.edu.ec

Pablo Alarcón Peña

Director of the Graduate School of Law

The Graduate School of Law of UEES, according to its creation objectives, has a cutting-edge academic offer. This offer involves master's degrees, diplomas and other refresher courses, all related to law and other interdependent and related disciplines.

Presential Modality

Master's Degree in Procedural Law

RPC-SO-36-No.666-2019
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    Título universitario a obtenerMaster in Procedural Law
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    12 meses de duraciónFecha de inauguración: 27 JUN / 2026
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    Class schedulesSábados y Domingos: 08:00 – 17:00

Mission

Conferir experiencias académicas únicas en el medio, caracterizadas por una formación jurídica transnacional, sustentada en la cultura de la legalidad, con altos estándares de rigurosidad académica y responsabilidad social.

Aimed at

Dirigido a profesionales con título de tercer nivel de grado preferentemente en el campo específico del:

  • Law
  • Otros campos de formación

Deberán acreditar 2 años de experiencia en áreas afines al programa. Esta maestría está dirigida a profesionales que deseen profundizar en su formación en teoría y práctica del Derecho Procesal.

Graduation Profile

The graduate of the master's program will be a professional with the competencies to:

  • Reflect critically and proactively on the application of Procedural Law, its principles and institutions in any of the positions he/she performs in society, whether in the field of free professional practice or as a public servant, whether administrative or member of the justice administration system.
  • Theoretical-conceptual and fundamentally contextual or pragmatic management of procedural science, this from the perspective of the doctrine of the institutions of adjective law that exist in Ecuadorian law and its consequent deepening, as well as the understanding in the praxis of real cases.
  • Solve complex legal problems based on the application of procedural principles and adjective hermeneutics.
  • Adequately adjust the legal claims through the procedural challenge mechanisms.
  • To apply voluntary civil proceedings when they are relevant to the claims of the plaintiffs.

Curriculum

Materias y horas de estudio
SubjectTeacher contact hoursNo. de créditos
General Theory of Process161
Criminal Proceedings322
Organic Procedural Law and Administration of Justice322
General Theory of Evidence322
Constitutional Processes in Jurisdictional Guarantees322
Degree I: Research Methodology161
Intellectual Property Proceedings322
International Human Rights Proceedings322
Mediation and Arbitration Proceedings322
Contentious-Administrative and Contentious-Tax Proceedings483
Procedures at Central and Decentralized Administrative Headquarters322
General and Voluntary Litigation Proceedings322
Oral Litigation483
Degree II: Degree Work or Complexive Examination644

Methodology

  • Clases magistrales con enfoque de seminario alemán, orientadas al análisis profundo y al debate.
  • Modalidad presencial, centrada en la interacción constante entre docentes y estudiantes.
  • Clases en modalidad virtual rigurosa, 100 % en vivo, con altos estándares académicos.
  • Participación activa, reflexiva y crítica del estudiante como eje del proceso de aprendizaje.
  • Fomento de la generación de conocimiento jurídico, más allá de la mera descripción normativa.
  • Enfrentamiento del estudiante a la toma de decisiones éticas en escenarios reales y complejos.
  • Simulaciones procesales y juicios orales para el desarrollo de habilidades prácticas.
  • Uso estratégico de herramientas multimedia como apoyo al aprendizaje.
  • Desarrollo de investigación aplicada, vinculada a problemas jurídicos actuales.

International Connections

  • Somos la única escuela de derecho en el país que cuenta con programas de doble titulación internacional: Online Master of Laws (LL.M.) American and Transnational Law, University of Dayton School of Law de los Estados Unidos, LL.M. for Foreign-Trained Lawyers (presencial) Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.
  • Somos parte de varios consorcios internacionales que permiten a nuestros alumnos y alumni acceder a programas, cursos y foros de primer orden mundial. Es el caso de: Red de Constitucionalismo Colombo-Ecuatoriana, promovida por el Departamento de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad Externado de Colombia y la Escuela de Postgrado en Derecho UEES; miembros de Be-Latin, una iniciativa de University of California, Berkeley; miembros del Consorcio Latinoamericano de Derecho y Tecnología, conjuntamente con la Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile, TEC de Monterrey, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidad Católica de San Pablo, Universidad de la República del Uruguay; miembros del Consorcio de Universidades Internacionales de Compliance y Sostenibilidad Corporativa, conjuntamente con: Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile, TEC de Monterrey, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso y Universidad de los Andes de Chile.

Beneficios Internacionales

Calidad y Flexibilidad que se ajusta a tu ritmo

Atributos del Programa

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Enseñanza
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Frequently Asked Questions

Proceso de Inscripción

  1. Fill out the digital admission form, making sure to upload the following mandatory documents:
  • Copia de cédula de identidad.
  • Copia del Certificado de Registro de título que evidencie estudios de tercer nivel de grado en el Ministerio de Educación, Deporte y Cultura (MINEDEC). Para el caso de títulos emitidos en el extranjero deben cargar el diploma debidamente apostillado o legalizado por vía consular.
  1. Realizar el pago de inscripción a través del portal de servicios UEES (valor no reembolsable y válido por 12 meses).

Admission process

  • Perform aptitude test.
  • Realizar formulario de entrevista.
  • Entrevista con el Director del programa.

Financing

  • Financiamiento directo con la UEES, sin intereses, del valor total de la maestría hasta en 12 cuotas.
  • Pago del valor total de la maestría mediante tarjeta de crédito, con opción de financiamiento de acuerdo con las condiciones y planes disponibles del emisor.
  • Descuento a alumni UEES.
  • Beneficios por convenio.

Means of payment

La matrícula y la colegiatura del programa de maestría podrán ser canceladas mediante las siguientes modalidades de pago:

  • Pago en ventanilla del Banco Bolivariano o Banco Pichincha con el código estudiantil.
  • Portal de servicios UEES.

Information and quota reservation

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Correo

jefeadmisionpostgrado@uees.edu.ec
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Teléfonos

(04) 500 0950
Ext. 1158 - 1202 - 1299 - 1485
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Address

Km 2.5 Vía Puntilla – Samborondón,
Edificio P, 4to piso.

International Connections

Somos la única escuela de derecho en el país que cuenta con programas de doble titulación internacional: Online Master of Laws (LL.M.) American and Transnational Law, University of Dayton School of Law de los Estados Unidos, LL.M. for Foreign-Trained Lawyers (presencial) Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.

Somos parte de varios consorcios internacionales que permiten a nuestros alumnos y alumni acceder a programas, cursos y foros de primer orden mundial. Es el caso de: Red de Constitucionalismo Colombo-Ecuatoriana, promovida por el Departamento de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad Externado de Colombia y la Escuela de Postgrado en Derecho UEES; miembros de Be-Latin, una iniciativa de University of California, Berkeley; miembros del Consorcio Latinoamericano de Derecho y Tecnología, conjuntamente con la Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile, TEC de Monterrey, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidad Católica de San Pablo, Universidad de la República del Uruguay; miembros del Consorcio de Universidades Internacionales de Compliance y Sostenibilidad Corporativa, conjuntamente con: Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile, TEC de Monterrey, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso y Universidad de los Andes de Chile.

Admission process

1. Llenar el formulario de admisión digital, asegurándose de realizar la carga de los siguientes documentos obligatorios:
- Identity card.
- Title registration in Senescyt.
• Para el caso de títulos emitidos en el extranjero deben cargar el diploma debidamente apostillado o legalizado por vía consular.
Make the payment of the registration fee (option included at the end of the digital form).
3. Realizar prueba de aptitud.
4. Entrevista con la Dirección del programa de maestría.

Financing

  • UEES financing without interest of the total value of the master's program
  • Descuento a exalumnos UEES (homologacion de 3 materias)
  • Financing of the total value of the master's degree by credit card.
  • Means of payment

Enrollment, tuition and fees for the master's program can be cancelled in the following ways:

  • Payment at Banco Bolivariano or Banco Pichincha with the student code.
  • UEES Services Portal

Means of payment

Enrollment, tuition and fees for the master's program can be cancelled in the following ways:

  • Payment at Banco Bolivariano or Banco Pichincha with the student code.
  • UEES Services Portal