In order to practice law (and to get the lawyer's license), the following requirements are necessary (legally mandatory): a bachelor's degree in Law (4 years), a master's degree in Law and Legal Practice (2 years), a legal internship (6 months, within those two years) and passing the All Spain Bar Examination (convened annually by the Government of Spain).
The first time the All Spain Bar Examination was convened (the new system) was in 2014 by virtue of the Royal Decree 150/2014, of March 7.
This imbalanced situation brought many foreign citizens, in whose countries postgraduate and state examination was required, to Spain and through this legal loophole they acceded to legal practice without postgraduate or state examination.
To this we must also add the complaints of the legal profession in Spain (many lawyers put pressure on the government).
The EU's Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications[3] aimed to unite all legal practice systems.
[6][7] In 2014 the Government of Spain passed the Royal Decree 150/2014, of March 7, which approves the additional rules of execution and application of the Law 34/2006.
The one previous to the Bologna Process (licenciate degree in law) was composed of 5 years (it itself included the specialization and there was no legal internship).
For example, Garrigues (law firm) together with University of Nebrija offers it and it is called "Master's Degree in Legal Practice".
[10] The master's degree in legal practice is made up of one or two years depending on the university that offers it and consists of 90 ECTS credits.
According to article 17 of the Royal Decree 775/2011, of 3 June, the exam is written and consists of two parts that are done on the same day.
Once you have passed the State Examination for Access to the Legal Profession, the Ministry of Justice of the Spanish Government gives you the Lawyer's Professional Title and with it you can join a Bar Association and practice law.
La obtención de los títulos profesionales de abogado o procurador será requisito imprescindible para la colegiación en los correspondientes colegios profesionales.In this way, the aforementioned Law created this professional title that before 2006 did not exist in Spain as such, and it established that it is the basic requirement to be able to join a Bar Association and practice law.