Participating in the IE Law School Legal Clinic means engaging in the practical exercise of the law. Students face real legal challenges, work in teams, interact with clients, and apply their knowledge in projects with social impact, both nationally and internationally. This experience allows them to understand the Law from its most vivid and committed dimension: in the service of people and social transformation.
Through this program, students have the opportunity to gain practical experience from their very first year by providing pro bono legal advice to third-sector organizations, foundations, startups, and other entities committed to social change.
Guided by practicing lawyers and professors, students work on real projects that enable them to develop key skills for their professional future: legal analysis, technical drafting, effective communication, and teamwork.
But the experience goes beyond technical aspects: it helps them understand the value of the Law as a tool for transformation, to strengthen their ethical awareness, and to take on an active commitment to justice.
Sara Sánchez has been teaching and researching at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Universidad Autónoma of Madrid from 2008 to 2013. From 2014 and until 2016, she has been in practice as a lawyer at the law firm Uría Menéndez, specialised in IPOs and counseling in corporate governance and company law matters for Spanish listed companies.
Sonsoles Arias Guedón holds a Bachelor degree in Law (2005, Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera, Best Student Award), and a PhD (2015). She practised law at Garrigues (Litigation and Arbitration Department, Madrid office) for several years before establishing her own practice.
She is a full-time Professor of Law at IE University where she teaches Constitutional Law and Administrative Law.
Her research interests lie in the field of Comparative Constitutional Law, more specifically in the vertical separation of powers, and unitary and federal systems. She conducted her research at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), Harvard Law School (United States), Bucerius Law-School (Hamburg, Germany) and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (Munich, Germany).
Her doctoral dissertation -Las Constituciones de los Länder de la República Federal de Alemania: Contenido, garantías y posición en el ordenamiento jurídico alemán, CEPC, 2015- obtained the recognition of the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (CEPC, Ministry of the Presidency of Spain) in 2015, being awarded with the Premio Nicolás Pérez-Serrano para tesis doctorales, one of the most important awards in the field of Constitutional Law. She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association.
Casilda holds a Doctorate in Law and practices as a lawyer in Spain, additionally being a solicitor in England and Wales. She represents both national and international clients, aiding them in resolving pre-litigation and litigation conflicts within the realms of civil, commercial, and procedural law before all jurisdictional bodies. Moreover, she possesses extensive expertise in drafting, composing, and reviewing intricate technical contracts related to insurance, transportation, construction, renewable energy, and the civil liability of company directors.
Since 2011, Casilda has seamlessly integrated her professional commitments with a teaching role in IE University. She also actively participates as a speaker in conferences and discussions centred around legal matters.
Additionally, she allocates a portion of her time to volunteer work, actively engaging with different NGOs in the Philippines, Spain, and India. Casilda is also the Founder of Asociación PostAdopción en Acción, offering comprehensive support to young individuals facing vulnerable situations.
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