At the end of doctoral studies, the graduate must have acquired:

Basic skills:

1. . Systematic understanding in legal study, mastering the skills and research methods of the legal sciences.
2. . Ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice, and adopt a substantial research or creation process.
3. . Ability to contribute to expanding the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
4. . Ability to carry out a critical analysis and evaluation, and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
5. . Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
6. . Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic, or cultural advancement within a knowledge-based society.

Personal abilities and skills:

1. To function in contexts in which there is little specific information.
2. Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex legal problem.
3. Design, create, develop, and undertake new and innovative projects in the field of knowledge of legal sciences.
4. Work both in a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
5. Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity, and make judgments with limited information.
6. The criticism and intellectual defence of solutions.

Specific skills:

1. Understanding the operation and consequences of legal norms in a specific socio-economic environment and subjecting them to criticism, proposing improvements in legislation.
2. Being able to argue for or against legal positions related to a particular issue.
3. Being able to state lege ferenda proposals aimed at improving the regulation of a specific institution or sector of the legal system.
4. Have the ability to integrate subjects from various legal disciplines analytically.
5. Manage specialized legal databases with ease.