Earning a Law Degree in Columbia
Columbia as well as other Latin American countries has been attempting to reform their higher education process by making it easier for low income students to obtain higher education degrees.
Becoming a lawyer in Columbia involves completing a Bachelor of Law (4 years). You can then complete a Master of Law (LLM). Depending on your specialization, you need or not to take the Bar exam to practice law. Internships consisting of at least one year with a law firm or individual counselor is sometimes needed before law students can take the bar examination.
Many lawyers obtaining a degree in Columbia choose to practice law in Brazil, where the economically thriving cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro offer opportunities that Columbia does not provide. Attorneys specializing in corporate, business and contractual law will have no trouble finding employment in Brazil while criminal and family lawyers tend to be more in demand in Columbia.