COMPETENCIES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN LAW PROGRAMS

This paper aims to demonstrate the construction of the specific competencies and learning outcomes of the Law program at the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. For this purpose, a mixed methodology with a sequential exploratory design was used, through the application of a survey to all the program’s strata, the formation of focus groups and the study of the regulations, guidelines and international, national and institutional documentation on the specific competencies of Law, along with the theoretical and epistemological foundations, the mission, vision, graduate profile, pedagogical characteristics and curriculum of the Law program at the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. In this way, the general framework of competencies for lawyers was first addressed, followed by the definition of the specific competencies and learning outcomes of the program under study, establishing the competencies of Law and Society, Conflict Management and Legal Performance, with their respective learning outcomes.