This week the Legal Assistant university extension course for people with intellectual disabilities was inaugurated, which is taught by our University in collaboration with the Esfera Foundation and Deloitte Legal. It is a two-year degree, whose objective is to provide legal training to young people with intellectual disabilities, so that they can access qualified jobs in the legal professional environment. 

This training offer is unique in Spain, and with it the aim is not only to transform the idea of ​​professional training accessible to people with intellectual disabilities; It is also intended to train people aware of their own rights and their role as citizens in an inclusive society. 

For the development of this course, the teaching materials have been entirely prepared in easy reading, and the teaching methodologies have been adapted to the training requirements of the students. The theoretical training credits are taught by professionals from the Esfera Foundation, lawyers from Deloitte Legal and professors from the Rey Juan Carlos University, supported by the design and development of practical training activities by the students of the URJC legal clinic, where CEU Legal Assistant students will carry out their first-year external internships. The external practices of the second year will be developed in Deloitte, Uría and other firms that support this initiative through FIDE.