This article explores the professional career of law graduates from the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas from 2006 to 2016. More than half of the 353 located graduates work outside of Venezuela, with a sizable proportion in law-related jobs. This finding goes against the common view that Venezuelan legal education is only nationally focused. The interviews explored the graduates’ opinions regarding their legal education and their strategies for adapting to foreign legal cultures.
Lawyer, Master in Legal Sociology from the International Institute of Legal Sociology (Oñati, Spain) and is currently doing doctoral studies in political science at the Simón Bolívar University (Caracas, Venezuela). She is a professor in the Department of International Studies and Deputy Director of the Center for Human Rights of the Metropolitan University (Caracas, Venezuela).
Capriles, V., & Pérez Perdomo, R. (2019). Lawyers graduated at the universidad metropolitana 2006-2016. Study of a professional cohort in times of revolution. Revista Pedagogía Universitaria Y Didáctica Del Derecho, 6(1), 23–42. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2019.53744