Facultad de Derecho | Uniandes

What Facultad de Derecho | Uniandes does

Facultad de Derecho | Uniandes is the law school of Universidad de los Andes, a private non-profit university in Bogotá, Colombia (founded 1948, university recognition 1964). The faculty delivers a full legal education portfolio — one undergraduate program (Pregrado en Derecho), approximately 20 graduate programs (Escuela de Posgrados including master's, specializations, and a doctorate), 10 continuing education programs, and 10 international summer school courses — serving students ranging from undergraduates to working professionals and international participants from partner universities (MIT, Georgetown, UCL, Universidad Di Tella, American University in Cairo). Core operational infrastructure is academic rather than technological: the faculty is anchored by the Consultorio Jurídico (a free legal aid clinic with specialized clinics for business, migration, environment, prisons, and gender), the CIJUS socio-legal research center, the Centro de Estudios en Migración (CEM), 8 MinCiencias-classified research groups (two at A1 level), 26+ research seedbeds, and the Latin American Law Review journal. No proprietary technology platform was identified in the source material; the institution operates on standard educational technology for virtual and blended learning.

Revenue mechanics are predominantly tuition-driven (undergraduate, graduate, continuing education, summer school at COP 4,140,000 per course) supplemented by research grants, philanthropy, and pro bono legal services. Go-to-market is hybrid: a sales-led admissions motion through Aspirantes Uniandes combined with a heavy event-driven presence (Congreso Colombiano de Contratación Pública, Colombia Arbitration Week, tertulias tributarias). Customer segments span undergraduate law students, graduate professionals, continuing-education participants, international summer students, and migrant/refugee populations served through the Clínica Jurídica para Migrantes (notably contributing to Corte Constitucional SU-543/2023). Brand strength is reinforced by consistent moot court achievements — Jessup 2025 national champions and top 8 globally, sole Latin American finalist in the John H. Jackson Moot Court — and by an alumni network that includes ministerial-level government officials and Supreme Court justices.

Name

Facultad de Derecho | Uniandes

Legal name

Universidad de los Andes

Website

https://derecho.uniandes.edu.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Facultad de Derecho | Uniandes is the law school of Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, delivering undergraduate, graduate (~20 programs), continuing education, and international summer programs in law. It serves students, working professionals, international participants, and underserved communities via its free Consultorio Jurídico and specialized research centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Law Schools (e.g., Tax, IP, International, Trial Advocacy) (EDAHAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE) (EDAAALAB), Faculty-Led & Custom Group Study Abroad Programs (EDAIAAAA)

Keywords

• Legal education
• Law degrees
• Graduate law programs
• Continuing legal education
• Legal research

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Academic Program Fees: Revenue generated from undergraduate law degree tuition, graduate programs (20 programs), and continuing education courses (10 programs) at the Faculty of Derecho.
2. Consultorio Jurídico (Pro Bono Legal Services): Free legal aid services provided by law students under faculty supervision. While providing social impact, this also serves as a practical training ground.
3. Research Grants and Philanthropy: The faculty mentions 'Becas y Filantropía' and international research collaborations that may generate external funding.
4. Summer School Programs: International Summer School programs (10 courses) generating revenue from external participants, priced at $4,140,000 COP for Uniandes students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Facultad de Derecho is the law school of Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, offering an undergraduate law degree (Pregrado en Derecho), a graduate school (Escuela de Posgrados) with approximately 20 master's, specialization, and doctoral programs, continuing education programs for working professionals, and an International Summer School. The faculty integrates academic coursework with experiential learning through the Consultorio Jurídico legal aid clinic and sustains research through the CIJUS socio-legal research center, the Centro de Estudios en Migración, MinCiencias-classified research groups, and student research seedbeds.

Product overview

Facultad de Derecho | Uniandes offers a comprehensive legal education portfolio centered on its undergraduate law degree (Pregrado) and graduate school (Escuela de Posgrados with ~20 programs). The faculty extends its offerings through Educación Continua (~10 programs), the Escuela Internacional de Verano (~10 intensive summer courses with international faculty), and specialized research centers including CIJUS (socio-legal research), the Centro de Estudios en Migración (migration studies), and approximately 20 research seedbeds across diverse legal domains. A cornerstone of experiential learning is the Consultorio Jurídico, a free legal aid clinic with multiple specialized legal clinics. The faculty also publishes the Revista Latinoamericana de Derecho academic journal and maintains MinCiencias categorized research groups in public law, gender and law, international law, criminal law, environmental law, and private law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pregrado en Derecho Undergraduate law degree program providing foundational legal education with experiential learning components, preparing students for the legal profession in Colombia.
• Escuela de Posgrados Graduate school offering approximately 20 programs including master's degrees, specializations, and doctoral programs across various legal disciplines such as tax law, public law, private law, international law, criminal law, and technology law.
• Educación Continua Continuing education division offering 10 professional development programs including short courses, certificates, and non-credit programs for working professionals in areas such as sustainability reporting, insolvency law, and AI for the legal sector.
• Escuela Internacional de Verano Intensive summer school program offering 10 short courses (virtual and in-person) taught by international faculty from leading universities worldwide, covering contemporary legal debates with a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ graduate students enrolled per semester
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• MIT - The Educational Justice Institute (TEJI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 February 2024Collaboration for web design courses for post-incarcerated individuals (pospenadas). MIT professors teach HTML and CSS through Zoom. First time the course is offered in Spanish, enabling participation from Latin Americans incarcerated in US prisons.
• Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (CCB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenewed alliance for the Clínica Jurídica Empresarial y del Emprendimiento to provide free legal services to entrepreneurs and small businesses in Bogotá.
• Universidad del RosariocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-university collaboration for neurotechnology, neuroscience and human rights law project. Faculty of Law at Uniandes worked with Universidad del Rosario's Faculty of Medicine and Jurisprudence.
• Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (CDH-UCAB)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration between Centro de Estudios en Migración and UCAB's Human Rights Center on migration and transitional justice topics.
• Fundación Acción InternasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing post-incarcerated participants for the MIT- Uniandes web design course.
• Casa LibertadsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment program partner providing participants from the post-incarceration reintegration program.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Universidad del Rosario - Facultad de Jurisprudencia: Leading Colombian law school in Bogotá competing with Uniandes for top applicants, offering comparable undergraduate, graduate, and clinical programs in the same metropolitan market.
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas: Major Jesuit-affiliated Colombian university with a well-established law faculty competing for the same undergraduate and graduate law applicant pool in Bogotá.
• Universidad Externado de Colombia - Facultad de Derecho: Top Colombian law faculty historically strong in public and constitutional law, directly competing with Uniandes for graduate students, faculty talent, and research output rankings.
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales: Colombia's flagship public university law faculty, providing a lower-cost alternative that competes for top applicants and produces significant legal scholarship in the same market.

Regional players

• Universidad EAFIT - Escuela de Derecho: Medellín-based law school with a growing research profile that competes for graduate law students nationally and offers similar continuing-education and specialization programs.
• Universidad Torcuato Di Tella - Escuela de Derecho: Argentina-based partner university contributing professors to Uniandes' International Summer School and competing for comparative-law and international-law graduate students across Latin America.
• Universidad de Palermo - Facultad de Derecho: Argentine private university law school offering international programs and competing regionally for Latin American graduate law students and faculty talent.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Facultad de Derecho: Top-ranked Latin American law faculty in Chile with similar graduate program breadth and clinical education, serving as a regional benchmark for Uniandes' specialty offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad de Salamanca - Facultad de Derecho: Long-established European law faculty with strong international-law tradition and Latin American alumni networks, comparable in prestige and graduate-program breadth to Uniandes' Faculty of Law.
• IE Law School: Spanish-based international law and business school offering LLM and JD programs with a global focus; competes for international students who might otherwise choose Uniandes' international summer or graduate programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/UniandesDerecho
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCPZ4VYnUi9P_st4yzhdHj2A/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/FacultadDeDerechoUniandes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/facultad-de-derecho-uniandes
• Instagraminstagram.com/derechouniandes/?hl=es

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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