The projection of the work will be formalized in the month of March with the signing of a collaboration agreement between the University of La Serena and the Judiciary of San Juan, and in which the Public Ministry and the Public Criminal Defender's Office of the Region of Coquimbo.

With the presence of the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Dr. Luperfina Rojas, the Regional Defender Inés Rojas, the Director of Casa Chile in San Juan, Luis Enrique Valdebenito, the Director of the Law program of the study house, lawyer Germán Solís, academic authorities and the complete delegation of judges, prosecutors and defenders of the Province of San Juan, the closing of the day of theoretical-practical advice was held that the Law program of the ULS organized the Judicial Branch of the Province of San Juan, Argentina, within the framework of a joint strategic work of Linkage with the Environment carried out by the house of higher education.

This alliance will allow the University of La Serena to provide prosecutors, defenders and other relevant actors in the San Juan criminal process with relevant information about the Chilean criminal procedure and what has been its practical application in the Coquimbo Region, this because In the Province of San Juan, they have begun to implement this procedure initially in flagrante delicto crimes.

The Secretary of the Court of the Province of San Juan, Javier Vera, greatly valued this alliance between both institutions, pointing out that “all the experiences reported during our stay in La Serena will allow us to enrich the legal work, especially during the hearings.” .

For his part, the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, expressed that this first approach with the Judiciary of San Juan is very relevant, since “it allows us to share the experience since 2000 of our academics who today are part of the law career.” Likewise, he indicated that “we hope to further strengthen this alliance with the signing of a collaboration agreement between the University of La Serena, through its Law degree, and the Judiciary of San Juan, which will allow continuity over time to this work together, along with specifying the Linkage with the Environment policies defined by our institution and that will allow us to strengthen academic, research and teaching work.”

In turn, the Dean of the FACSE, Dr. Luperfina Rojas, explained that this alliance “is another example of our integration with the Province of San Juan, which adds to the work carried out for more than 10 years with the National University of San Juan, Argentina, within the framework of the Linkage with the Environment processes carried out by our Faculty.”