Teresa Ponce is a Peruvian lawyer whose documented career is centered in Lima. She was admitted to the bar of Peru in 1975 and later worked as a partner of the law firm Estudio Martínez, Bellido, Berninzon & Lavalle.
Education
Ponce studied at the Catholic University of Peru. The institution was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic Church and is described as Peru's first private institution of higher learning. It began activities with schools of letters and laws, and in 1918 it took the name Catholic University of Peru. In 1942 the Holy See granted it the title Pontifical, and it is known today as the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
In 1949 Peruvian law classified the university as a national university entitled to award degrees and titles under the same conditions as state universities. Her documented language skills include Italian.
Career
Ponce was admitted to the bar of Peru in 1975, the starting point of her documented legal career. Admission to the bar is the formal step that qualifies a lawyer to practice law in Peru.
She worked as a partner of Estudio Martínez, Bellido, Berninzon & Lavalle, a law practice based in Lima. A practice of this name is documented for the period 1986 to 1993, when its senior partners included Fernando Bellido, who had earlier been associated with Estudio Lavalle.
