On Monday, May 22, 2023, Paula Latorre Arroyo defended her thesis titled At the Crossroads of Law and Literature “Creative Writing, Crime, and Law: Jorge Luis Borges and ‘Emma Zunz’” and “Love and Interest: Property Law in Eugénie Grandet” , a translation from Spanish into English of Creación literaria, crimen y ley: Jorge Luis Borges y "Emma Zunz" y El amor y el interés: Derecho patrimonial en Eugenia Grandet by Pedro Cabán Vales.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Prof. H. Jane Barnes de Ramírez, Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., and thesis advisor David Auerbach, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.