cristina had not yet graduated when they moved to río gallegos and completed the remaining subjects with distance education. there have been claims made that she never graduated, and that she may have worked as a lawyer without having a degree. this idea was proposed by the constitutionalist daniel sabsay, and fueled by the reluctance of the national university of la plata (unlp) to release her degree. she registered at the tribunal superior de justicia of santa cruz in 1980, the comodoro rivadavia's chamber of appeals in 1985 and worked as an attorney for the justicialist party in 1983. there are also logs of minor cases where she acted as a lawyer. the claim has been sent to trial four times, and the judges norberto oyarbide, ariel lijo, sergio torres, and claudio bonadio all ruled that she has a degree.