Reshaping Education for Tomorrow's European Lawyers (RETEL)
Project number: 101047650
Project Coordinator: Prof. Riccardo de Caria
Team: Prof. Riccardo de Caria, Prof. Cristina Poncibò, Dott. Tommaso Agnoloni, Dott.ssa Silvia Martinelli, Dott. Umberto Nizza, Prof. Carlo Rossi Chauvenet, Dott. Andrea Piletta Massaro
Call: ERASMUS-JMO-2021-HEI-TCH-RSCH
- Initial conference, Reshaping Education for Tomorrow's European Lawyers, 6 hours;
- Participatory lab, Which contents and methods for a truly European legal education?, 18 hours;
- Experiential seminar, Shaping the European Digital Jurist of the Future / Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Lab, 20 hours;
- Open seminars, The open seminars on technological innovation. Are you smart enough to keep up with?, 6 hours;
- Summer school, International workshop on technological innovation and educational journey, 72 hours;
- International Final conference, International symposium on the legal management of technological innovation, 6 hours.
The Jean Monnet Module Reshaping Education for Tomorrow’s European Lawyers (RETEL) aims at fostering innovation in educating lawyers in the European Union. It focuses on developing both contents and teaching methodologies for the future of a truly European legal education. The recipients of the initiatives carried out by the Module are intended to successfully carry their competence for ever-increasing technological environment developing in the European internal market. In particular, given the challenges the EU is facing because of the rise of increasingly competitive technological environments, it is fundamental to train professionals, experts, and citizens on affordable, high-quality, innovative solutions. Europe is at the forefront of blockchain and technological innovation, although much work has to be done in the forthcoming years to remove the obstacles to entrepreneurial initiatives.
The RETEL’s core mission is to promote a truly European legal education to target the challenges posed by the rise of technology to the European legal profession. It promotes a constructive synergy between knowledge, skills, and creativity, showing participants, how to promote, monitor, and assess creativity and innovative capacity. The Project focuses on the latest developments in European law and policy concerning the digital economy and the effects on legal education in general and other fields. In conclusion, the Project aims at better preparing students in law, economics, and social sciences for a future in a more integrated and digital Europe.
One initial conference and three seminars:
- Initial conference, Reshaping Education for Tomorrow's European Lawyers, 6 hours: Module launch event, conceived as a conference in which the salient aspects of the project will be illustrated.
- Participatory lab, Which contents and methods for a truly European legal education?, 18 hours: Moment of participatory planning in which, involving students, we discuss what competences the EU jurist should have and with what methods this preparation can be achieved. For more information, please, see the seminar page.
- Experiential seminar, Shaping the European Digital Jurist of the Future / Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Lab, 20 hours: Legal clinic to prepare the future European digital jurist on blockchain, platforms, tokens, and artificial intelligence. For more information, please see the seminar page.
- Open seminars, The open seminars on technological innovation. Are you smart enough to keep up with?, 6 hours: Seminars on data protection, blockchain ecosystems, legal tech, automation and management, smart contracts, and cryptos.
- Summer school, International workshop on technological innovation and educational journey, 72 hours: A summer school intended for Ph.D. students to present their research on technological innovation.
- International Final conference, International symposium on the legal management of technological innovation, 6 hours: Comparative conference on regulation of blockchain, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies.
- Which contents and methods for a truly European legal education?, 25 February, 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 March 2022, from 12.00 to 14.00, room H5 at the Campus Luigi Einaudi.
- Shaping the European Digital Jurist of the Future / Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Lab, first compulsory lecture (4 hours) during March 2022’s last week. The following experiential part during April 2022.
All the seminars and the conference will take place at the Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena n. 100, 10153, Torino (TO). Given the pandemic situation, some lectures could take place via Webex, upon notice.
Prof. Riccardo de Caria – riccardo.decaria@unito.it
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Lab – entrepreneurship-innovation-law@unito.it
In the first seminar, students will be trained on some of the most topical legal issues faced by start-ups and innovative businesses. They will also contribute to shaping the contents of the classes.
In the second seminar, students will be required to solve practical legal cases under the supervision of expert lawyers and academics.
The first and the second seminars will be mostly delivered in Italian, whilst some lectures and readings will be in English. Consequently, good command of the English language is required.