Innovative
Professionals: lawyers and judges
The involvement of legal professionals in the University’s activities enhances the professionalisation of students during their university studies.
- Transmission of their professional expertise in an instructive and motivating manner
- Consolidation of expertise in new technologies and digital law
- Communication of the meaning and depth of the law, discussion of difficulties and constraints in the profession
- Benefits for the students’ training
Competencies
- Acquisition of competencies in digital law and new technologies
- Acquisition of learning skills: understanding and clarifying legal procedure; making sense of justice through its application and transmission; formulating legal criticism
- Acquisition of legal know-how: developing a capacity for legal criticism that will be indispensable in their future careers
- Acquisition of technical expertise: drafting of legal instruments and performance of research projects
- Acquisition of a legal research methodology: writing of research articles capable of generating legal reflection, arising from practical cases dealt with in moot courts; proposing innovative solutions to the social and legal questions raised by the use of new technologies
- Improvement of collaborative skills: multi-disciplinary and international teamwork in technical fields
- Accountability in decision-making; development of an awareness of the legal specialist’s social responsibility
- Acquisition of multidisciplinary skills and ability to work in a transdisciplinary manner
- Professionalisation. Students benefit by gaining professional experience: supervision and validation by practitioners. Discussions and communication with professionals
- Personal development: improvement of public speaking skills, from analysis to presentation of arguments, trust, responsibility, autonomy, adaptability, respect, listening skills, responsiveness, rigour
Business impacts
- Development of expertise in corporate social responsibility
- Anticipation of product development risks, or fundamental research by interested bodies (Scientific/Technical Committee; Risk Management/Development Department)
- Transposition of the acquired benefits and expertise into the customer relationship
- Anticipation of strategic, prospective and novel legal issues
- Consolidation of positioning as a provider of proposals/advice for the public authorities
- Raising of the company’s profile as a result of the media coverage of solutions derived from moot courts
- Enhancement of the company’s image among students and litigants
