6 February to 27 May 2025

The post-graduate programme aims to explore the opportunities and challenges that emerge from the intersections between Law and the Information Society. The main topics are:

Analysing the impact of technological advances on the creation, distribution and commercialisation of information.
Learn about the legal and regulatory changes imposed by technological evolution.
Understand the manipulation and subversion of information in legal and social contexts.
Analyse the integration of information in different sectors of society.

Target audience

The course has a very broad target audience, aimed at jurists but also at non-lawyers who are confronted in their day-to-day lives with some of the aspects covered in it, being relevant to the legal profession, the judiciary, solicitors, companies, the civil service, regulatory or supervisory bodies, the third sector, and, finally, also appealing to those who are simply curious and want to learn more about a rapidly developing area.

Minimum of 25 participants | Maximum of 50 participants

Teaching Method

E-learning. The sessions will not be recorded.

Language

Portuguese

Duration

54 contact hours (synchronous sessions), plus work on the final written assignment and participation in the discussion forums available on Moodle.

Dates

6 February to 27 May 2025

Schedule

Thursdays, 6 to 8pm

ECTS

12 ECTS

Methodology

Theoretical-practical sessions, with the resolution of practical exercises – synchronous sessions. Autonomous work and discussion forums – asynchronous sessions.
The course is structured in three fundamental parts, totalling 50 hours of intensive and comprehensive learning.

Part I – Introduction: Opportunities and Challenges in the Information Society (6 hours)
The first part of the course will lay the theoretical and practical foundations on the role of law in the Information Society, exploring data science, debunking myths, debating digital transformation and the datification of society.

Part II – Challenges: Data Access, Limits and Vulnerabilities (18 hours)

This section will delve into the challenges of access to data, balancing the need to use it more and more with the need to impose limits on the protection of privacy and individual rights. Topics covered include cybersecurity, freedom of information, combating disinformation, algorithmic bias and the importance of data in legal proceedings, as a means of proof and a basis for decisions.

Part III – Challenges: Digital Society, Rights and Duties (26 hours)

The third part of the course will be dedicated to exploring the rights and duties emerging in the digital society, analysing topics such as Big Data, the Internet of Things, the right to be forgotten, consumer protection in the digital age, electronic communications, profiling, digital advertising and marketing and the impact of social networks on the transformation of society. The aim is to debate the legal and ethical dilemmas of digitalisation, promoting a balance between technological innovation and individual rights.

Overview

Throughout the course, participants will be encouraged to critically reflect on how law can and should adapt to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Information Society. Close monitoring of each trainee is guaranteed through synchronous sessions and Moodle forums.

Evaluation

Active participation in forums (40%) and presentation of a final written assignment (60%).

Fee

€ 1,950
Early Bird price (until December 19, 2024): € 1,650
NOVA School of Law Alumni: € 1,750
20% discount for institutions enrolling 3 or 4 participants; 30% discount for institutions enrolling 5 or more participants.

Not combinable with the Early Bird Price.

Programme

This course will be taught in Portuguese.

The programme and further information can be found here.

jurisnova@novalaw.unl.pt