Informatics & Law Schools

Legal Informatics mag. Janez Toplišek

Informatics and information technology in teaching at the law schools (comparative study) - December 1996

C O N T E N T S :

1. Starting points

2. Unclear terminological concepts

3. The newest arguments: why do the lawyers need information technology/informatics knowledge?

4. Comparison of Slovenian syllabi for the teaching subject of "legal informatics"

5. Characteristics of recommended students readings/sources in Slovenia and abroad

6. Teaching programmes/syllabi at foreign law schools
6.1 USA, Canada and Great Britain
6.2 European continent
6.3 Other countries
6.4 The former Yugoslavia countries

7. Breaktrough of electronic law tutorials and methods

8. National, regional and inter-university reconciliation, cooperation and exchange
8.1 National projects
8.2 Inter-university projects
8.3 Regional cooperation
8.4 The importance of reconciliation

9. Institutes for legal informatics/computer law at foreign universities

10. The needed subject parts and wanted characteristics for the teaching subject "legal informatics" on Slovenian law schools
10.1 Starting-points for the teaching subject
10.2 The needed subject parts
10.2.1 The basics of information technology and leveling of starting literacy
10.2.2 Information technology in legal practice
10.2.3 Information systems and legal research
10.2.4 Legal aspects of information technology
10.2.5 Clinical work
10.3 Some wanted characteristics of "legal informatics" teaching
10.3.1 Flexibility/mobility of the programme
10.3.2 The end of predomination of written communication?
10.3.3 Informatics support to other legal skills for the lawyer
10.3.4 Possible approaches in conducting the IT training
10.4 The elements of present teaching programmes which could be seen as an unnecessary burdening of students

11. Sources, impediments, limitations and other circumstances to be taken into consideration
11.1 Computer literacy and students starting knowledge
11.2 Computers and other equipment of law schools; standards
11.3 Feminisation of legal professions and information technology
11.4 Diversity of lawyer's professional orientations

12. Informatics: autonomous teaching subject and chair?
12.1 Compulsory or optional? The teaching year
12.2 The impact of informatics chair on the quality of general legal teaching at the school

13. Continuing legal education

14. The role of lawyer's societies

15. Conclusions

16. Empirical research

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Manuscript finished at November 30, 1996

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