Legal Clinic On Human Rights and Social Vulnerability
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the theoretical and methodological tools to explore the relationship between human rights and social vulnerability through the legal clinic approach of learning by doing.
Participants are involved in practical activities carried out in collaboration and with the supervision of legal professionals. Field experience enables the acquisition of legal skills, the understanding of the social dimension of legal issues, the raising of awareness of the social utility of the legal profession, the importance of so-called soft skills such as active listening and non-judgment and the need to guarantee access to justice to the person in a condition of vulnerability.
Participants are involved in practical activities carried out in collaboration and with the supervision of legal professionals. Field experience enables the acquisition of legal skills, the understanding of the social dimension of legal issues, the raising of awareness of the social utility of the legal profession, the importance of so-called soft skills such as active listening and non-judgment and the need to guarantee access to justice to the person in a condition of vulnerability.
Expected learning outcomes
- Knowledge and ability to understand the relationship between human rights and social vulnerability
- Opportunity to learn and gain experience by addressing legal issues in their complex social and cultural dimension
- Ability to reason in an interdisciplinary key
- Team-building skills
- Communication and listening skills
- Raising awareness of social justice issues
- Opportunity to learn and gain experience by addressing legal issues in their complex social and cultural dimension
- Ability to reason in an interdisciplinary key
- Team-building skills
- Communication and listening skills
- Raising awareness of social justice issues
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The course includes a theoretical part and a practical part.
The theoretical part aims to provide legal knowledge and fundamental theoretical tools for practical activities and develop the relational skills necessary to consciously relate to the contexts in which the activities occur.
The practical part focuses on promoting access to human rights in vulnerable situations. Research and legal analysis will be proposed to resolve legal issues related to concrete cases, legal desk, and legal education, which are mainly associated with unaccompanied foreign minors.
The theoretical part aims to provide legal knowledge and fundamental theoretical tools for practical activities and develop the relational skills necessary to consciously relate to the contexts in which the activities occur.
The practical part focuses on promoting access to human rights in vulnerable situations. Research and legal analysis will be proposed to resolve legal issues related to concrete cases, legal desk, and legal education, which are mainly associated with unaccompanied foreign minors.
Prerequisites for admission
The course is aimed at third, fourth and fifth-year students.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons, class discussion, practical-oriented and interactive learning methods.
Teaching Resources
The material will be provided during the course.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Attendance of the course is mandatory. The evaluation (maximum score: 30\30 cum laude) takes into account the active participation during the course, the accomplishment of assigned tasks, and a final report.
IUS/20 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 42 hours
Professor:
Mancini Letizia
Shifts:
Turno
Professor:
Mancini LetiziaProfessor(s)
Reception:
Meetings with students take place in person on Tuesday at 10 and in other times and days always by appointment via email
Dipartimento 'Cesare Beccaria', MTeams