PROGRAMME

The course takes an overall 200 hours in class and 450 hours of internship.

Course structure

The course is organized in 9 modules that cover the whole field of legal informatics and IT law:

  • Module 1 – Legal informatics (15 hours);
  • Module 2 – Intellectual property and Information society (25 hours);
  • Module 3 – IT contracts (15 hours);
  • Module 4 – Electronic signatures and E-Commerce (25 hours);
  • Module 5 – Privacy protection and new technology (15 hours);
  • Module 6 – Computer crimes and network security (15 hours);
  • Module 7 – Computer forensics (20 hours);
  • Module 8 – E-government - information technology in the public administrations (20 hours);
  • Module 9 - Artificial Intelligence and law (15 hours);
  • Module 10 - Blockchain and Smart Contracts (10 hours);
  • Module 11 - Cybersecurity (10 hours);
  • Module 12 - Avanced features of Digital Law (15 hours).

 

 

Duration and other information

The Master's lessons will be held in the classrooms of the CIRSFID - ALMA AI (via Galliera n. 3, Bologna) from 2 February 2024 to 6 July 2024, on a weekly basis on Fridays, from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 14:30 to 18:30, and on Saturday mornings, from 8:45 to 12:45.

At the end of the lessons, each participant will integrate the training pathway with an internship period (curricular traineeship) of three months (full-time, approximately from the beginning of October 2024 to mid-January 2025) at companies and partners having an agreement with the Master, or, subject to the signing of an appropriate agreement, at organisations, companies, professional studios interested in hosting one of the enrolled students.

A customised training plan may be agreed upon.

For those enrolled who request it, it is possible to substitute the internship with a Project Work (drafting of a paper/resume).

 

There will be intermediate tests on each module and a final test to be held in January 2025, which will conclude the Master's activities.

The lectures and related tests are held in Italian.