Criminal Law Clinic

Through the Legal Clinic of Criminal Justice, we intend to offer students the opportunity to combine the theoretical study of law with practical experience, through contact with 'real cases'. The Legal Clinic is inspired, with the appropriate adaptations to the Italian system, by the model of the Legal Clinics established in the Law Schools of the United States since the 1970s and which is now spreading to various European universities.
In the specifics of the Criminal Justice Legal Clinic proposal, students will be involved in the handling of real cases, devising defence strategies, conducting research and drafting the necessary documents.
Involvement in real cases, by promoting student empowerment, ensures a very effective way of learning, which is aimed not only at developing knowledge, but also skills (problem solving) and values.
In addition to being a tool for the development of professional skills, the clinic - operating in areas of severe social hardship - also aims to make future jurists aware of social justice issues and to empower them, enabling them to become aware of not only the technical but also the social dimension of law.

The student will train to frame real situations within the relevant legal institutions, developing a problem-solving mindset, using legal skills to solve concrete cases.
The student will also develop the ability to carry out regulatory and case law research and try his/her hand at drafting the necessary documents.
Working in groups with other students, the students will have to test their ability to collaborate with others in order to achieve a common goal.
Where there will be an opportunity to come into contact with 'users', the student will be able to begin to acquire those professional skills useful in managing the relationship between lawyer and client.
Through dedicated lessons and through contact with professionals in the management of the assigned case, the student will have the opportunity to learn the deontological principles and see their concrete application.