Article 1
(Object)
These regulation concerns the Postgraduate Course “AI in Legal Practice and Its
Regulation” (hereinafter PC) taught by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (hereinafter FDUL).
Article 2
(Access)
1- Candidates may apply to the PC if they hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
2- Applications from students who, during the postgraduate programme, are undergraduate finalists may be considered and, depending on the curricular information, accepted.
Article 3
(Vacancies)
1 - In each academic year, up to 40 places are available for the PC.
2 - The number of places is announced on FDUL's website.
Article 4
(Application rules)
1 - Applications to the PC are submitted within the deadline set by order of the Dean, to be published on FDUL's website.
2 - Candidates enclose the following documents with their application: a) Certificate of academic degree (or, if this is not yet available, a certificate with the
grades obtained so far);
b) School, scientific or professional curriculum vitae, with a copy of the documents to which they refer;
c) All other documents required by the competent services.
Article 5
(Consideration of applications)
1 - The criteria governing the assessment of applications is defined by the course coordinators.
2 - The criteria attach relevance to the educational, scientific and professional curriculum of the candidate.
Article 6
(Registration)
1 - The Dean sets, for each school year, the dates for the enrolment, as well as any extensions of the deadline for this purpose.
2 - A letter of acceptance may be issued before enrolment to those admitted who prove that the conditions for access are fulfilled in accordance with these Regulation.
Article 7
Course structure and syllabus
1 – The PC programme is composed of eight modules, four per semester, each module containing two course units.
2 - In each course unit there is a teaching time of 6 hours per week, distributed by Friday afternoon and Saturday.
3 - The programme and bibliography of each course unit is defined by the professor and published on the FDUL website.
4 - Attendance of isolated PC modules may be allowed.
Article 8
(Duration of programme)
The PC lasts for two semesters.
Article 9
(Teaching language)
Course units are taught in English.
Article 10
(Lecturers)
1 - Teaching shall be provide by teaching staff whose academic and/or professional curriculum shows a high degree of specialisation in the subjects taught in the course units under their supervision.
2 - The teaching staff shall be made up of FDUL professors, but also professors from other national and foreign universities, as well as non-PhD specialists with recognised professional experience, preferably chosen from among FDUL's prestigious alumni.
Article 11
(Classes)
Classes may be attended in person or through telematic means.
Article 12
(Evaluation)
1- Students may submit a paper for evaluation until the 30th of June, which shall deal with the subjects taught in the course.
2- The paper should be no longer than 20 pages, excluding bibliography, Times New Roman, font size 12 and 1.5 spacing.
3- The paper will be assessed by the lecturer responsible for the module in which the topic addressed by the paper has been taught.
Article 13
(Certification)
1 – Students who complete the PC shall be awarded a bilingual diploma which shall read "Postgraduate Diploma - Diploma de Pós-Graduação".
2 - Students who take one, two or three PC modules shall be awarded a certificate of attendance for the respective module(s).
3- Students who have submitted a paper for evaluation will be awarded a diploma with mark, that corresponds to the paper’s mark, according to the qualitative/quantitative grades: Sufficient (from 10 to 13); Good (14 and 15); Very Good (16 and 17); Excellent (18 to 20).
Article 14
(Coordinators)
1 - On the proposal of the Scientific Board, the Dean of FDUL shall appoint a Scientific Coordinator and an Executive Coordinator for the course.
2 - It is the responsibility of the Coordinators to:
a) Coordinate the operation of the course;
b) Coordinate with the School's bodies the general direction of the course;
c) Exercise all other competences conferred by law, by deliberation of the University bodies, by the Scientific Council and by these regulations.
d) Decide on complaints and exhibitions regarding the functioning of the course;
e) Propose to the competent bodies of the School measures within the scope of the course; and
f) Propose to the competent bodies of the School the approval of regulatory standards for the study cycle.
Article 15
(Cases of omission)
Subject to the provisions of the law, cases not covered by these Regulations shall be included by resorting to the FDUL Master's and Doctoral Degree Regulations, if these are not sufficient, by applying the University of Lisbon's Postgraduate Studies Regulations, and if these are not sufficient, by an Order of the Coordinating Professor for Postgraduate Studies, to be submitted to the Scientific Board.