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Legal Education in Europe and Estonia in Light of the Digital Future

Thursday, 14 May 2026

09:00 - 09:30
Registration
Duration: 30 min
09:30 - 10:00
Opening
Duration: 30 min
10:00 - 11:30
I TOPIC: LEGAL EDUCATION IN SOCIETY
Duration: 90 min
10:00-10:30 What should legal education become? | Martin Loughlin Professorial Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics & Political Science
10:00-10:30 What should legal education become? | Martin Loughlin
Professorial Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics & Political Science
10:30-11:00 From Lecture Halls to Courtrooms: The Role of Legal Education from a Comparative Perspective | Andrej Lang University Professor in Public Law at Chemnitz University of Technology
10:30-11:00 From Lecture Halls to Courtrooms: The Role of Legal Education from a Comparative Perspective | Andrej Lang
University Professor in Public Law at Chemnitz University of Technology
11:00-11:30 Discussion

Moderator: Madis Ernits, Visiting Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University

11:30 - 12:00
Coffee break
Duration: 30 min
12:00 - 13:30
II TOPIC: LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY
Duration: 90 min
12:00-12:30 Evaluation of legal research in the UK, Ireland and Germany | Tobias Lock Professor of Law at the School of Law and Criminology of Maynooth University
12:00-12:30 Evaluation of legal research in the UK, Ireland and Germany | Tobias Lock
Professor of Law at the School of Law and Criminology of Maynooth University
12:30-13:00 Katarzyna Szwed
Academic lecturer at the University of Rzeszów
13:00-13:30 Discussion
13:30 - 14:30
Break
Duration: 60 min
14:30 - 16:00
III TOPIC: CONTROL AND ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE
Duration: 90 min
14:30-15:00 Designing a Unified State Professional Qualification Examination for Lawyers: The Latvian Model | Jānis Neimanis Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia
14:30-15:00 Designing a Unified State Professional Qualification Examination for Lawyers: The Latvian Model | Jānis Neimanis
Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia
15:00-15:30 Legal Exams in the Age of AI | Tabea Bauermeister Tenure Track Professor for Civil Law and Law of the Algorithm-Driven Economy at the University of Regensburg
15:00-15:30 Legal Exams in the Age of AI | Tabea Bauermeister
Tenure Track Professor for Civil Law and Law of the Algorithm-Driven Economy at the University of Regensburg
15:30-16:00 Discussion

Moderator: Indrek Grauberg, Senior Lecturer of International Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University

16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Duration: 30 min
16:30 - 18:00
IV TOPIC: COMPETITION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES
Duration: 90 min
16:30-16:50 Hafsteinn Þór Hauksson Associate Professor of Law at the University of Iceland
16:30-16:50 Hafsteinn Þór Hauksson
Associate Professor of Law at the University of Iceland
16:50-17:10 Samuli Markus Miettinen Associate Professor of Transnational Law at Tallinn University
16:50-17:10 Samuli Markus Miettinen
Associate Professor of Transnational Law at Tallinn University
17:10-17:30 Legal Education Standards in Lithuanian Constitutional Doctrine | Toma Birmontienė Professor at Mykolas Romeris University, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania
17:10-17:30 Legal Education Standards in Lithuanian Constitutional Doctrine | Toma Birmontienė
Professor at Mykolas Romeris University, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania
17:30-18:00 Discussion

Moderator: Indrek Grauberg, Senior Lecturer of International Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University

Friday, 15 May 2026

09:00 - 09:45
Registration
Duration: 45 min
09:45 - 10:00
Opening
Duration: 15 min
10:00 - 11:30
V TOPIC: PROBLEMS OF ESTONIAN LEGAL EDUCATION
Duration: 90 min
10:00-10:20 The state of Estonian legal education | Andra Laurand Guest Lecturer in Administrative Law at the University of Tartu.
10:00-10:20 The state of Estonian legal education | Andra Laurand
Guest Lecturer in Administrative Law at the University of Tartu.
10:20-10:40 Lauri Mälksoo
Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu
10:40-11:00 Educating Architects - the First 5000 Years | Jüri Soolep
Architect, Estonian Association of Architects, Research and Development Advisor
11:00-13:30 Discussion

Moderator: Madis Ernits, Visiting Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University

11:30 - 12:00
Coffee break
Duration: 30 min
12:00 - 13:30
VI TOPIC: THE DIGITAL FUTURE I
Duration: 90 min
12:00-12:30 Legal education in Germany and the use of artificial intelligence | Urs Kramer Member of the Legal Advisory Board of the Centre for Higher Education Development
12:00-12:30 Legal education in Germany and the use of artificial intelligence | Urs Kramer
Member of the Legal Advisory Board of the Centre for Higher Education Development
12:30-12:50 Indrek Grauberg Senior Lecturer of International Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University
12:30-12:50 Indrek Grauberg
Senior Lecturer of International Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University
12:50-13:10 Building Law Students' Critical Thinking and Advocacy Skills in the Age of AI: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Assesment | Beatrice Monciunskaite
Assistant Professor in Law at Dublin City University
13:10-13:30 Discussion

Moderator: Madis Ernits, Visiting Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University

13:30 - 14:30
Break
Duration: 60 min
14:30 - 16:00
VII TOPIC: THE DIGITAL FUTURE II
Duration: 90 min
14:30-15:00 Legal Education in the Era of Digital Transformation: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping Students' Learning Processes and Digital Literacy | Nora Nahr
Professor for Legal Informatics esp. Natural Language Processing at the University of Passau
15:00-15:30 AI-assisted assessment of legal case solutions: building a RAG-based feedback tool for legal education | Priit Tammets Analyst at Tallinn University's School of Digital Technologies
15:00-15:30 AI-assisted assessment of legal case solutions: building a RAG-based feedback tool for legal education | Priit Tammets
Analyst at Tallinn University's School of Digital Technologies
15:30-16:00 Discussion

Moderator: Madis Ernits, Visiting Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University

16:00 - 16:15
Closing
Duration: 15 min

Contacts of organiser

Tallinna Ülikool

Narva mnt 25,
10120 Tallinn

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