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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

Villu Kõve, President of the Supreme Court

Tiina Pajuste, Director of Tallinn University School of Governance, Law and Society

Madis Ernits, Visiting Professor for Public Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University

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 Rethinking Legal Education in Polish Universities: From Existing Structures to Desired Change | Katarzyna Szwed
Academic lecturer at the University of Rzeszów
13:00-13:30 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
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 Law 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 Law 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 LAW FACULTIES
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 What Role for Legal Education? Experiences of Competition, Cooperation and Diversity in Northern Europe | Samuli Markus Miettinen Associate Professor of Transnational Law at Tallinn University
16:50-17:10 What Role for Legal Education? Experiences of Competition, Cooperation and Diversity in Northern Europe | 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 The Past, Present and Future of Legal Education in Estonia: Reflections Particularly from the Perspective of International Law | Lauri Mälksoo Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu
10:20-10:40 The Past, Present and Future of Legal Education in Estonia: Reflections Particularly from the Perspective of International Law | 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 When Law Forgets the Human: Legal Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Indrek Grauberg Senior Lecturer of International Law and Legal Theory at Tallinn University
12:30-12:50 When Law Forgets the Human: Legal Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | 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
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
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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