1. The LEFIS experiences and perspectives
Regional Meeting
Münster, 9th March 2004
Fernando Galindo
Universidad de Zaragoza

2. Summary Brief History Developed LEFIS products Courses How to work?
Work package
Direct costs: kinds
Next steps

3. Brief history
Teachers on Computers and Law from 19 Universities: from 1999
Experienced in research and development projects
European High Education Space
More learning as knowledge
83 European Members from 2004
14 Non european members
Universities, Research Institutes, Public authorities, Privat companies, Non profit associations

4. LEFIS: definition
The Legal Framework for the Information Society (LEFIS) is an infrastructure to introduce the Information and Communication Technologies in the Faculties and Schools of Law, and to promote the study of regulations and practice codes in the Polytechnic Centers
LEFIS will elaborate policies on Law and new technologies coming from discussions originated in the different regions of the European Union and other countries

5. LEFIS: objectives
To build the necessary infrastructure for preparing socio-legal, economic and statistical studies and organisational and regulatory proposals in relation with Information and Communication technologies (ICT)
To perform studies and making organizational and regulatory policies and proposals for the governance of ICT’s
To develop modules in ICT law for both law students, computer science students and engineers according to the Bologna Declaration
To develop the teaching modules in electronic format

6. Support Socrates Programme, Erasmus Thematic Network
ALFA Programme, European Union
TEMPUS Programme, European Union
PNUD, United Nations Programme for the Development
AECI, Spanish Programme for the Development
Own resources of the participants

7. Institutional objectives
Modules for permanent formation
National Masters
European Master
Regulatory proposals
An Association

8. Commercial products Teaching Research & groupware tools Security
Courses and materials
Books: Albarracin, Lund and Vilnius as models
E-learning modules
Research & groupware tools
Intranet
Knowledge management
Security
Artificial Intelligence & Law
Groups of Interest (R&D)

9. Planning for the products
Groups of interest from January 2004, after the questionnaires
Begin of the elaboration of products (institutional and commercial) from January 2004
Business plan
With courses, first experience
Association
APTICE
LEFIS Mark

10. Workshops 2004 Regional: cities Scientific
Roma 26th of April, Vaasa/Helsinki April-May, Durham 24th March, Wroklaw 2-3 April and Münster 9th March
Scientific
Rovaniemi 4-5 June, Infrastructural Law
Belfast July, Lessig’s Code: lessons for Legal Education from the frontiers of IT Law
Namur, July or September, Telecommunications Law
General: Digitalization and Administration of Justice
Between 30 August and 1 September 2004
Zaragoza

11. Workshops: topics Regional Scientific General
To present the activities of the partners
To plan joint activities
Scientific
Selected topics
Good practices for teaching
General
All the topics in relation with the title of the Conference
Conclusions of the activities of the year

12. Developed LEFIS products
Courses
Web site: Portal: and
Open to the development by the partners of national and local web pages, in the languages of each partner
Open to the use as tool in the teaching of LEFIS members
Intranet
Documents and drafts: contracts or courses
Courses for closed communities
Workflow application
LEFIS and APTICE members: discussions
Security of the telecommunications
PKIs
Interoperability of the security of the telecommunications

13. Courses
Objectives
Modalities

14. Objectives To provide education on ICT Law for jurists and non-jurists
To provide legal education and other kinds of education with the assistance of ICTs
To provide all kinds of education by distance teaching techniques
Development of teaching material

15. Modalities Permanent formation Masters Doctorate programmes
Initial proposal: courses between 30 and 60 hours
Tool for e learning in the Intranet
The LEFIS offert for
Masters
Doctorate programmes
Graduate courses

16. How to work? Work package Responsible person Duration
Aims and objectives
Activities and deadlines
Outcomes
Boundaries and intersections with other work packages
Resources and materials to be used
Cost/Budget

17. Work package 1 Work package WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTER
Responsible person
Thomas Hoeren
Duration

18. Work package 2 Aims and objectives
Building the necessary European infrastructure for preparing socio-legal, economic and statistical studies and organisational and regulatory proposals in relation with Information and Communication technologies (ICT)
Performing studies and making organizational and regulatory policies and proposals for the governance of ICT’s
Development of modules in ICT law for both law students, computer science students and engineers according to the Bologna Declaration
Developing the teaching modules in electronic format

19. Activities and deadlines
Work package 3
Activities and deadlines
Organization of the regional LEFIS workshop of Münster
Elaboration of teaching modules for postgraduates, doctoral studies, masters and graduates in law, social sciences and computing/engineering students
Elaboration of Materials for teaching
Coordination of the establishment of nationally delivered European Masters with a common core
Development of the content of the LEFIS page of MÜNSTER University
Publication of comparative analysis reports and books

20. Work package 4
Outcomes
The creation and updating of the web page of MÜNSTER U.in the Portal LEFIS
The creation and updating of the intranet part of MÜNSTER U. in LEFIS, contributing material for courses at distance or mixed
Materials for teaching: presentations, word documents, another documents
Examens for the participants in the teaching offered by LEFIS
The publication of results, guidelines addressing training and integration of policies directed at experts in making legal policies for the regulation of the ICT’s.
Reports and analysis of surveys across participating countries that compare and contrast the policies and practice of initial education in law of ICT’s and training across participating countries
Collaboration to the elaboration of the german version of the LEFIS Portal

21. Work package 5 Boundaries and intersections with other work packages
...
Resources and materials to be used
Thomas Hoeren
Michael Bohne
Infrastructure of Münster U.
LEFIS Infrastructure
Cost/Budget
Total
Staff
Direct costs or more (own resources) + EU

22. Costs: kinds Personnel costs Direct costs travel+subsistence costs
equipment and materials
subcontracting costs and
other costs (printing, translation, dissemination and other)

23. Next steps The project: The non-profit Association:
Signature of the general agreement: the Consortium
Signature of bilateral agreements: the compromise of each partner,
Based in detailed work packages
The non-profit Association:
Committee LEFIS of APTICE (