February 16th, 2022

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITHIN JUSTICE

The Opportunities and Challenges of Emerging Technologies

Description

In recent years, courts and justice administration have been greatly impacted by emerging technologies, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated it. Countries are showing significant benefits in the use of technology in justice administration, but important challenges arise as we strive to keep due process in place as a fundamental right. Prof .María Francisca Gallegos will provide a description of the transformation process of justice administration in Ecuador and explain how the process was accelerated because of the COVID pandemic. Prof. Guilherme Madeira Dezem will provide an overview of the Brazilian experience on the matter with a special reference to how Brazilian authorities have balanced health restrictions during the pandemic with access to justice in a reasonable time. You’ll find answers to these questions:

  • What role does technology play in justice administration?

  • How does technology create challenges for due process and access to justice?

  • How has the COVID Pandemic affected the process of justice digitalization?

  • How has the digitalization of justice affected law firms and legal practitioners?

Our Presenters

Guest Speaker: Prof. Maria Francisca

María Francisca specializes in corporate law and dispute resolution. In the corporate area, she works on due diligence processes, corporate acts, complex contracts and commercial and investment law. In dispute resolution, she participates in domestic and international arbitration and constitutional, administrative, civil and commercial litigation.

She graduated as an attorney in 2014 at the Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, where she currently teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Corporate Contracts. She underwent her graduate studies at New York University, class of 2017, obtaining an LLM in International Legal Studies.

Guest Speaker: Prof. Guilherme Madeira Dezem

PHd in Criminal Procedure. Judge in São Paulo. Professor at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

Host: Pablo Iannello

Pablo Iannello is the Chair of the Museo Social Law School, the director of the Law and tech Program at UADE, and a visiting professor at University of Dayton School of Law since 2013. He has also served as a visiting Fellow at the UNIDROIT Institute, in Rome throughout 2012. Professor Iannello's main areas of research include: Comparative Law, International Economic Law, IP, Law and Tech, Antitrust, Legal Theory and Law and Economics.