Description of the training project
Description of the training project
Starting from the XXXVIII cycle, the Ph.D. Course in Legal Sciences, in agreement between the Universities of Parma and Modena-Reggio Emilia, envisages the performance of a plurality of higher education activities, throughout the three-year period, articulated in various types.
First of all, the doctoral course intends to enhance - from the first year - interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary activities, through the provision of various teachings (identified and described in the training project at the link in this page), dealing with topics of general legal interest or, in any case, transversal for the training of doctoral students. The related courses (some delivered exclusively in English) will be taught by professors of I and II fascia and RTD-B researchers, as well as by experts in the various scientific disciplinary fields involved, so as to encourage the acquisition of skills and professionalism really appropriate to the training objectives of the course (described below), on the methodological level, on that of reasoning and analysis in the legal field, of the in-depth knowledge required at the level of professional outlets. In addition to these courses, there is also teaching aimed at perfecting the language skills of doctoral students in the legal field.
These teaching activities will take place - in particular although not exclusively - in the first year of the doctoral program, so as to allow doctoral students, on the one hand, to acquire a solid and interdisciplinary "initial" training, including on methodological profiles and the tools necessary for research; on the other hand, to leave them the opportunity in the following years to refine their skills in specific disciplinary areas, including through periods of residence abroad, in view, then, of the writing of the doctoral thesis.
The doctoral course also plans to strengthen the theoretical skills of the doctoral students through the holding of lectures (also in foreign languages) on legal topics related to individual disciplinary scientific fields referable to Area 12, held by professors of I or II fascia or RTD-B researchers, also external to the College of Teachers, Italian or foreign, as well as by experts in the subject, also foreign.
Finally, the doctoral course intends to enrich the training of doctoral students by encouraging their participation in conferences, study meetings, and seminars (typically, though not exclusively, organized or sponsored by universities, including foreign ones, and by national or international research bodies), including abroad, which from time to time will be accredited as moments of common, interdisciplinary or sector teaching.
Goals
The main objectives that the Doctoral Course in Legal Sciences aims to achieve are:
a) the training of highly qualified researchers capable of carrying out high-profile research activities within the scope of the topics of the scientific - disciplinary fields of reference. The acquisition of the PhD degree will facilitate access to various professional careers. Ph.D. graduates, on the one hand, will be able to find employment at national and international universities or research institutions, continuing their activity in the field of "pure" legal research; on the other hand, spending the acquired skills on a more pragmatic level, they will be able to find employment in the business sphere, public administration, not only at the central level, as well as international organizations (operating, for example, in the field of the protection of fundamental rights and judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters);
b) the deepening of knowledge necessary for access to traditional jobs in the legal sphere, freelance (lawyers, notaries) or in the public sector (judiciary, management careers).
Intended employment and professional outlets
In light of the broad educational offerings of the Course, the training of the doctoral student consists of a common general and multidisciplinary base that provides suitable tools for application in a wide area of professional fields of law. Job prospects may, thus, vary in relation to each doctoral student's area of specialization, as well as to the latter's identification, in agreement with his or her tutor (and always in compliance with the minimum limits with regard to teaching-related obligations), of the activities pertaining to the areas of his or her greatest interest.
In this respect, scientific teaching and research support activities are intended to train mainly researchers for the University, equipped with solid legal culture and high methodological and critical skills.
Another professional figure trained will be that of the expert jurist, capable of grasping the peculiarities of the pluralistic phenomenon, which affects socially relevant issues in the various areas, including professional ones, of the legal sciences (in civil law, in the international-private and European spheres; in the various articulations of public law, such as constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law and procedural law).
