To obtain the three-year degree, 180 university training credits (CFU) must be acquired, an average of 60 for each year. Credits are acquired by taking the assessment tests required for the various courses and other training activities. Each exam is awarded a certain number of credits, the same for all students, and a grade (expressed in thirtieths) that varies according to the level of preparation. The final examination is expressed in one hundred and tenths.
For the third year, the Faculty suggests four specialization paths, responding to different cultural and professional vocations:
The course aims to train the clerks of judicial offices, staff working within professional firms, corporate legal departments as well as legal functions set up in trade associations and representative bodies. Alongside the traditional figure of judicial assistants, the role of the new generation legal assistant, also defined by the Anglo-Saxon term "paralegal", is a novelty of increasing importance and frequency in organized professional structures and companies. In a context of increasing professionalisation and specialisation, legal assistants who provide qualified assistance to judges and professionals working in the legal sector - for example lawyers, in-house lawyers, members of boards of statutory auditors and supervisory bodies, secretaries of boards of directors - must possess an adequate level of technical competence, such as to allow an informed management of activities potentially suitable for producing significant legal effects. The establishment of a course dedicated to the training of legal assistants responds to the growing need for qualified human resources, who can carry out tasks involving a basic level of technical-legal competence. Think of the material activity of keeping electronic files in civil or administrative proceedings (and hopefully in criminal proceedings in the future), the duties of the registry, the management of company books as well as support activities for boards of statutory auditors and supervisory bodies within commercial companies.
The training course aims to provide a solid basic competence in the main areas of law, with particular attention to the field of public administration. The aim is to ensure that graduates have an adequate level of preparation to carry out qualified activities in public institutions and private entities that regularly interact with the public administration. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired a solid set of flexible and versatile legal skills, able to respond to different needs. These skills will enable students to find employment in public bodies such as municipalities, metropolitan cities and regions, as well as in private companies, with roles such as legal expert in urban planning, construction and environment, legal consultant for public contracts, protocol manager, official responsible for internal audits, head of transparency, head of corruption prevention, and consultant on regulatory compliance and environmental sustainability.
It is a well-established path in the three-year degrees in legal services sciences on the Italian scene, also thanks to the professional outlet offered by labor consultancy. The course aims to provide basic legal knowledge and skills, with a more in-depth study of subjects related to the employment relationship, social security and industrial relations. Among the professional outlets, there are, first of all, the more traditional ones of the freelance profession in labor consultancy and inclusion in company functions related to personnel management (personnel management in the strict sense and Human Resource Management). However, the demand for experts in labour (law) is also growing in the world of employment agencies, trade unions and trade associations, where there is a demand for professionals capable of contributing to the new institutions of the labour market and corporate welfare.
The training course aims to prepare professionals able to offer privacy and data protection consulting services to institutions, companies and professional firms. At the end of the course, students will have acquired in-depth knowledge of national and EU regulations, as well as practices relating to privacy and data protection. This training will provide them with a solid legal foundation and the skills needed to pursue emerging careers in the privacy and information security industry.
One of the most significant innovations introduced by the new regulations on the subject, issued in May 2018 in Italy and the European Union with EU Regulation no. 2016/679, is the professional figure of the Data Protection Officer (DPO), mandatory for all public authorities and many private entities that handle large-scale personal data or sensitive data.
The course also trains privacy specialists, in charge of supporting public and private organizations in the correct implementation of data processing, and privacy consultants, experts in civil, criminal, and labor law. These consultants offer support to DPOs, manage privacy issues in the absence of a DPO, and take care of the protection of the rights of individuals, also through interaction with the Italian Data Protection Authority.
In addition, the track prepares professionals specialized in cybersecurity management, providing essential skills to address the increasingly relevant challenges of IT system protection.
For those wishing to further explore the issues of digitalisation and its impact on legal relations, the Advanced Training Course in "Cybersecurity & Data Management", activated at the Faculty of Law starting from the 2022-2023 academic year, is also available.
As an alternative to the suggested paths, the student may submit an individualised study plan for the third year.