Integrating Law, Technology and Design: Teaching Data Protection & Privacy Law in a Digital Age
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Integrating Law, Technology and Design : Teaching Data Protection & Privacy Law in a Digital Age . / Corrales Compagnucci, Marcelo; Fenwick, Mark; Haapio, Helena; Vermeulen, Erik P. M.
In: International Data Privacy Law, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2022, p. 239-252.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Integrating Law, Technology and Design
T2 - Teaching Data Protection & Privacy Law in a Digital Age
AU - Corrales Compagnucci, Marcelo
AU - Fenwick, Mark
AU - Haapio, Helena
AU - Vermeulen, Erik P. M.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In this paper, we identified five fundamental principles for developing data protection law courses in today’s digital age. The paper outlines the broader context of the transformation of legal education in a digital age; describes the importance of integrating legal-thinking and design-thinking with a deeper understanding of the underlying technologies and user-interfaces; and introduces the main features of a new approach to teaching data protection and privacy. The main argument of the paper is to suggest that the data protection lawyer of the future will become a key intermediary of innovation – or a ‘transaction engineer’ – who helps facilitate and coordinate new forms of business and other social relationships; contributes to harnessing the benefits of disruptive technologies, automation and digital connectivity to build next generation legal services; and contributes to the development of a legally compliant and socially responsible technological infrastructure. To perform this function effectively, however, data protection professionals need to develop a new mindset, along with several new skills and capacities, including a better understanding of the technological architecture of a post-digital transformation world, as well as the power and importance of legal design. Crucially, this means re-visiting the law school curriculum and legal education, more generally. From a pedagogical perspective, we propose a task-oriented, “sandbox”, and “gamified” approach to data protection law that delivers a more meaningful student experience in which students are given the space to experiment via engagement with timely and practical problems.
AB - In this paper, we identified five fundamental principles for developing data protection law courses in today’s digital age. The paper outlines the broader context of the transformation of legal education in a digital age; describes the importance of integrating legal-thinking and design-thinking with a deeper understanding of the underlying technologies and user-interfaces; and introduces the main features of a new approach to teaching data protection and privacy. The main argument of the paper is to suggest that the data protection lawyer of the future will become a key intermediary of innovation – or a ‘transaction engineer’ – who helps facilitate and coordinate new forms of business and other social relationships; contributes to harnessing the benefits of disruptive technologies, automation and digital connectivity to build next generation legal services; and contributes to the development of a legally compliant and socially responsible technological infrastructure. To perform this function effectively, however, data protection professionals need to develop a new mindset, along with several new skills and capacities, including a better understanding of the technological architecture of a post-digital transformation world, as well as the power and importance of legal design. Crucially, this means re-visiting the law school curriculum and legal education, more generally. From a pedagogical perspective, we propose a task-oriented, “sandbox”, and “gamified” approach to data protection law that delivers a more meaningful student experience in which students are given the space to experiment via engagement with timely and practical problems.
U2 - 10.1093/idpl/ipac012
DO - 10.1093/idpl/ipac012
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 239
EP - 252
JO - International Data Privacy Law
JF - International Data Privacy Law
SN - 2044-3994
IS - 3
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