Methodologies for the Continuous Judicial Training based on audiovisual resources: the guidelines of the European judicial area

Abstract

This report aims at providing new means for judicial training in Spain, as well as presenting innovative methodological audiovisual resources for continuous training. This presentation is the result of our experience in the promotion and development of new approaches to law and technology from an interdisciplinary perspective. Furthermore, the UAB Institute of Law and Technology has a well-grounded experience in judges, prosecutors and lawyers’ training in the different state institutions over the last years. The technology and the social networks can be found anywhere in the citizens’ public and private domains, so the contents as well as the methodology for judicial training cannot be left out. To conclude, we would like to underline the need to include specific modules of judicial continuous training that keep judges updated as regards the evolution of the Internet, the Web 2.0, social networks and mobile technologies, particularly bearing in mind the performance of these professionals in the European judicial framework.