LegalTech and Law

Overview

This micro-credential equips individuals to manage digital evidence with legal guarantees, optimize legal work using technological tools, and apply data analytics to decision-making. The program also covers working in digital judicial environments and using generative artificial intelligence to efficiently and responsibly prepare legal documentation.

Goals

  1. Managing the lifecycle of legal files in digital environments
    To train students in the architecture and use of legal management systems (ERP) and cloud-based document management platforms. The objective is for professionals to master the technical traceability of procedures, the automation of procedural milestones, and the centralization of information, ensuring an efficient, secure, and scalable workflow.
  2. Implement legal research strategies using analytics and predictive justice. Develop advanced skills in locating and critically analyzing legal doctrine and jurisprudence through intelligent databases and semantic search engines. The aim is for students to learn to substantiate their procedural claims using data analysis tools that allow them to calculate probabilities of success and identify real judicial trends.
  3. Ensuring the integrity of digital evidence and compliance with regulations. Training in technical protocols for obtaining, preserving, and submitting electronic evidence (social media, instant messaging, digital assets). Students must master the use of timestamping and digital certifications to guarantee the chain of custody, while simultaneously ensuring strict compliance with the GDPR and professional secrecy.
  4. Execute telematic actions and advanced procedural communication
    To equip professionals with the expert skills to manage the interoperability platforms of the Justice Administration and to provide technical direction for online hearings and proceedings. The objective is to ensure a digital presence that meets cybersecurity standards, legal netiquette, and argumentative effectiveness in virtual justice environments.
  5. Applying Generative AI and Automation to Legal Content Production: This course fosters the ability to integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) and automation tools into the drafting of legal documents. Students will learn to structure precise legal prompts to improve the technical quality of their arguments, optimizing drafting time while adhering to ethical and professional responsibility criteria.

Access requirements

  • Students must be between 25 and 64 years old on the date the training begins.
  • To access this micro-credential, the entry profile is geared towards legal professionals and graduates. The profiles that can access it are:
  • Lawyers: Registered professionals who practice law.
  • Graduates or Law Degree Holders: Those who possess the basic generalist qualification.
  • Other Degrees in the Legal Field: This includes specific qualifications such as:
  • Degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources.
  • Degree in Criminology.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Public Management and Administration.
  • Degree in Legal Sciences of Public Administrations.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Law and Finance / Business Administration (Double degrees).

Academic program

Contents

Module 1: Digital Transformation and the LegalTech Phenomenon
Contents: Introduction to the digital transformation of the legal profession. History and evolution of LegalTech. The European Digital Competence Framework (DigComp). Impact of technology on justice and new legal business models.
Tools: LegalTech ecosystem maps and digital self-diagnostic tools.

Module 2: Comprehensive Office and File Management (ERP)
Contents: Architecture of legal management systems (BMS/ERP). Management of procedural deadlines, case traceability, and electronic invoicing. Cloud security and information availability.
Tools: Your Office, Kleos, Mnemo.

Module 3: Advanced Legal Research and Documentation
Contents: Semantic search engines. Access to updated document databases, legal doctrine, and forms. Curation of legal content and legislative alerts.
Tools: Iberley, vLex, Aranzadi-La Ley.

Module 4: Predictive Justice and Jurisprudential Analysis
Contents: Application of Big Data to the analysis of judgments. Calculation of success probabilities according to the court or tribunal. Procedural strategy based on data and analysis of the opposing party.
Tools: Jurimetrics, Predic, vLex Cloud.

Module 5: Digital Evidence and its Chain of Custody
Contents: Concept of electronic evidence. Identification and capture of data on social media, WhatsApp, and emails. Timestamping and hash integrity.
Tools: SafeStamper, eEvidence, SaveTheProof.

Module 6: Data Protection and Cybersecurity in Litigation
Contents: The GDPR applied to the custody of evidence. Professional secrecy and cybersecurity: file encryption, secure communications, and VPNs. Managing security breaches in the law firm.
Tools: VeraCrypt, ProtonMail, password managers (1Password/LastPass).

Module 7: E-Discovery and Massive Information Management
Contents: Processing large volumes of data in complex litigation. Intelligent document filtering, pattern recognition, and detection of information relevant to the case.
Tools: Relativity, Everlaw, Logikcull.

Module 8: Procedural Communication and Telematic Actions
Contents: Interoperability platform domains (Lexnet). Protocols for remote hearings and proceedings: lighting, audio, framing, and netiquette. Electronic signatures and certified notifications.
Tools: Lexnet, Signaturit, secure videoconferencing platforms (Teams/Zoom).

Module 9: Document Automation and Generative AI (LLM)
Contents: Creating smart templates. Using generative AI for drafting, summarizing documents, and extracting legal entities. Ethics and error prevention in the use of AI.
Tools: Bigle Legal, Harvey AI, ChatGPT (with specialized legal prompts).

Module 10: OSINT and Computer Forensics for Lawyers
Contents: Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for locating assets and individuals. How to question a computer forensics expert and understand a technical expert report. Future trends: Blockchain and Smart Contracts.
Tools: Maltego, specialized record search engines, and social networks

Methodology and activities

  • Work: preparation of a study, essay, paper… proposed in the subject, either of
    individually or in groups following established guidelines.
  • Independent work: independent and self-regulated activity of the student starting from the
    documentation and guidelines proposed in the subject, preparation of classes and exams,
    preparation of final reports.
  • Tutoring (individual): activity in which the teaching staff attends to, facilitates and guides one or more students in the training process.
  • Assessment: continuous assessment tests and final exams. Tests may be in person or online, and may be written, oral, or consist of practical exercises.
  • Individual work: individual preparation of assignments/projects/reports, portfolio.
  • Group work: group preparation of assignments, projects/reports.
  • Personal study: preparation for tests, exams, etc.
  • Evaluation: written, oral, and practical tests.
  • Tutoring: instruction period in which teachers and students interact with the aim of reviewing and discussing materials and topics presented in class.
  • Active methodologies: cooperative learning, project-based learning, flipped classroom, service learning, game-based learning, case studies, problem-solving. These are aimed at making learning a participatory process and are based on student engagement.

Evaluation criteria

  • Objective tests (true/false, multiple choice, test-type, fill-in-the-blank, ordering, etc.): These are measurement instruments that allow for the evaluation of knowledge, skills, performance, aptitudes, etc. The answers are closed-ended, thus promoting objectivity during the scoring process.
  • Short answer tests: a type of objective test in which students do not elaborate on their answers and must respond to the specific information requested.

General information

Credits: 3 ECTS

Duration: 20/05/2026-30/05/2026

Teaching modality: 100% asynchronous online training

Location: ULL Virtual Campus

Registration fee: €65.25

Valued at: €217.50

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The cost of tuition for this Microcredential will be subsidized by the 'Plan for the development of university microcredentials', investment 6 of component 21 of the Addendum to the 'Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan', financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU, year 2025.

Flexibility

Short courses available in various formats (in-person, online, or hybrid). Ideal for learning without interrupting your professional life.

Employability

Content created and delivered by professionals and experts in the field, designed for immediate application.

Certification

Endorsed by the University of La Laguna. You will receive an official ECTS certificate, valid in the European Higher Education Area.

Teaching staff

Paulo Ramón Suárez Xavier

Permanent Professor of Labor Law
Procedural Law of the University of La Laguna

Pilar Martín Ríos

Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Seville

Yolanda De Lucchy López-Tapia

Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Malaga

Milagros López Gil

Full Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Malaga

Silvia Pereira Puigvert

Associate Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Girona

Enrique Cesar Perez Luño Robledo

Permanent Labor Professor at the University of Seville

Ana María Vicario Pérez

Assistant Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Burgos

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