News and Events
LL.M. "IT and Law": Moving into the second round
Since an in-person event was unfortunately not permitted, the Institute of Legal Informatics welcomed the new participants of the master's program "Information Technology and Law" virtually - but just as formally. In a festive digital event, Institute Director Professor Dr. Georg Borges warmly welcomed the "newcomers" on November 13th.
LL.M. program "IT and Law": register by November 30
With almost 30 registrations, the master’s program "IT and Law" has entered its second round of admissions. In light of the pandemic, the Institute of Legal Informatics has decided to accept further interested students. The LL.M. program is aimed at graduates of all disciplines and for the first time is being held largely online. It is therefore also suitable as an in-service training program in the field of IT law and Legal Informatics.
How safe are passport photos from forgery?
On October 26, Professor Dr. Georg Borges participated as an invited expert in the expert hearing of the German Bundestag. The topic of the hearing was the Federal Government's draft bill to strengthen security in the passport, ID card and foreigner law document system. The full session of the Committee on Home Affairs and the Homeland Security including the public hearing can be found here.
Modern administration – data protection friendly please
On November 3, Professor Dr. Christoph Sorge took part in a panel discussion in an online conference, "Digital State Online". The topic was the draft bill of the Federal Ministry of the Interior on the Register Modernization Act. Together with the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, Professor Dr. Ulrich Kelber, he criticized the planned use of the tax identification number as a personal identification number that can be used by all authorities.
Digitalization of the district courts
Professor Dr. Stephan Weth, Co-Director of the Institute of Legal Informatics, organized a “Future Workshop” from August 25th to 26th as part of the "District Court 4.0" project at the European Academy Otzenhausen in Nonnweiler. Experts from the practice, science and politics discussed how digital media can support the workflows in local courts. Further information is available from the Science Information Service (idw).
