Program Overview

Program Overview

The Second-level Short Specialisation Degree in Metaverse and Legal Computer Science explores the ethical and legal issues, scientific knowledge, and practical competence of multiple professional experiences applied to legal computer science and contemporary techno-law. The program focuses on the evolutionary profiles of the social metaverse and the protection of fundamental rights in web 3.0.

Educational Content

The program provides students with the ability to:

• Acquire scientific knowledge to apply to legal computer science and contemporary technical law
• Acquire applicable hands-on advanced legal computer science skills, with a focus on the evolutionary profiles of the social metaverse and protection of fundamental rights in web 3.0
• Apply cross-sectional methods aimed at exercising legal computer science and metaverse professions independently and through theoretical analysis and concrete cases
• Acquire a specific ability to communicate and discuss, even with digital tools, by applying appropriate methods, case studies, and personalized reports
• Learn applicable hands-on advanced legal computer science skills, with a focus on the evolutionary profiles of the social metaverse and protection of fundamental rights in web 3.0

Course Target and Career Opportunities

The program trains and updates the methodological approach of innovative and hybrid professionals in the field of legal computer science and in the evolutionary profiles of the legal metaverse, such as lawyers, public notaries, and legal interns, legal company and PA advisors, digital professionals, technical consultants, legal assistants, project & social media managers, bioethicists, compliance analysts, and data privacy officers.

Course Program

The program provides specific training on:

• Legal and ethical aspects of personal data collection
• Cases, categories, conflicts, and rules of the metaverse
• Digital conflict resolution – preventing, managing, and solving controversies in the digital era
• Digital economy and financial metaverse
• Ethics and knowledge in the age of neurotechnologies
• Human societies, network societies & meta societies
• Human-centred technology and legal services – vision, strategy, method, assessment
• Inforethoric – legal communication methods in the social metaverse
• Legal & crypto blockchain in the web 3.0 – cases and issues
• Legal design, infosphere, and metaverse

Recognition of Previous Credits

Any post-graduate university training consistent with the modules of the Master will be recognized up to 20 CFU, and documented professional experience up to 12 CFU. Both recognitions can add up to a maximum of 20 CFU per career.

Faculty

The faculty includes:

• Paolo Moro – Full Legal Computer Science Professor – UniPD
• Stefano Fuselli – Full Legal Logic Professor – UniPD
• Claudio Sarra – Associate Legal Computer Science Professor – UniPD
• Paolo Sommaggio – Associate Legal Methodology Professor – UniTn
• Federico Casa – Adjunct Legal Computer Science Professor – UniPd
• Federico Reggio – Associate Legal Philosophy Professor – UniPd
• Letizia Mingardo – Assistant Legal Computer Science Professor – UniPd
• Mario Pomini – Associate Political Economics Professor – UniPd

Networking and Stage

The program includes networking opportunities with:

• Associazione Italiana Giovani Avvocati – Fondazione AIGA Tommaso Bucciarelli
• Centro di Ateneo per la Connettività e i Servizi al Territorio – VSIX UniPd
• HIT – Human Inspired Technology Research Centre – UniPd

General Ranking of Merit

The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2025/26 will be published on the Italian page of this Master according to the timing provided in the Call.

Single Course

It will be possible to register for single courses from January to June 2025. Each participant will be connected to the Moodle platform where they will be able to consult the video lessons relating to the chosen single course in asynchronous mode.

Information

• Thematic area: Finance, Law, and International relations
• End of classes: 31/10/2026
• Mandatory attendance: 70%
• Minimum available spots: 5
• Maximum available spots: 100
• First instalment: € 1,625.00
• Second instalment: € 1,000.00

FAQ

How will the course be organized?

The Second-level Short Specialisation Degree will be held online, on Zoom, in asynchronous mode. Classes will be held from 15 November 2024. There will be intermediate tests for each module, consisting of a paper/workshop or a follow-up interview online. The Master final exam consists of a written dissertation on a selected module.

Will there be any accreditation for ongoing training?

The Second-level Short Specialisation Degree is currently being accredited to allow the acquisition of ongoing training credits for professional orders, in line with the Master’s organizational plan (lawyers, accountants, journalists). All updates will be published in this section.

Program Details

• Classes start: 13/12/2025
• Duration: One year
• Venue: Padua
• Language: Italian
• ECTS: 60
• Teaching method: Distance learning
• Total enrolment fee: € 2,625.00
• Pre-enrolment deadline: 24/11/2025

Management

• Prof. Paolo Moro

Administrative Office

• Contact Person: UniSMART Fondazione Università di Padova

Teaching Method

• ECTS: 60
• In-person lessons: H
• Month and year:
• Fee: €

Final Notes

The Second-level Short Specialisation Degree in Metaverse and Legal Computer Science is a comprehensive program that provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in the field of legal computer science and the metaverse. With a focus on the evolutionary profiles of the social metaverse and the protection of fundamental rights in web 3.0, this program is ideal for professionals looking to advance their careers in this rapidly evolving field.