Course on Judicial Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law

CEAD Francisco Suárez announces the opening of the Open Course on Judicial Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law, a free, online training program starting on April 16, 2026.

This training is the result of a partnership between CEAD Francisco Suárez and the Porto Court of Appeal, aimed primarily at legal practitioners (Jurists, Lawyers, and Magistrates), as well as Law students, regardless of their academic degree.

The course has the virtue of combining science and art, articulating an academic perspective with judicial experience. To this end, the sessions will be conducted by Academics and Magistrates, covering modules in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law, namely: Corruption, Organized Crime, Domestic Violence, Hate Speech, Crimes against Minors, Premial Law, Impartiality of the Courts, Inadmissibility of Evidence, Appeals, among other current topics.

The course will take place online, with the exception of the opening and closing sessions, which will be held in a hybrid format.

Schedule

• Opening Session: April 16, 2026, at 5:30 PM, at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Universidade Lusófona – Porto University Center (Rua Alexandre Herculano, 123, Porto).

• Closing Session: June 19, 2026, at 5:30 PM, at the Porto Court of Appeal.

• The remaining sessions (online) will take place on Thursdays and Fridays from 6:30 PM to 9:15 PM.
  
  The course schedule will be made available soon.
  Registration is currently closed, as the maximum number of participants has been reached.
  
  At the end of the course, certificates of participation will be issued to all those who have attended at least 75% of the sessions