B5555 - Family Conflict Management Workshop and Trial Simulation

Learning outcomes

In recent years, family disputes have multiplied, making it increasingly necessary for the legal practitioner to know and know how to use the legal instruments for the resolution of such disputes. The workshop aims to introduce participants to the phenomenon of family litigation and its characteristics and peculiarities, and then analyze the negotiation and judicial tools made available by the legislature to resolve, consensually or adjudicatively, conflicts in and within the family. At the end of the workshop, the participant will attain basic knowledge of how to manage a family crisis, including the drafting of the relevant procedural documents.

Course contents

The workshop will examine the main tools for resolving disputes in the field of family law: assisted negotiation, family mediation and, in particular, the family unitary procedure, the rules of which will then have to be applied by the participants in the final mock trial.

Readings/Bibliography

Suggested (non mandatory( readings to prepare the moot court:

- Claudio Cecchella, Il processo in materia di persone, minorenni e famiglie, Pacini, 2024

or, alternatively:

- Romolo Donzelli, Manuale del processo familiare e minorile, Giappichelli, 2024

Teaching methods

The workshop includes a first part of theoretical introduction, then participants will work on a practical case, writing the relevant court documents.

Assessment methods

The final test consists of a mock trial between teams, with qualifying rounds. The grade will be an expression of the commitment shown in class discussions and in the preparation of the mock trial.

Office hours

See the website of Michele Angelo Lupoi