András Lichtenstein
András Lichtenstein, LL.M. is a Lecturer in Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Szeged (Hungary) and is specialized in Hungarian, European and Comparative Criminal Procedure. He graduated in Law with a major in Criminal Justice and holds a joint Master’s (LL.M.) in German Law and Legal Translation from the Universities Potsdam and Szeged. He is a Digital Training Coordinator at the Faculty of Law, and a Member of Management and Academic Staff of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for Higher Education „DIGICRIMJUS: New challenges for teaching researching and practicing criminal law in the digital age”.
Mr. Lichtenstein has held multiple scholarships for his academic excellence over the past years (e.g., Hungarian Ministry of Justice Students’ Scholarship, New National Excellence Scholarship, Young Talents’ Fellowship) and has 13 published research papers total, 4 of those in English, 1 in German. For his most recent work, “The Independence of the Prosecution Services and the ECJ’s Interpretation of the Term Judicial Authority” he won the I. Prize Award by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Regional Committee in Szeged.
He is currently finishing his PhD dissertation focusing on public prosecution systems in Europe, including the role and organisation of law enforcement agencies and police-prosecutor relationships. He is also committed to the research of the new challenges and opportunities faced by criminal justice as a result of digitalization.
Sessions
In the first part of the proposed presentation, Prof. Dr. Krisztina Karsai will introduce DIGICRIMJUS, an EU supported higher education strategic partnership on Digitalisation and Criminal Law. This partnership was formed by three renowned European universities (University of Szeged - Hungary, University of Konstanz – Germany, University of Istanbul – Turkey) and focuses on the new challenges for teaching, researching and practicing criminal law in the digital age. Digicrimjus is designed around four cornerstones: digitalization - criminal law & justice - legal comparison – teaching & learning. In this framework members of the cohort are not only focusing on traditional questions of criminal law (e.g., criminal responsibility in cases where AI has been applied), but also on other issues in the criminal justice system (such as investigating cybercrime or online visiting hours in prisons). The results of the three years research project (2020/21-2023/24) will be made widely available in the form of comprehensive study and training materials designed for future lawyers and experienced professionals.
In the second part, dr. András Lichtenstein will share his methodological experiences and good practices on teaching criminal law remotely and digitally during the current pandemic situation. He will introduce CLaER, an online „Criminal Law Escape Room” recently developed at the University of Szeged specifically for advanced law students majoring in criminal law and future legal professionals in the field of criminal justice. This digital learning material is designed to mimic in-person simulations and moots in the digital space using gamification methods. Apart from the teachers’ perspective, the presentation will also reflect on the students’ experiences based on their feedback and its evaluation. The two parts are closely related, as such methods are planned to be used in DIGICRIMJUS as well.
In their closing remarks, the presenters – both experts in digital training – will draw the conclusions of their recent experiences and share some of their future project plans.