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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

Legal education and the penitentiary system: A proposal to transcend professional training and influence public criminal policy

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Abstract

The «Sistema Prisional em Vista» is an extension project that originated from the positive feedback of graduates from the Law School at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, who had experienced the program as part of their curricular teaching activities. Comprising three stages—training, field visits to prison institutions, and report writing—the interconnection between the university and the prison system is cultivated with the dual purpose of encouraging a change in perspective on imprisonment, given that current students will become future legal professionals, and of submitting observation reports to the Rio Grande do Sul Penitentiary Council to be considered in the implementation of more effective public security policies. The results indicate that traditional legal education needs to be associated with pedagogical initiatives that provide controlled exposure and opportunities for engaged response to the challenges that legal practice demands from these young professionals in the justice system.

Keywords:

Prison system, university extension, legal education, legal professionals, social justice, legal pedagogy.

Author Biographies

Juliane Sant Ana Bento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Juliane Sant Ana Bento holds a PhD in Political Science. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Public Law and Philosophy of Law at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and coordinator of the Laboratory for Studies on Elites, Institutions and Agents of the Justice System. Her email is juliane.bento@ufrgs.br. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-1289.

Ana Paula Motta Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Ana Paula Motta Costa holds a PhD in Law, is a lawyer and sociologist. She is the dean of the Law School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Sciences. She is the coordinator of the Research Observatory on Violence and Youth, a research group affiliated with the Laboratory of Empirical Research in Law. Her email is anapaulamottacosta@gmail.com. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4512-1776.

Nathália Ciotta Nedeff, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Nathália Ciotta Nedeff holds a bachelor's degree in Legal and Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She is a scholarship holder of the Prison System Extension Project in Vista and a civil servant at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Her email is nath_nedeff@outlook.com. ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7806-6849