Additional training: Journalism and law 2020

For the twenty-first time, the Civil Law Department of the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law, headed by Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren, is organizing the nationwide unique journalism training for lawyers in March 2021.law students and young lawyers* learn the basic techniques of journalistic writing. Language and rhetoric are trained in a practical way. In particular, the ability to communicate legal issues in a generally understandable way and to transfer them to the public, which is also relevant for lawyers and judges, is taught. Specialist editors from renowned publishing houses, print and radio media and press spokespersons from the legal sector provide theoretical and practical introductions to the respective professional fields. In 2021, the additional training will be supported by ZDF/WDR, C.H.Beck-Verlag and Westfälische Nachrichten Münster, among others. Participants will also have the opportunity to make valuable contacts and the coveted training course will take place all day from Monday, March 8, 2021 to Friday, March 12, 2021.

Further information, including the application procedure, can be found here.