TY - JOUR AU - Krupová, Tereza AU - Zima, Marek PY - 2016/04/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Street Law and Legal Clinics as Civic Projects: Situation in the Czech Republic JF - Oñati Socio-Legal Series JA - Oñati Socio-Legal Series VL - 7 IS - 8 SE - Prospects and alternative methods DO - UR - https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/775 SP - 1647-1660 AB - There have been plenty of opportunities to learn law in the Czech Republic but unfortunately only a few of them are effective. Law has been established as compulsory subject at universities and it is taught at secondary schools as well. There are also other sources of legal education such as private courses. We want to show the impact of these methods on the legal literacy of the population. In our presentation we want also to illustrate other possible means the law is presented to non‐lawyers. One of the great methods is using the concept of Street Law, which, in the Czech Republic, is based on university students of Law who teach at secondary or primary schools. There are also projects such as Be Aware of your Civil Rights. We are kind to present the achievements as well as the possible improvements in legal education in the Czech Republic such as using interdisciplinary learning or showing the importance of law in ordinary life.<br /><br /> Ha habido muchas oportunidades para aprender Derecho en la Rep&uacute;blica Checa, pero, por desgracia, s&oacute;lo unas pocas son efectivas. El Derecho se ha convertido en asignatura obligatoria en las universidades, y tambi&eacute;n se ense&ntilde;a en centros de ense&ntilde;anza secundaria. Hay, adem&aacute;s, cursos privados. Nosotros pretendemos mostrar el impacto de estos m&eacute;todos en la alfabetizaci&oacute;n jur&iacute;dica de la poblaci&oacute;n, as&iacute; como proponer otras v&iacute;as de presentar el Derecho a personas no versadas. Una de las metodolog&iacute;as m&aacute;s importantes es la denominada Ley en la Calle. En la Rep&uacute;blica Checa, &eacute;sta consiste en que estudiantes de Derecho ense&ntilde;an en institutos o en escuelas de ense&ntilde;anza primaria. Por otro lado, hay proyectos como Conozca sus Derechos Civiles. Nos complace presentar los logros obtenidos, as&iacute; como las mejoras que se pueden implementar en la educaci&oacute;n jur&iacute;dica de la Rep&uacute;blica Checa, como, por ejemplo, usar el aprendizaje interdisciplinario o mostrar la importancia del Derecho en la vida cotidiana.<br /><br /> <strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN:</strong> <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=3075162" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=3075162</a> ER -