Training in Information Technology Law: a necessity in the Law degree

Abstract

The expansion of information and communication technologies presents two clear challenges for the legal profession: the emergence of tools that can and should be used in legal practice, and the rise of new technological developments that must be regulated by law, giving rise, in the first case, to Legal Informatics and, in the second, to Information Technology Law. This article aims to disseminate the theoretical and historical foundations of Information Technology Law as an autonomous branch of law, as well as its differences from Legal Informatics and its integration into law curricula worldwide. To this end, the following methods were used: historical-logical, which demonstrates the evolution of the training process in Information Technology Law; analysis-synthesis, which allows for a deeper understanding of the theoretical foundations of training in Information Technology Law; and document analysis, which enables the analysis of law curricula within the global university context. The study of theoretical and historical references will lay the foundations for the inclusion of Information Technology Law in the curriculum of the Law degree in Cuba, which responds to the need to train jurists in this branch of Law who can face the challenges and obstacles imposed by an increasingly computerized society.