Justice Entrepreneurship is offered at two levels: one aimed at master's students and the other at second-year bachelor's students from the Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE) program.

Goals

The goals of the Justice Entrepreneurship program are:

• Helping law students co-develop legal solutions with affected communities. We do this using the Human Centered Design method, where students get to know the users and stakeholders, define a problem statement, and develop a prototype of a new legal or judicial service. This process lays the foundation for potentially starting a new startup or organization.
• Scouting new initiatives for our startup incubator. We conclude the course with a pitch competition, where the winners can receive seed funding. Additionally, all startups have the opportunity to receive practical support from our team for a year and an initial financial contribution.
• Contributing to the resolution of legal issues in society by collaborating with future lawyers.
• Inspiring lawyers and entrepreneurs in the legal sector by connecting them with our promising students.

Activities

• The course is offered annually in the second semester (block 2) to master's students.
• Second-year bachelor's students from the PPLE program can take the course each year in June.

Impact numbers

• Justice Entrepreneurship won the Innovative Legal Education Award at the Gouden Zandlopers in 2021. 
• In 2023, the winners of the first edition, named Legal Crowd, were also nominated for the Access to Justice Award in the same competition. The crowdfunding platform for legal cases now has several cases ongoing, and they recently even won a case!
• Due to the success of previous editions, the course has now been offered for four consecutive years.

Contact

If you have any questions about Justice Entrepreneurship, please contact Nathalie Dijkman (Coordinator of Justice Entrepreneurship) at: n.e.j.dijkman@uva.nl.

Registration

The registration for the Master's course will take place this year between December 2-9, 2024, via Glass. PPLE students must choose the track before June.