Legal Design
& Innovation
International
Summit
( 26 )Human-Centered Justice:
Legal Design and Legal Communication
Global
Network
hands-on
workshop.
Univali
Balneário Camboriú
09/30/2026
8:00 AM
Human-centered justice
An international gathering bringing together Brazil, Italy, Poland and the United States around Legal Design, Visual Law, artificial intelligence and clear, accessible legal communication.
Across a full day, international keynotes, panels, debates and hands-on workshops take participants from theory to prototyping user-centered legal solutions.
- Lawyers
- Designers
- Academics
- Institutions
Invited speakers
- Marcia Sarubbi Lippmann
- Alessia Placchi
- Cristina Alvino
- Siyu Liu
- Alessandra Lanciotti
- Jefferson Kalinowski
- Moreno Marazzi
- Anna Lis
- Simone Chiarelli
- Marco Aurélio Petrelli
- Newton Cesar Pilau
- Flavia Oliveira dos Santos
- Patricia Elias Vieira
- Eduardo Ribeiro
Full programme
Morning Session
Brazil: 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Italy and Poland: 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
USA (EDT): 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Presentation of the event, the partner institutions and the goals of the Summit.
Official opening with: Prof. Newton Cesar Pilau, Post-Doc (Head of the Law Program at UNIVALI, Balneário Camboriú Campus); Prof. Dr. Patricia Elias Vieira (Head of the Legal Practice Center – NPJ).
Introduction to the themes of Human-Centered Justice
Speaker: Prof. Alessandra Lanciotti
Legal Design in Italy: experiences and applied perspectives
Speaker: Alessia Placchi, Attorney at Law
Legal Design in legal education: experiences from the University of Perugia and the UNIVALI Law Program
Participants: Cristina Alvino, Attorney at Law (Univ. Perugia), Moreno Marazzi (Univ. Perugia), Prof. Márcia Sarubbi Lippmann (UNIVALI) and Prof. Newton Cesar Pilau, Post-Doc (UNIVALI).
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Law explained simply: communicating the law clearly and accessibly
Speaker: Simone Chiarelli
International Cooperation, Innovation Ecosystems and Human-Centered Transformation
Speaker: Prof. Anna Lis (Gdansk University of Technology)
Open dialogue on Human-Centered Justice, Legal Design, communication, sustainability, innovation and cross-border cooperation.
Summary of the morning sessions.
Afternoon Session
Brazil: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Italy and Poland: 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
USA (EDT / Penn State): 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Welcome and introduction to the activities.
Opening: Prof. Flavia Oliveira dos Santos, M.A.
Using Agents in Penn State AI Studio in Criminal Justice Classrooms
Speaker: Dr. Siyu Liu (Penn State Harrisburg).
Legal Design Thinking: workshop for developing innovative legal solutions
Facilitator: Marco Aurélio Petrelli.
Summary of the afternoon and guidance for the evening block.
Evening Session
Brazil: 7:00 PM – 9:45 PM
USA (EDT): 6:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Italy and Poland: 12:00 AM – 2:45 AM (next day)
Welcome and presentation of the evening format.
Legal Design, Visual Law and AI applied to Access to Justice
Participants: Prof. Márcia Sarubbi Lippmann (UNIVALI), Jefferson Kalinowski and guests.
Legal Design, Visual Law & AI in the Courts: user-centered legal solutions
Facilitators: Jefferson Kalinowski (Legora) and Prof. Márcia Sarubbi Lippmann (UNIVALI).
Showcase of the solutions developed by the groups.
General closing and institutional acknowledgements.
Partner institutions
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