Practical law as part of the school curriculum

Together with several colleagues, lawyer Morten Rosenmejer is part of a teaching team that carries out pro bono work for Kromann Reumert. The project was given a push by an enquiry made by a local high school, Ørestad Gymnasium.

”Essentially, the questions were about the use of hidden cameras and seemed to have been brought on by the controversy surrounding ’Operation X’ and (Denmark’s ’safe-chat (Internet) consultant’) Rudy Frederiksen. That was why I was involved,” explains Morten, who works with media law at Kromann Reumert.

”I had been afraid that I would end up standing in front of 90 silent students because they had no interest in discussing law, but it exceeded all my expectations. In fact, we had to cut 20 minutes of teaching out of our two-hour session just to answer all the questions”, says Morten excitedly.

It was a huge challenge to prepare learning materials that were highly practical and based on real-life cases.

”It took a long time to create the teaching material, but now we have it and others should be given the opportunity to enjoy it. We have chosen to develop five teaching modules that can help further young people’s understanding
of the law”, says Morten, and continues:

”I can only say that it is a lot of fun, and at the same time provides me with a good way to work on my presentation technique. I’m ready to do it again.”