Juhana Riekkinen

As University Lecturer in Legal Informatics, I am responsible for teaching in the subject of legal informatics at the Faculty of Law. Additionally, I have experience in teaching procedural law.

During Academic Year 2023–2024, I teach and/or coordinate the following courses:

LL.B. courses

• ONPOOL5 Administrative Law and Legal Informatics
• ONVAL0009 Communication Law
• ONVAL0010 Privacy, Data Protection and Data Security
• ONVAL0012 Police, Information and Information Systems
• ONEVAL0012 Introduction to Legal Informatics (English)
• ONEVAL0013 Information Law and Information Technology Law (English)
• ONEVAL0015 Privacy, Data Protection and Data Security (English)

LL.M. courses

• OTM0007 Current Issues in Communication and Information Law
• OTMVAL0046 Law of Evidence
• OTM0013M Master Seminar in Legal Informatics

Note that all course names in Finnish have been translated to English. If not stated otherwise, the teaching language of the course is Finnish.

My dissertation, published in 2019, concerned electronic evidence in criminal procedure. I have also examined, e.g., questions related to exclusion of evidence, online fraud, and the burden of explanation in criminal cases. My current research interests include the effects of technology on legal processes, data protection and data security, as well as freedom of expression in the online environment.

Keywords: electronic evidence, evidence, criminal procedure, pre-trial investigation, coercive measures, trial procedure, privacy, data protection, computer networks, cybercrime, freedom of expression, courtroom technology, legal decision-making

Affiliations:

• Institute for Law and Informatics
• Law, Technology and Design Thinking Research Group
• Procedures & Processes Research Group