Jurista en valencià is an initiative boost by the Institutional Chair for Valencian Floral Law and the Faculty of Law of the UV, with the aim of establishing a formative itinerary that allows the exercise of legal practice in the native language for the graduate student.

The proposal, coordinated by Javier Palao and Lourdes Ferrando, will be presented at the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Law at 13:30 hours. The project expects the Valencian language to be a communication tool in the field of law. “This new formative itinerary could have an impact on the students or on professionals in terms of the recognition of qualifications, competitions, transfers, access to places or public examinations”, highlights Javier Palao.

“The idea is that people who work at courts, notaries, lawyers, from the public and private sector, have a higher formation in Valencian language, thanks to this itinerary. That any citizen could, in an administration office window or in an office, or in a court, find people competent in Valencian language, explains Palao.

To carry forward this proposal, it has been presented the creation of a work commission with three sub-commissions with about 25 and 27 members and an external advisory committee.

In the project presentation, on Wednesday 2, will participate the provincial counsellor for Education in the Valencian Government, Vicent Marzá; the vice-principal for degree Studies and Language Policy of the UV, Isabel Vázquez; Ramón Ferrer, President of the Valencian Language Academy; Pilar de la Oliva (president of the High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community; and Maria Àngels Garcia Vidal (general manager of Justice of the Valencian Government). 

Jurista en valencià starts with the analysis and knowledge of the areas with languages in contact. In this way, areas of the linguistic domain, bilingual autonomous communities from the Spanish state or different countries with bilingual or trilingual models. 

Roundtables and conferences
The session “El valencià en l’àmbit del dret: realitats i oportunitats” (Valencian language in the field of law: realities and opportunities) includes two roundtables: The future of the use of the Valencian language in the legal field: a useless initiative? and The use of Valencian language in the legal practice: courts, notaries and public registers, in which Joaquim Bosch (ex president of the professional association of Judges for the Democracy), Mercé Teodoro (linguistics rights lawyer) and Agustí Colomer (secretary of the Valencian Language Academy), among others, will participate. 

The inaugural conference, carried out by Rubén Trenzano (general manager of Language Policy), will be about the Llei d’Ús i Ensenyament del Valencià (Law for the use and teaching of the Valencian language), its application in the field of right and prospects for reforming.

The conferences of the event will be carried out by Anselm Bodoque (professor of Politic Science of the UV) who will talk about the use of the Valencian language in the state administration, regional and local; and Rafael Castelló (director of the Language Policy Service of the UV) with The use of Valencian language: the legal powers. Vicenta Tasa (professor of Constitutional Law), will present the conference The use of Valencian language in the world of law: realities and opportunities. 

The session “Valencian language in the field of law: realities and opportunities” is coordinated by Vicent Tasa Fuster and Francisco Javier Palao Gil, and has the collaboration of the Conselleria de Transparencia, Responsabilitat Social, Participació i Cooperació; Conselleria de Justicia, Administració Pública, Reformes Democràtiques i Llibertats Públiques; and Consellería d’Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport.

Session schedule: http://ir.uv.es/AW0GkYi