Design for justice lab: Interdisciplinarity in times of virtual education
Santiago De Francisco Vela, Laura Guzman-Abello, Santiago Pardo Rodríguez · 2021
There is a growing interest in the formation of interdisciplinary competencies focused on issues of access to justice. The Design for Justice Lab is a bet between the Schools of Law, Design, and Engineering of Universidad de los Andes to promote challenge-based learning by articulating knowledge among multiple disciplines. The Lab has had five cohorts, of which two have been in classroom mode, and three have been in virtual mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following document presents the opportunities and challenges of developing interdisciplinary courses with courts, judges, and administrative organizations to improve access to justice in Colombia. We will present nine projects developed by students, explaining their approach and their proposed solution. Finally, there will be a reflection on the transition to virtual format and the opportunities this presents to continue with multimodal, interdisciplinary educational models.