Training Projects

We aim to foster closeness between the professional and the academic worlds and to promote and support academic research in the legal area.

The VdAcademia Award is a monetary annual prize presented to the best paper by a law student on a given law topic.

The Award is open to all law students from Portuguese universities.

Training Projects

VdAcademia promotes, organizes and sponsors training sessions for VdA's lawyers and staff.

These sessions include in house courses (planned, defined and/or organised by VdAcademia and usually carried out on VdA premises) and external courses (proposed by the relevant VdA member and carried out within the scope of the VdAcademia scholarships).

All VdAcademia training sessions are evaluated for the purpose of ascertaining the level of attendee satisfaction and for fostering quality.

Internal Courses

Internal courses promoted by VdAcademia are set out in an Annual Training Plan and is organised in 3 main axes:

Technical-Legal Courses (Hard Skills)

The annual internal training plan for VdA lawyers in relation to technical matters is carried out in strict connection with the Practice Areas, envisaging the updating and deepening of the legal knowledge of VdA lawyers.

Performance Courses (Soft Skills)

Performance courses develop under separate Training Plans, in accordance with different demands in terms of skills to be developed.

These actions are ensured by Managing Companies specialised and certified within the training sector. 

Management and Leadership Courses (Leadership Skills)

With the goal of supporting development and consolidation of management and leadership skills, VdAcademia has organised a management and leadership program in articulation with EGP - University of Porto - Business School.

The Advanced Law Firm Management Executive Programme is a pioneering programme in a Portuguese law firm and is aimed at VdA's leadership structure.

External Courses and VdAcademia Scholarships

All VdA lawyers and co-workers may apply for a VdAcademia scholarship in order to finance external specialised course, namely post-graduate and masters degrees, LLMs, MBAs, doctorates, conferences, seminars.

Further to granting scholarships, VdAcademia regulates the amount of time provided for studying and writing of essays, reports, thesis and exams and controls compliance with the duties undertaken by lawyers and co-workers.