BARTKUS JURGIS, Assist. Prof. Dr.

Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise

Evidence and proof, arbitration law, civil procedure law, Roman law, adjudication.

Education

2025 acquired a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Chicago Law School, USA.
2023 acquired doctorate in Law degree, Vilnius University, Faculty of Law and Ghent University, Faculty of Law and Criminology.
2022 studies at the Hague Academy of International Law.
2018 studies at the School of European Private Law at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg.
2018 Erasmus studies, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University.
2019 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.

Publications

Bartkus, Jurgis. Rule of law v. balancing test: the admissibility of illegally obtained evidence in civil procedure // International journal of procedural law : Brill | Nijhoff. ISSN 2034-5275. eISSN 3050-4856. 2024, vol. 14, iss. 1-2, p. 209-231. DOI: 1163/30504856-14010009.
Gumbis, Jaunius; Bartkus, Jurgis. The problem of establishing the truth in international arbitration proceedings // Yearbook on international arbitration and ADR. Wien : Verlag Österreich, 2024. ISBN 9783708342177. eISBN 9783708342184. p. 297-307. DOI: 37942/9783708342184-401.
Bartkus, Jurgis. Ai v. arbitrator: how can the exclusion of evidence increase the appointments of the arbitrators? // Access to justice in Eastern Europe. Kyiv : East European law research center. ISSN 2663-0575. eISSN 2663-0583. 2023, vol. 6, iss. 1, p. 111-124. DOI: 33327/AJEE18-6.1-a000114.

Membership in editorial boards

Since 2023, reviewer for the academic international law journal “Access to Justice in Eastern Europe”.

Significant expert activity, membership

2026 Visiting Fellow at New York University School of Law.
Since 2025 Young Member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LAS).
Since 2025 Member of the International Association of Procedural Law.
2025 Member of the Law and Economics Society at the University of Chicago Law School.
2024 Member of the research study on the application of artificial intelligence in the Supreme Court of Lithuania.
2023 Participant of the Postdoctoral Summer School organised by the International Association of Procedural Law.
2023 Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law.
2023 Participant of the Doctoral Colloquium organised by the International Law and Economics Network of the University of Lucerne.
Since 2019 Member of the Research Centre for Civil Procedure and Roman Law, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.

Awards

2025 Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship for Academic Achievement.
2025 Kazimieras Motieka Foundation Scholarship for the best dissertation at Vilnius University Faculty of Law 2023-2024.
2023 Max Planck Institute Luxembourg PhD scholarship.
2019 law firm WALLESS Scholarship for the best Master’s thesis in commercial law.
2018 Lithuanian President‘s Scholarship of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (social sciences).
2018 Jonas Žeruolis Scholarship from the Alumni Society of Vilnius University Faculty of Law for a scientific article prepared for a competition organised by the Student Scientific Society of Vilnius University Faculty of Law.

Popularization of science

Languages

Lithuanian and English.