Celebrating the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania on February 16th, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, presented state awards for merits to Lithuania and for promoting Lithuania’s name worldwide. We warmly congratulate Valentinas Mikelėnas, Professor of the Department of Private Law at the Vilnius University Law Faculty, Read more
On 26 January, during the Winter Graduation Ceremony of the Vilnius University Law Faculty, the winners of the Kazimieras Motieka Foundation Prize for the best doctoral dissertation of the academic year, Dr. Justinas Bagdžius and Dr. Alaa Al Dakour Al Aridi, were announced and awarded. This prize (EUR 2,500 for each) was awarded in Read more
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Lithuania hosted the award ceremony for the best Master’s thesis of 2023. The event, which has already become a tradition, is taking place for the eighth time this year. Each year Vytautas Magnus University, Mykolas Romeris University and Vilnius University submit up to 5 best final Master of Law Read more
March 16-20 of this year, Vilnius University Faculty of Law students Viktorija Višnevskaja and Daumantas Vilniškis participated in the hackathon organized by “Law Without Walls” in Switzerland, at the University of St. Gallen. Students of VU Law Faculty have been participating in this project for many years and have achieved excellent results, so this Read more
March 10 The Tax Disputes Commission hosted the “Moot Court” competition event “Tax dispute up close”, in which four (out of eleven) finalist teams of law students from Vilnius and Mykolas Romeris universities competed. The first place winners were the students of the VU Law Faculty: Kamilė Baranauskaitė and Virginija Baranauskaitė. Congratulations winners! The event, Read more
Researcher at VU Law Faculty, assist. prof. dr. Johanas Baltrimas became one of the laureates of Young Scientists and Doctoral Candidates Research Paper Competition held annually by the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Congratulations! The LMA bonus and letter of commendation is awarded to the assistant. Dr. J. Baltrim for his scientific work “Legal reasoning in Read more
Congratulations to head of the Criminal Justice Department, prof. dr. Jonas Prapiestis, who yesterday was awarded with title of professor emeritus. This title is given by Vilnius University Senate and it is an expression of respect and gratitude for long years of academic activity, dedication for Vilnius University and making its name famous.
Artūras Grumulaitis, who graduated master studies in the VU Law Faculty and now is the first year PhD student, had been awarded on yesterday. An award was dedicated by the Ministery of Foreign Affairs for his master thesis, which toook first place in the contest „The best master’s theses on the topic of European Union Read more
Congratulations to prof. Koen Lenaerts, the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, who today was awarded by the Vilnius University Title of Honorary Doctorate. This is an honorable award dedicated for his input creating European law system in Lithuania and proclaiming Vilnius University in Europe Union. Prof. Koen Lenaerts keeps close Read more
Vytautas Mizaras, Professor of the Department of Private Law in The VU Law Faculty and Judge of The Constitutional Court, was awarded on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Austria. J. E. Yvonne Tončić-Sorinj, Ambassador of the Austria in Lithuania, gave in an honorable award – medal “Silver badge of honor Read more
