European judges visited Faculty of Law

On 28th of September judges from different EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain, Romania) visited VU Faculy of Law. They have been visiting Lithuania for two weeks according to the programme of EU.  The judges were interested in the study programmes at VU Faculty of Law, peculiarities of doctoral studies Read more

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Summer school on dispute resolution in Italy

On 19-22nd of September Assoc. prof. dr. Vigita Vėbraitė participated in summer school “Dispute resolution: a multifaceted approach” organised by Pavia University. Vigita Vėbraitė lectured about legal regulation and popularity of arbitration and mediation in the Baltic States. Professors from Croatia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Russia, also professors and practitioners from different Italian institutions participated Read more

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Lecture on freedom of speech in the USA

On 18th of September law professor  Douglas B.Mckechnie from U.S. Air Force Academy visited VU Faculty of Law and gave lecture on  “U.S. Constitution and violent speech”. During the lecture students actively discussed about broad boundaries of freedom of speech in USA and leading cases of U.S. Supreme Court on these issues. Prof. Douglas B.Mckechnie Read more

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PhD student Jorge Luis Collantes: It is unbelievable to be able to write thesis 24/7

PhD student Jorge Luis Collantes from Perpignan University (France) is visiting Vilnius at the moment and spends most of his time in Vilnius University library. After he finished his legal studies in Barcelona and became PhD student at Perpignan University he decided that it is necessary to visit any country in Eastern Europe and get Read more

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Electronic publication “How deep is your law? Brexit. Technologies. Modern conflicts”

The fifth edition of international conference papers of the PhD students and young researchers has been published. This year  it is devoted to very challenging and many different discussions raising topic “How Deep is Your Law? Brexit. Technologies. Modern conflicts”. Themes of presentations span from possible effects of Brexit for Eastern European countries to protection Read more

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Ideas after European Law Summer School

On 5th of July already 14th European Law summer school has finished at Vilnius University. Almost forty students from Germany, France and Lithuania received the certificates after attending successfully  lectures and seminars on problems and challenges of public, private and criminal law in Europe. During closing ceremony one of the initiators of this event prof. Read more

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International conference in Kyiv

On 7th of July Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vigita Vėbraitė and lecturer and PhD student Victor Terekhov participated in international conference in Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The aim of the conference was to stimulate discussions on reform of civil procedure in Ukraine. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vigita Vėbraitė gave a presentation on special procedures in Lithuanian civil procedure Read more

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14th European Law Summer School has started in Vilnius

On 27th of June after celebratory ceremony in Aula Parva of Vilnius University already the 14th European Law Summer School has started. This year Summer School is dedicated to highly relevant topic about the future of freedom, security and justice areas in Europe. Such topic was influenced by Brexit referendum in United Kingdom and by Read more

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Professor who fell in love with Lithuania

This semester the students of Vilnius University Law Faculty had an opportunity to learn from American professor Priscilla Harris, who comes from Appalachian Law School (USA).  She has been representing a program called “Core Fulbright Scholar”œ for the whole spring semester. The aim of this program is to exchange knowledge and skills between Americans and Read more

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Award to Professor Vytautas Nekrošius

On 24th of May 2017 the Head of Private Law Department of Vilnius University Faculty of Law professor Vytautas Nekrošius received Universitatis Lodziensis Amicus Medal in recognition of his extraordinary achievements, personal involvement and long-term cooperation between the University of Lodz and Vilnius University. The medal was presented to Professor Vytautas Nekrošius during the grand Senate Read more

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