The 18th European Law Summer School was concluded yesterday. All week, since September 6th, students had been listening lectures on topic “Europe in a state of emergency – with what Law?” (ger. „Europa im Ausnahmezustand – mit welchem Recht?“, fr. „L’Europe en état d’urgence – avec quel droit?“). This year, the annual event attracted Read more
As we learn from the Hollywood movies, USA lawyers are notoriously eloquent, and trials in this country often reminds plays. While the image of lawyers in the movies may not necessarily match the reality, US lawyers do have exceptional analytical, quick-thinking, and responsive skills. One of the prerequisites for this ability is the analytical Read more
Yesterday the VU Law Faculty hosted Professor Wanda Mastor, Associate Professor of Public Law and Director of the Centre of Comparative Law at the Capitol University. She gave a lecture on “A Tale of Two Constitutionalisms” and presented the differences between judicial review in Europe and in United States of America. In order to ensure Read more
On the 18th and 19th Vilnius University Faculty of Law of Vilnius hosted the 10th International Conference of PhD students and young researchers “The Good, the Bad and the Legal: Balance between Stability and Disruptions of Law”. More than 30 PhD students from Lithuania, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal and Slovenia participated in the scientific Read more
Dr. Donatas Murauskas (VU Law Faculty) and Prof. Grant Christensen (Stetson University College of Law) covered the legal issues faced by the indigenous communities in the USA and matters related to their tribal sovereignty during the discussion “Civil rights for native Americans”, which was held online on April 24th. In the first part of Read more
We kindly invite you to read a special publication for the 9th international PhD students conference, which took place in 2022. Conference was organised by the International Network of Doctoral Studies in Law. This publications contains 11th reports, which were presented during the conference by PhD students and young researchers from various countries. Publication Read more
10th International Conference of PhD Students and Young Researchers “The Good, the Bad and the Legal: Balance between Stability and Disruptions of Law” will take place in Vilnius on 18-19 of May 2023. Call for abstracts is open until the 1st of April. Detailed call for abstracts can be found here. PRELIMINARY SECTIONS ►Law and Read more
Comparative and Analytical Study of Best Practices for the National Enforcement Rules of the European Small Claims Procedure (ESCP) Judgments in Member States has been published. The study has been conducted during the project Scan II. Members of VU Faculty of Law scientific Thematic Group on E-justice and ADR assoc. prof. dr. Rimantas Simaitis, assoc. Read more
Didier Reynders, member of the European Commission responsible for justice, visited Vilnius University yesterday. During the visit, he met with VU Rector Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas and assoc. prof. dr. Haroldas Šinkūnas, the Dean of Vu Law Faculty. The discussion after the meeting was attended by D. Reynders, prof. R. Petrauskas, assoc. prof. dr. H. Šinkūnas, Read more
Vilnius University Faculty of Law would like to invite you to join CopyrightX. It is a 12-week course offered by Vilnius University Law Faculty and Harvard Law School about American copyright law. Students who manage to compete the course will be eligible to get a CopyrightX certificate. Lectures begin on February 6, 2023, so hurry Read more
