On 3rd-5th of April representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) institution visit Vilnius and different Lithuanian institutions. The trip was organised and financed by Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and VU Faculty of Law is responsible for coordinating different meetings in Lithuania. The visit started in Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Read more
Visits
Lecture by Justice Minister of Moldova
Everyone is kindly invited to participate in the lecture of Justice Minister of Moldova and former President of Modova’s Consititutional Court Alexandru Tanase. He will give lecture in English on “Liberty and Security: New Challenges to the Effectiveness of the Rule of Law”. The lecture takes place on 1st of March, at 11 o’clock in Read more
Visit to the Court of Appeal of Lithuania
On 11th of October students of Master programme International and EU Law had the possibility to visit the Court of Appeal of Lithuania. Visit coincided with the birthday of VU Faculty of Law. Students got acquainted with history of the Court and the building; were told main features of appeal proceedings in Lithuania and discussed Read more
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
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
Cycle of lectures “U.S. Security law and litigation” has started
On 18th of September the two-week lecture series about “U.S. Securities Law and Litigation“ has started. The lectures are taught by Vilnius University Faculty of Law guest from United States H. Michael Semler. The lecturer started his presentation about how to become a lawyer at the United States. During the new two weeks students and Read more
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
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” for the whole spring semester. The aim of this program is to exchange knowledge and skills between Americans and Read more