Vilnius University Faculty of Law is the first Lithuanian institution of legal education. Here is the place where the academic experience retained and cherished for centuries and the young, energetic staff’s expertise and mature approach to work merge. Everyone who is interested in law, its history and various achievements of contemporary legal science is welcome to Read more
VU Faculty of Law invites interdisciplinary student teams to take part in the competition, where you will have the opportunity to jointly solve real problems in Lithuania and the academic community, to make new acquaintances, to develop your teamwork skills, and, in case of success, to receive a cash prize. During the rest of the Read more
In February this year, the Law Faculty of the Vilnius University received a good news – funding was awarded for the postdoctoral fellowship project “Investigating Gender-Based Discrimination: Unveiling the Underlying Mechanisms (UnveilGBD)”, which will be implemented by Dr. Giulia Lausi (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilona Michailovič) who is the psychologist and researcher of the University Read more
Last week, the VU Law Fcaulty invited to four events, where various topics were discussed: the achievements of Professor Stasys Vėlyvis, the institute of citizenship, Soviet and Russian crimes in Ukraine, and artificial intelligence assistants. The conference “Professor (HP) Stasys Vėlyvis (1938-2023) and Civil Procedure – Teacher and Disciples” was held at the Lithuanian Read more
Today the Vilnius University Law Faculty was visited by Dovilė Burgienė, Managing Partner of the law firm WALLESS. During the visit, she met with the Dean of the Faculty, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haroldas Šinkūnas and signed a cooperation agreement. The signed agreement commits both parties to cooperate in organising events of various kinds. Another Read more
VU Law Faculty has started the spring by lecture “Are Societal Values Reflected in the ECtHR Practice? Examples from the Baltic States” which was held by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Donatas Murauskas on March 1st. At first D. Murauskas presented the discourse of human rights, which, according to him, today is essentially equal to the Read more
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
International panel of experts which was organized by the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education evaluated the Law Faculty‘s studies and granted accreditation for 7 years. The experts rated all the following areas as very good or excellent at national and international level: the objectives, results and content of the studies; the links Read more
It is 20 years since of Lituania‘s accession to NATO in 2004, and marking this special anniversary was held an international conference “Euro-Atlantic Partnership: 20 Years of Lithuania’s NATO Membership and the Role of the Alliance in Changing International Geopolitical Landscape” where was discussed how to meet the challenges facing the Alliance today and 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
