On 30 June 2020 the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan announced that Lithuanian institutions together with Austrian colleagues were awarded the contract to implement EU Twinning Project “Strengthening the capacity of State bodies and local level referral mechanisms to provide safety and support to victims of domestic violence in Azerbaijan”. The leading member state in the project Read more
On the 30th of June graduation ceremony for the students of Master programmes of VU Faculty of Law at the Courtyard of Vilnius University. Due to Covid-19 pandemic ceremony was held outside the St. John’s church. 154 graduates were greeted by the rector of Vilnius University prof. Rimvydas Patraukas, dean of VU Faculty of Law Read more
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 Read more
On the 20th of May webinar „EU Small Claims Procedure “was organised at VU Faculty of Law within the frame of SCAN (Small Claims Analysis Net) project. Event was moderated by Assoc. Professor Rimantas Simaitis. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vigita Vėbraitė presented the main aims and rules of the EU Regulation No 861/2007. Judge of Vilnius Read more
Vilnius University has been participating in the Law Without Walls (LWOW) for 5 years (want to know more about this project – click here). It is honoured to be the part of the experiential learning initiative designed for practicing and aspiring legal and business professionals that brings a human-centered design perspective to law. Even a Read more
Willem C Vis Moot #2020 journey has come to an end. Four days of intensive pleading rounds online were challenging, yet very much rewarding for our students – Gabrielė Raižytė, Rūta Vaicekauskaitė, Karolis Šikšnys, Gabrielius Matonis, Ainis Augustas Petrulis and Vilius Norvaišas. The competition gathered (or, rather, connected :)) some 300 university teams from all Read more
VU Faculty of Law is a team! Dear students and lecturers! Vilnius University is rapidly entering the virtual-digital university phase, but our main goal remains the same – to seek and provide the best legal education. We all need to be a TEAM! I invite everyone join the University TEAMS platform and our lives will not Read more
World Health Organization has declared the infections COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus a pandemic, therefore the University has decided to preventively halt the study process for the upcoming 14 days starting from today until 27 of March with a possibility to extend the deadline if needed. Students and employees should study remotely via on-line measures – lectures Read more
Diverging human rights standards in the US and Europe discussed in the guest lecture of Dr. Donatas Murauskas at Wake Forest University School of Law, USA on 24 February 2020. The lecture titled “The U.S. Effect: Influences on the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights” focused on specific examples how the difference Read more
Dear Members of VU Faculty of Law Community, Considered the situation concerning Coronavirus (COVID-19), which has been also detected in Lithuania, I would like to inform you about further study process at our Faculty. First of all, I would like to stress that at this moment lectures and seminars, also exams are not postponed or Read more
