On 13-15 September this year, Masaryk University Faculty of Law hosted the XIX International Congress “Criminalistics and Forensic Expertology: Science, Studies, Practice”. Members of the Department of Criminal Justice at the Law Faculty of the Vilnius University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gabrielė Juodkaitė-Granskienė and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrej Gorbatkov, moderated the first session of the Read more
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
This year 31 students have started master studies in the program “International and European Law”, all of them arrived from various countries: Ukraine, Georgia, France, Latvia, Mexico, India, Cameroon, Pakistan, Morocco, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan. VU Law Faculty accepted 27 Erasmus students from Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Japan and Turkey. This semester they will study Read more
Today, the community of the Vilnius University Law Faculty welcomed the new academic year with the shining sun and the greetings of the guests. September 1st is a special celebration for the academic community, especially for the first-year students, who are starting a new phase and taking their first steps in the field of Read more
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Lithuania hosted the award ceremony for the best Master’s thesis of 2023. The event, which has already become a tradition, is taking place for the eighth time this year. Each year Vytautas Magnus University, Mykolas Romeris University and Vilnius University submit up to 5 best final Master of Law Read more
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, the publication of the VU Law Faculty scholars “Challenges and opportunities in Law. Ukrainian Case under the conditions of War”. The idea of writing such a publication was conceived after the outbreak of the war and after the gathering of scholars from different Ukrainian universities at the Ukrainian Law Centre Read more
This week, the results of the Comparative Expert Assessment of Research and Development (R&D) Activities 2018-2023, which took place at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University on 28 March, were revealed. It is gratifying that the conclusions of the foreign expert commission highly appreciated the efforts and scientific activities of the VU Law Faculty Read more
A special issue of the international journal “Review of Central and East European Law” has been published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and the 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Court. This publication is significant in Lithuanian legal scholarship because it is the first to focus on 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
Today, on the initiative of the Embassy of Lithuania in Israel and the VU Law Faculty, the Jewish Law Summer School “7th Historical Jewish Law Moot Court – The Rabbinic Tribunal of Vilnius” started at Vilnius University. The participants were welcomed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vigita Vėbraitė, Vice-Dean for Studies of the VU Law Read more
