Jurgita Randakevičiūtė, PhD student of Public law department, won 3rd place in 2017 4iP Council Research Awards. Her paper was called „Patent ambush: the commitment decision of the European Commission in the Rambus case“. 4iP Council is a European research council dedicated to developing high quality academic insight and empirical evidence on topics related to Read more
On the 2nd of December prof. habil. dr. Vytautas Nekrošius and prof. dr. Jonas Prapiestis were awarded with the commemorative medals of Juozas Vilkutaitis-Keturakis in accordance with the resolution of the Presidium of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries. They were nominated for this award considering their valuable contribution towards implementation of principles of Latin notariate Read more
Dean of VU Faculty of Law Prof. Dr. Tomas Davulis and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vigita Vėbraitė visited Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and National University of Kyiv–Mohyla Academy. Representatives of the law faculties of the universities were met and different ways to promote cooperation between institutions were discussed. It has been agreed that spring Read more
In 2015 Company Law experts in Lithuania launched a national scientific project “Convergence and Divergence of Companies: Is the Lithuanian Company Law Attractive in the International Context?” funded by the Lithuanian Research Council (No. MIP-020/2015). International scientific conference “Modernization of Company Law: effective, innovative and optimal solutions”, the final event of the project, took Read more
On the 26th of October Vilnius University Faculty of Law together with Lithuania lawyers association and VU Faculty of Law Alumni society organised a discussion to commemorate 25th anniversary of Lithuania Constitution. Guests from different legal institutions, also students and scholars of the Faculty of Law participated in the event. Prof. Dr. Egidijus Šileikis spoke Read more
On 23rd of October delegation from Azerbaijan led by Matin Karimli Imdad – deputy minister of labour and social protection of population of the Republic of Azerbaijan- visited VU Faculty of Law. The visit was organised in the framework EU Twinning project “Support to the Ministry on Labour and Social Protection of the Population in Read more
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
On 19-22nd of September Assoc. prof. dr. Vigita Vėbraitė participated in summer school “Dispute resolution: a multifaceted approach” organised by Pavia University. Vigita Vėbraitė lectured about legal regulation and popularity of arbitration and mediation in the Baltic States. Professors from Croatia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Russia, also professors and practitioners from different Italian institutions participated Read more
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
PhD student Jorge Luis Collantes from Perpignan University (France) is visiting Vilnius at the moment and spends most of his time in Vilnius University library. After he finished his legal studies in Barcelona and became PhD student at Perpignan University he decided that it is necessary to visit any country in Eastern Europe and get Read more
