On 6 October, Vilnius University Faculty of Law hosted special lectures on international arbitration that were given by two highly experienced practitioners of international arbitration – Jose Rosell from Denmark and prof. Stefan Kroll from Germany. During the lectures, Jose Rosell, a European-wide known arbitration specialist, shared his practical experience, focusing on the role of Read more
On 5-10 September, Warsaw University, as every year, hosted the NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action) course which was attended by VU Faculty of Law graduate Agnė Albrechtaitė and VU Institute of International Relations and Political Science postgraduate Guoda Paužaitė. The course was aimed at discussing the humanitarian aid related problems, challenges, goals, and reviewing the Read more
On 30 September, Vilnius University hosted two day-long international conference “Ways of Implementation of the Right to Civil Proceedings within a Reasonable Time”. During the conference, the problems associated with the civil proceedings were discussed by scholars from Austria, Australia, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine and, of course, Lithuania. In addition, a Read more
On 27-31 July 2016, Vilnius University’s Faculty of Law team took part in the International Criminal Law Competition – Nuremberg Moot Court 2016. The competition was held in the historic Courtroom 600 where, in 1945-1949, World War II criminals were brought to justice. Faculty of Law team –Ingrida Milkaitė, Aurelija Baltikauskaitė, Dovydas Gudžiūnas and team Read more
On 11–13 July 2016, for the first time in the Baltic and Scandinavian regions Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) organised an Art Law summer school „Introduction to Art Law in the Baltic-Nordic Region“ – a week-long intensive course dedicated exclusively to interdisciplinary legal topics such as art and cultural heritage law. Ten experts in Read more
On 24-25 June, the 1st Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court Competition for international labour law took place in Amsterdam. The HS MCC is an initiative from five befriended lecturers in labour law. The aim of the HS MCC is to deepen and improve the knowledge of employment and labour law at the European level. This year, Read more
On 27 June – 4 July, Vilnius University hosted the European Law Summer School. This year, the unique international initiative, organised by three universities, brought together academics to discuss topical legal issues of migration in the European Union. “Mass migration processes in Europe are a relevant subject of contemporary legal discourse. In order to find Read more
On 26-27 May, Jonas Prapiestis, Professor at the Department of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, participated in the 10th Congress of the Russian Criminal Law in Moscow. This international congress is organized by the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology of Moscow M.V. Lomonosov University, with which the Department of Criminal Justice of Vilnius has Read more
On 12-13 May, the labour law reform in Europe was discussed by labour law experts from 18 European countries at the conference organized at the Ministry of Justice, and in the commemoration of the 375th anniversary of the founding of VU Faculty of Law. Conference participants were welcomed by the Lithuanian Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis, Read more
The 22nd annual Central and Eastern European Moot Court Competition (CEEMC) took place this year in the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, 29 April – 2 May. The representatives of Lithuania were students of Vilnius University – Ana Kazanceva, Gintautė Neverauskaite, Meda Alesiūtė, Paulius Vaitkevičius. CEEMC is the moot court competition of European Court of Justice Read more
