„Can Law Provide Strategic Advantage to Companies in a Competitive Business Environment?“ – this question was explored by Professor Robert C. Bird from the University of Connecticut in his lecture titled “Pathways of Corporate Legal Strategy.” The event, organized by the US Law Center of the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University, was moderated Read more
On the 27th of September, 2024, Dr Florentin Blanc, Head of the Institute for Regulatory Innovation, Delivery and Effectiveness (IRIDE) of the European Public Law Organisation (EPLO), gave a lecture on “Regulatory Delivery: making regulatory law work better for citizens, businesses and the state” to the students, doctoral students and lecturers of Read more
This week, the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University hosted Professor Pei-Fen Chen from Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Today, she gave a lecture on “Comparison of Green Financial Development and Policy in Taiwan and the EU”, organised by Dr Rita Remeikienė, to the Vilnius University community. The Read more
Didier Reynders, member of the European Commission responsible for justice, visited Vilnius University yesterday. During the visit, he met with VU Rector Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas and assoc. prof. dr. Haroldas Šinkūnas, the Dean of Vu Law Faculty. The discussion after the meeting was attended by D. Reynders, prof. R. Petrauskas, assoc. prof. dr. H. Šinkūnas, Read more
On Friday Professor Dr Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, the President of the of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War and Mr Alfons Vanheusden, the Assistant Secretary-General visited VU Faculty of Law. In the meeting and discussion, moderated by assoc. prof. Dr. Indrė Isokaitė – Valužė, Mr. A. Vanheusden presented activity Read more
On October 3, prof. Charles Szypszak (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Government) introduced the Socratic teaching method to the Law Faculty members. The Socratic method is a pedagogical technique that is widely applied in the US law schools, making the US legal education exceptional. Prof. Szypszak talked about the specificity Read more
The Faculty of Law of the University of Graz opens a call for applications for fellowships aimed at ambitious early-stage-career and senior researchers with an outstanding international reputation. The call for applications for the following fellowships is open from 19th November until 5th December 2021: Land Steiermark (Province of Styria) Fellowships: 4 Fellowships (not restricted in Read more
Vilnius University Faculty of Law would like to invite you to join CopyrightX. It is a 12-week course offered by Vilnius University Law Faculty and Harvard Law School about American copyright law. Students who manage to compete the course will be eligible to get a CopyrightX certificate. Lectures begin on March 1, 2021, so hurry 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
In the spring of 2019, Vilnius University Faculty of Law (“VU TF”) and Harvard Law School (“HLS”) implemented cooperation on an educational project to promote knowledge about American copyright law. CopyrightX is a twelve-week interactive lecture series on United States copyright law organized by Harvard Law School and affiliate institutions around the world. Forty VU Read more
