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
This year on 24 April – 4 May, the scholars of the Department of Criminal Justice, the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University, prof. hab. dr. Gintaras Švedas, dr. Justyna Levon, dr. Paulius Veršekys visited the Court of Justice of the European Union where they have carried out research under the RC funded project “Challenges Read more
On 20 April, the French Institute in Lithuania welcomed the graduates of the French Law School Programme. They received joint certificates of Vilnius University and the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. Emphasizing the significance of results of jointly implemented project and the continuity of initiatives, French Institute in Lithuania director p. Frédéric Bellido, Read more
Today, Vilnius University Theatre Hall hosted the event “Arbitral Awards: Recognition and Enforcement”. The debate was organized by the law firms Valiūnas Ellex and Cobalt, and VU Faculty of Law. Everyone was welcomed by the Faculty of Law’s professor habil. dr. Vytautas Nekrošius. During the event, the arbitration professionals from Finland, the Baltic countries, Poland Read more
On 21-22 April, the fourth international conference of PhD students and young legal researchers was held at the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University. This year, the conference was designed to discuss an interdisciplinary approach to the law in modern social context. Thus, various topics, that are relevant not only for lawyers but also for Read more
On 13-15 April, Agnė Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė, PhD student in Public law (Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University), was participating at the conference “Evolution of Polish Constitutional System: Dead Ends” that was organized by the scholars of the Polish Association of Constitutional Law. The scholar presented her paper “Economic System Basics in Lithuanian and Read more
