On 11-12 February, Vilnius University’s Central Palace hosted the international conference “Major Public Risks: Achieving Effective Regulatory Supervision”, where speakers from different countries shared best practices in developing dialogue between the private and public sectors, focusing on expertise and balancing regulation. Distinguished guests opened the event: Povilas Poderskis, Minister of Environment of the Republic Read more
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Delegation from “Kyiv Mohyla Academy” visited Vilnius University: agreement reached on a double degree diploma of the Law Faculty programme
Rector of the Vilnius University (VU) Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas and representatives of the Law Faculty on January 24th met with Serhiy Kvit, President of the National University of Ukraine “Kyiv Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA) and the delegation led by him. During the meeting, the most important issues of cooperation between the two universities were discussed, Read more
Contemporary Legal Issues were Discussed in the Conference of Young Legal Researchers
Last week, on 16-17 May, the VU SCIC library hosted the 11th International Network of Doctoral Studies in Law conference “Law and Beyond: Anything New on the Legal Front?”, which is for PhD students and young legal researchers from different countries. The conference speakers were welcomed by Assoc. Prof. D. Vigita Vėbraitė, Vice-Dean for Read more
VU students are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary competition
VU Faculty of Law invites interdisciplinary student teams to take part in the competition, where you will have the opportunity to jointly solve real problems in Lithuania and the academic community, to make new acquaintances, to develop your teamwork skills, and, in case of success, to receive a cash prize. During the rest of the Read more
Prof. Valentinas Mikelėnas was awarded with the prize for the development of legal science
Celebrating the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania on February 16th, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, presented state awards for merits to Lithuania and for promoting Lithuania’s name worldwide. We warmly congratulate Valentinas Mikelėnas, Professor of the Department of Private Law at the Vilnius University Law Faculty, Read more
Experts underlined the high quality of studies at the Law Faculty
International panel of experts which was organized by the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education evaluated the Law Faculty‘s studies and granted accreditation for 7 years. The experts rated all the following areas as very good or excellent at national and international level: the objectives, results and content of the studies; the links Read more
Winter Diploma Ceremony – wishes to act for the sake of justice and follow bright goals
Today was held one of the most important celebrations of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University – the winter diploma ceremony, which took place at the St. John’s Church. 61 students successfully have completed their studies and received their Master of Law diplomas, 21 of them studied in the Integral Studies programme, 40 in “International Read more
International Conference Discusses the Challenges of Digitalization for Law
As technology and digitalization are moving forward, there is a pressing need to discuss and adapt the law to meet the challenges and needs of our times. On October 12th an international scientific conference “The Digital Asset Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges” was held at Vilnius University, where legal scientists shared their knowledge and discussed Read more
International group of experts will evaluate VU law studies
On 17 October 2023, an international team of experts will visit the Law Fcaulty to evaluate the studies at Vilnius University Law Faculty. The external evaluation team will consist of professors from higher education institutions with experience in higher education management, a social partner and a student representative. During the visit, the experts will Read more
Greeting from the Dean on the Occasion of the 382nd Birthday of the VU Law Faculty
Dear Colleagues! On 11th October 1641, the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Wladyslaw IV Vasa, granted a privilege to establish the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University. This was the beginning of full-fledged legal studies in Lithuania. However, this beginning would not have been possible without the Lithuanian nobleman Casimir Read more