The Dean of VU Faculty of Law assoc. prof. dr. Haroldas Šinkūnas, the Vice-Dean for Studies assoc. prof. dr. Vigita Vėbraitė, prof. Dr. Tomas Davulis, and dr. Elena Masnevaitė this week visited the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin in Poland. Activities of the Lithuanian Law Centre at the Faculty and Read more
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The discussion on Poland’s political situation and democratic crisis
An online discussion „Democracy Crisis in Poland: the Importance of Individual Efforts in Challenging Institutional Changes“ was held on April 17th. Dr. hab. Wojciech Ciszewski, assist. prof. at the Department of Theory of the Jagiellonian University and Dr. Donatas Murauskas, teacher at the VU Law Faculty and LL.M students participated in the event and discussed democracy issues Read more
Student team have participated in the international “Vis Moot” competition
After 7-months the team of the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University – Gabija Breiterytė, Justė Kavaliauskaitė, Vytautas Vaicekauskas and Haroldas Kupstas – finished their journey at the 30th “Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition”. This competition is unofficially considered to be the Olympics of international commerce and arbitration. The main part Read more
Established New Scientific Thematic Group and Science Center
In 2023 March 29thaAt the meeting of the VU Law Favulty Council, a new scientific thematic group (STG) “Digital Technologies in Modern Private Law” was approved (head Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Nekrošius). During the same meeting, a science center named “Administrative Law and Administrative Justice” was established (head Prof. Dr. Jurgita Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė). STG “Digital Read more
Panel of legal experts has visited VU Law Faculty
On 28 March 2023, the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University hosted a Comparative Expert Assessment of Research and Development (R&D) Activities which is organized by Research Council of Lithuania (further – RCL). RCL compiled a panel of legal experts, which evaluated Faculty’s of Law research level in the field of law. During the Read more
Assoc. prof. dr. Vida Petrylaitė appointed as the Head of the Department of Private Law
Today the Council of the VU Law Faculty appointed assoc. professor dr. Vida Petrylaitė as the new head of the Department of Private Law. Congratulations on new position! Assoc. prof. dr. Vida Petrylaitė researches EU social security law, balancing work and family obligations and labor law. She has published more than 40 scientific publications Read more
Agnė Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė participated in the World Conference on Constitutional Law
Agnė Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė participated in the “Global Summit on Constitutionalism“ at the Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas, USA in 2023 on February. The conference was attended by Constitutional Court judges, legal scholars and practitioners from more than 40 countries. This once-a-year global conference provides an opportunity for constitutional scholars from different countries to Read more
VU Law Faculty PhD students participated in an international seminare
On 16-17 of March, PhD students of the VU Faculty of Law participated in the annual seminar organised by the International Doctoral Studies Network. This year, doctoral students studying at the Network’s partner universities were invited by the University of Lodz to discuss Law and Values, with the discussions being moderated by scholars from Read more
Students of VU Law Faculty won bronze medals in the international project
March 16-20 of this year, Vilnius University Faculty of Law students Viktorija Višnevskaja and Daumantas Vilniškis participated in the hackathon organized by “Law Without Walls” in Switzerland, at the University of St. Gallen. Students of VU Law Faculty have been participating in this project for many years and have achieved excellent results, so this Read more
The conference “Topics of Competition Law 2023” took place
Yesterday was held a conference “Topics of Competition Law 2023”, where professionals and experts from various fields discussed the main topics of competition law: procedures, concentrations, prohibited agreements, participation of the state and municipalities in the business environment. At the beginning of the event, the Dean of the VU Law Faculty, assoc. prof. dr. Read more