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The US Law Center

The US Law Center at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University coordinates cooperation between lecturers and researchers of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University and the US partner institutions. The US Law Center aims to establish a long-lasting cooperation between Law Faculty of Vilnius University and the US law schools. The US Law Center seeks to provide opportunities to conduct comparative legal research and to present the US law to Vilnius University students and Lithuanian society.

Activities

2024

  • 2024-04-19 Lecture “Democracy on Trial The Courts and 2024 US Presidential Election” by Distinguished Professor at Hamline University David Schultz. More about the event.
  • 2024-04-03 Online guest lecture “Transitional justice in Lithuania: how does the democratic state re-evaluate its past” by Assoc. Prof. Donatas Murauskas (Vilnius University) for Georgia Institute of Technology students.
  • 2024-03-19 Joint online workshop “Discussing reproductive rights. The US and Europe comparative perspectives” led by Assoc. Prof. Donatas Murauskas (Vilnius University) for Vilnius University Law Faculty and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students.
  • 2024-02-23 workshop “Analytical Dialogue – the Role of Questioning” for the members of ARQUS university alliance by Assoc. Prof. Donatas Murauskas (Vilnius University).

2023

  • September 27, 2023, methodical lecture “Analytical dialogue – from knowledge to understanding”, Prof. Charles Szypszak (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Assoc. Prof. Donatas Murauskas (VU Law Faculty). More information is available here.
  • June 7, 2023, a discussion “From the Chip Shortage to the EU Chip Act – EU Security through the lens of semiconductors” with Prof. Sandy Chou (Brandman University). More about the event.
  • April 24, 2023, a discussion about Native Americans and sovereignty of Indian Tribes in the United States with Prof. Grant Christensen (Stetson university College of Law). More about the event and the link to the recorded discussion is here.

2022

  • November 2, 2022, a discussion on the judicial role in the society in Europe and the United States with Prof. Charles Szypszak (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government). The conversation is available here.
  • October 3, 2022, the introductory lecture on the Socratic Teaching Method by prof. Charles Szypszak (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Government). More about the event.
  • March 24, 2022, online discussion “Constructing the Human Rights to a Healthy Environment” with John Knox, Henry C. Lauerman professor of international law at Wake Forest University School of Law. More about the event and the link to the recorded discussion is here.

Studies and lectures

Contacts

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Donatas Murauskas
Head of the US Law Center
donatas.murauskas@tf.vu.lt
Saulėtekio al. 9 – I rūmai
Vilnius