4th Sino-European International Forum was hosted by the Faculty of Law in Zagreb on 9th of June 2017, on the topic of Eradicating Corruption while Strengthening the Rule of Law and Pursuing Economic Growth. This was the first time that Zagreb Faculty of Law hosted this international conference which aims to bridge the gaps between European and Chinese legal culture. This year forum was organized by Zagreb Faculty of Law and our partner universities in China, with guest lecturers coming from various European universities.

The Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb hosted 6th Bosnian Herzegovinian-Croatian-Turkish Jurist Days“ from 19 to 23 April 2017. The topic of this year's Conference was „The Legal Framework for Economic Competitiveness“. Professors from law faculties from Sarajevo, Istanbul and Zagreb presented and discussed their papers at four panels: law and economics, criminal and administrative law, commercial law, labour and financial law. Next trilateral Conference will take place in Istanbul in 2018.

At the invitation of H.E. mr. Branko Hrvatin, the President of the Supreme Court of The Republic of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Zhou Qiang, the Chief Justice of the People's Court, led a delegation to visit the Republic of Croatia from 22 to 25 April 2017. The honourable Mr. Zhou and other members of the delegation visited the Faculty of Law on 24 April and met with the faculty Board. 

We are pleased to invite you to attend the International Scientific Conference “Legal Framework for Economic Competitiveness” that will take place in the Council Room of the Faculty of Law on April 20-21. Please see the Conference programme for more details./_news/20979/Final programme_OUT.PDF

From 2 to 8 of April 2017, the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik hosted the 9th edition of the International Spring Course "Crime Prevention through Criminal Law & Security Studies", which was organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, with the support of organizing partners Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany) and De Paul University (Chicago, USA). After going through a selection process, about 30 participants from all over the world (United States of America, United Kingdom, China, Italy, Germany, Iran, Romania, Finland, Netherlands, Lithuania, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina...) had the opportunity to attend presentations of renown scholars and professors who discussed various topics related to this year's course title: Criminal Law and Human Rights.

Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb and the, Institute of Public Administration invite you to a lecture on 'The American Presidency and the Administration of Federal Agencies in the era of President Donald Trump' by professor Tuan Samahon of the Faculty of Law, Villanova University, PA, US who is also a Fulbright visiting professor at the Department of Administrative Science Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in the summer semester 2016/2017. Lecture will take place on Monday, 10 April 2017 from 14.00 to 16.00 at the faculty hall, trg M. Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English without translation.

Delegation of Zagreb Law faculty visited the United States this March and concluded a new cooperation agreement with Loyola University Chicago school of Law. The cooperation covers Loyola's LLM Program for International Lawyers and is available to several Zagreb Law students. Vice dean for international cooperation prof. Derenčinović also visited our existing partners at DePaul University to discuss further forms of cooperation, and intitiated a new cooperation proposal with Norhwestern University. 

Faculty of Law invites you to a lecture by Mark Lanier on Wendesday 5.4.2017. at 19:30 at the Faculty hall. 

More information can be found here: https://www.pravo.unizg.hr/_news/20777/M.%20Lanier.pdf. 

Mark Lanier is an American trial lawyer. In October 2012, Mr. Lanier was awarded the coveted Clarence Darrow Award. In 2015, Mark Lanier was named the 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year by The National Trial Lawyers and The Trial Lawyer magazine during the Trial Lawyers Summit in Miami.

Three member delegation of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb participated at the kick off meeting for CABUFAL project.University of Montenegro organized a three-day conference in Budva from 23-26 March upon the realization of the Erasmus + project 'Curricula refreshment, boosting of international cooperation and improving human, technical and library resources (CABUFAL) ". CABUFAL is funded by the European Commission and is one of 147 out of 736 projects selected for funding, with a total value of 556,300 euros. The goal CABUFAL is to promote regional and international visibility of the Faculty of Law of the University of Montenegro, study visits to teaching and research partner institutions and their stay in Montenegro, purchase of 70,000 euros worth of equipment, as well as the purchase of literature worth 90,000 euros and access to electronic sources of literature .

During spring and early summer 2017 the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb will be hosting professor Tuan Samahon, a U.S. Fulbright scholar. He will closely work with the Department of Administrative Science, researching on transparency and access to information. Professor at the Faculty of Law, Villanova University, US, Tuan Samahon teaches and writes on aspects of the separation of powers, including the appointment and removal of executive and judicial officials. His scholarship has been published in the Stanford Law Review, Ohio State Law Journal, Hastings Law Journal, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, and the University of Chicago Legal Forum, among others. He teaches separation of powers, constitutional law, federal courts, and civil procedure. Professor Samahon was named "Professor of the Year" by his students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

We are glad to announce IUC’s 9th International Spring Course Crime Prevention through Criminal Law & Security Studies titled ‘Criminal Law and Human Rights’. The course will take place from 3rd to 8th April, 2017 in Dubrovnik (Croatia), and is open to all international graduate and postgraduate law students. The academic sponsor of the Course is the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (Croatia), and the organizing partners are Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany) and DePaul University (Chicago, USA).

All other relevant information about the Course are available on the Course website (www.pravo.unizg.hr/KP/crimeprevention). The Application Committee will select a limited number of participants who should have completed a minimum of two years of legal studies. Applications should be submitted by March 1st, 2017.

For any further questions you may have, please contact the course coordinator Assist. Prof. Aleksandar Marsavelski (aleksandar.marsavelski@pravo.hr).

Prof. Zhu Weiyi of the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) delivered an intensive two week course withinrse in Zagreb. the course 'Introduction to Chinese Law' during January on the topic 'A comparative study of China's securities law'. Within the international cooperation recently set up between the two institutions, prof. Zhu Weiyi is the second of seven lecturers to hold an intensive course in Zagreb. Prof. Weiyi is currently a professor of securities laws at China University of Political Science and Law.

Head of International cooperation and projects office Andrea Mišković represented Zagreb law faculty at the annual International day and fair at the Faculty of law, University of Bergen on 18 and 19 January. Presentation about Zagreb law faculty was held and participants and students had a chance to get acquainted with exchange programme in Zagreb. Several new agreements with european universities have been discussed.

Delegation of the Zagreb Law faculty: Dean  Dubravka Hrabar and vice dean for international cooperation prof. Davor Derenčinović visited on 16 January 2017 Faculty of law, University of Chile (Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile) and concluded the first ever general cooperation and student exchange agreement with another south american law faculty. Agreement was signed by dean Dubravka Hrabar and dean of the Faculty of Law, Universiy of Chile prof. Davor Harašić Yakšić. Faculty of Law, University of Chile and Faculty of Law in Zagreb agreed on exchange of students and staff, collaborative research, joint seminars and conferences, academic publications and other forms of cooperation.

First bulletin of International cooperation at the Faculty of Law has been published. Please read it here. 

Prof. Qin Huaping of the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) will deliver an intensive two week course within the course 'Introduction to Chinese Law' during January on the topic 'International Air Law'. Within the international cooperation recently set up between the two institutions, prof. Qin Huaping is the first of seven lecturers to hold an intensive course in Zagreb. She currently holds the positions of researcher of the Institute of Air and Space Law, CUPL, deputy director of the Research Institute of Private International Law, International Law School and director of Overseas Development Office of the International Law School, CUPL.

In the period between 6th and 12th of December 2016, a delegation of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, visited one of the top universities in South Korea - Sungyungkwan University in Seoul. Within the scope of this visit, the members of the delegation, Assist. Prof. Hrvoje Lisičar (Chair of Legal Informatics), Assist. Prof. Maja Munivrana Vajda (Chair of Criminal Law), Assist. Prof. Marko Jurić (Chair of Legal Informatics) and Assist. Prof. Aleksandar Maršavelski (Chair of Criminal Law) participated in a "Roundtable Conference on Cybercrime in Transnational Society", which took place at the Law School of the Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul, 8-9 December 2016). Our faculty members presented and discussed on various topics related to cybercrime with leading Korean academics, such as seizuring and search for digital evidence in cybercrime, implementation of the Cybercrime Convention, standard principles of artificial intelligence society, procedural powers pursuant to the Cybercrime Convention, online hate speech, challenges in regulating cybersecurity, cyberterror and cyberwarfare.

Faculty of Law delegation led by prof. Davor Derenčinović visited Shenzhen, China last week and signed a cooperation agreement with Peking University School of Transnational Law. The agreement stipulates students exchange. It is another step forward in extending the cooperation with chinese universities.

Erasmus corner for students was opened yesterday, 23 November 2016 at the main Faculty building at Trg maršala Tita 14. Thoughtfully decorated area for students and staff was funded by the Erasmus+ programme and supported by the Faculty Board with the help of Andrea Mišković of the International Mobility office and Andrea Horić, the head of the Library. Vice dean for international cooperation prof. Davor Derenčinović opened the event by cutting the ribbon which was followed by a lively reception with students, faculty members and other guests.

This year's CIEL network annual meeting took place last Monday, 10 October, in Zagreb and was attended by several CIEL member representatives. The Network encompasses various initiatives including the offering of a Masters Exchange Programme in the field of Comparative, International and European Law (CIEL). This is the ninth meeting of the network after meetings in Toulouse (2009), Dublin (March 2010), Barcelona (October 2010), Antwerp (2011), Maastricht (2012), Mannheim (2013) and Toulouse (2014) and Dublin (2015). The meeting was followed by a trip to Plitvice lakes national park. 

The American University of Central Asia (AUCA) Law Division and the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law in Croatia conducted the 2016 Summer School in Human Rights in early September. The week-long seminar tok place in Kyrgyzstan and included five AUCA students, four AUCA professors, five University of Zagreb students and three University of Zagreb professors.

The publication “Regional Study in Legal Protection against Discrimination in South East Europe” is completed and has been published by SEELS (South East European Law) network. This publication has been produced in collaboration with Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights (BIM) from Vienna and in collaboration and support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Open Regional Fund for South East Europe - Legal Reform. 

The book is available for free download: http://www.seelawschool.org/pdf/Book-Legal-Protection-Against-Discrimination-SEE.pdf 

In the period between 3rd and 11th of May 2016, a delegation of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb visited three leading academic institutions in the area of legal education and science in the People’s Republic of China. The members of the delegation, headed by Dean Professor Dubravka Hrabar, Vice-dean for international cooperation and science Professor Davor Derenčinović and Dr. Aleksandar Maršavelski (Chair for Criminal Law), participated in an official visit to China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing, East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) in Shanghai, and Institute of Law, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS). Within the scope of this visit, agreements of cooperation have been established, particularly concerning the exchange of faculty and students. Furthermore, several official meetings and presentations were held, with the purpose of providing information about different possibilities of international cooperation. Various research and teaching activities of our Faculty were presented, with special regard to the fields of cooperation that can be offered to foreign professors and students (possibility of establishing an LL.M. programme in English, exchange through Erasmus+ framework, courses offered at the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, publishing activities etc.). 

Department of Civil Procedural Law of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by Prof. Robert Klonoff, Jordan D. Schnitzer Professor of Law, Past Dean, Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on ''Introduction to US Class Actions - Settling High Profile Mass Tort Cases''  on Thursday, 12 May 2016 at 11.00 am in the Hall of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Trg m. Tita 14 / II floor. The lecturer will show the basic ideas of collective legal protection in the United States (the so-called. Representative action or class action system), discussing the particular two cases: the case of British Petroleum Oil Spill (claims for damages for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico) and the case National Football League (compensation for systematic deterioration of health of players for participating in rough play). The lecture will be held in English without translation. More on the lecturer: https://law.lclark.edu/live/profiles/310-robert-klonoff

Within #ShakespeareLives global campaign marking the 400th anniversary of death of William Shakespeare The British Embassy and Chevening Alumni Croatia in cooperation with Faculty of Law in Zagreb invite you to the Round Table Shakespeare and the law  at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb , Marshal Tito Square 14, at the Great Hall of the University (ground floor) on Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 18:00. Welcome speeches will be delivered by prof.Dr.sc. Dubravka Hrabar, Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Zagreb prof.dr.sc. Davor Derenčinović, vice-dean of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, British Charge d'Affaires in the Republic of Croatia, HE Ambassador Ian Cliff. Speakers: Mr. Andre Bywater , Principal Adviser - European Regulatory ,Cordery, London; prof. Tomislav Brlek, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb. Lectures will be held in English without translation .

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Nils Muižnieks will give a lecture at Zagreb Faculty of Law titled „Human rights of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers”. The lecture will take place on Tuesday 26 April 2016 at 18:00 o’clock in the faculty hall at the main building on Trg maršala Tita 14/II. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

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Dr.sc. Dominika Švarc, independent consultant on International law and policy and visiting lecturer at the American University of Bosnia and Herzegovina will give a lecture titled “The Unbereable Lightness of International Justice: Legal and Political Implications of the Karadžić and Šešelj Judgements”. The lecture will take place on Thursday 21 April 2016 at 11:00 o’clock in classroom number III, at the main building on Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

Specializing in public international law and international politics with a focus on global security, Dr. Dominika Švarc has worked over ten years as a lawyer at domestic and international courts, an academic researcher and lecturer, and a consultant to governments and inter-governmental organizations on international law and security matters. 

Professor Denis Edwards from Law Faculty of Chinese University of Hong Kong will give a lecture titled “Waving the Rules: Judicial Discretion and Breaches of Environmental Law”. The lecture will take place on Friday 22 April 2016 at 12:00 o’clock in the faculty hall at the main building on Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

Denis Edwards, a graduate of Glasgow University and the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, is an Advocate in Scotland and a Barrister in London. He has appeared in several cases before the UK Supreme Court and in a number of cases in Scotland and England on EU law and environmental law. He is also a law teacher and has held positions in the UK, USA and Germany. He is currently a member of the law faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Faculty of Law in Zagreb signed a cooperation agreement with Dickinson School of Law and Penn State Law of the Pennsylvania State University (http://law.psu.edu/) .The agreement involves exchange of students and teachers, joint projects and educational programs and the like. We invite professors and students of the Faculty to contribute with their suggestions and ideas in realising this agreement .

Vice dean prof. Ivana Grgurev and Andrea Miskovic of the International Mobility Office participated at the annual Rotterdam Law Network meeting in Konstanz 7-9 April 2016. Several topics were presented and discussed: EU Data Protection - the Way Ahead, Linking (international) academic research to teaching, Legal education between academia and profession and presentation of the international activities of the Departments of Law were held.

On 7 April 2016 Vice Dean professor Jasenko Marin participated  at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Law , University of Sarajevo on behalf of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb at the formal session of the scientific - teaching council . On this occasion  a scientific conference " 5th Bosnian and Montenegrin , Turkish and Croatian Jurist Days " was organized which was attended by teaching staff of the Faculty of Law : Nina Tepes , Ph.D. George Gardašević , Ph.D. Mirela Kresic , Ph.D. Anica Čulo Margaletić , Ph.D. Marin Bonacic , Ph.D. Marta Dragicevic Prtenjača, Ph.D. and Nevia Cicin Sain Ph.D.

On 07 March 2016 the Faculty hosted professor Hannes Tretter, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights in Vienna during which a cooperation agreement between the Faculty of Law and the Institute was signed.

Bilateral cooperation agreement between the Faculty of Law and the American University of Central Asia from Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, was signed on 23 February 2016. Student exchange in the form of summer schools for top students was stipulated. Professor Andrew Wachtel, AUCA rector, gave a very visited lecture entitled: "Who is Who? Making Ethnic Citizens in Southeast Europe and Central Asia.". 

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture byprof.dr.sc. Hannes Tretter, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights and a professor at Vienna Law faculty on the topic '"Methods to fight torture on international, European and domestic levels". The lecture will take place on Monday 7 March at 12:00 o'clock in the faculty hall at the main building on Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by dr. Phil C.W. Chan of the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm, on the topic  "A  Keen Observer of the International Rule of Law? International Law in China's Voting Behaviour and Argumentation in the United Nations Security Council" . The lecture will take place on Wedenesday 2 March at 12:00 o'clock in the faculty hall at the main building on Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by prof. Jivko Draganov, dean of the Faculty of Law, University of National and World Economy, Sofia Bulgaria, on the topic  "Challenges of the EU Intellectual Property Protection" . The lecture will take place on Tuesday 1 March at 11:30 o'clock in the faculty hall at the main building on Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by prof. Andrew Wachtel of the American University of Central Asia, Kyrgysztan on ''Who is who? Making Ethnic Citizens in Southeast Europe and Central Asia''. The lecture will take place on Tuesday 23 February at 12:00 o'clock in the faculty hall., Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. Andrew Wachtel is the president of the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.  Previously he was dean of The Graduate School and director of the Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University.  A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, his interests range from Russian literature and culture to East European and Balkan culture, history and politics to contemporary Central Asia.  

Faculty of Law, University of Bergen hosted its 8th “International Day” on Thursday 21 January 2016. Delegation of Zagreb law led by vice dean prof. Davor Derenčinović participated by giving a presentation of our university. Zagreb Law had a stand at the universities’ fair and had a chance to provide Bergen students with information about the exchange possibilities and the study programme at our faculty. In addition to recruiting future students, this event was also a good opportunity to meet colleagues from other universities, discuss future cooperations and strengthen the existing ones.

Delegation of the Law Faculty of the University of Maribor led by the dean prof. Vesna Rijavec visited Zagreb Law School on the 17th of December 2015. The present cooperation between the two institutions and future plans, especially regarding the participation of students in Zagreb in moot court competition in Maribor, exchange of students and teachers, participation of students in Maribor IUC courses was discussed at the meeting. After meeting at the dean's office, reception for the Board and more than fifty students of the Law Faculty of the University of Maribor was organized in the Hall of the Faculty with appropriate program and the participation of student associations of the Zagreb Law Faculty.

Students of the Faculty of Law Andrea Ruba, Katarina Šavuk, Alma Yasin and Borna Dejanovic won the first place at the regional student competition Big Deal. Big Deal is a competition in commercial law and company law organized by law firms members of the Association Top-tier Legal Adriatic, and it presents a simulation of Merger & Acquisition transactions or transactions of takeover of the company. The competetion is held entirely in English, and includes work on a thorough analysis of the company (due diligence), drawing up a contract of sale of business shares (Share Purchase Agreement) and the negotiation and drafting of agreements on mutual rights and obligations of holders of business shares (Shareholders' Agreement).

Delegation of the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo consisting of the dean prof. Borislav Petrovic, Vice Dean prof. Meliha Povlakić and Vice Dean asst.prof. Edin Halapic visited the Faculty of Law on 9 December 2015 at the invitation of the Zagreb Law faculty Board. The present cooperation between the two institutions, cooperation through Erasmus + partner countries and the common organization of summer schools were discussed at the meeting. Plans were made to mark the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo.

A team of four students from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, won the regional round of the Price Media Law Moot Court competition held in Belgrade from 4th to 6th December 2015. Members of the team are 4th and 5th year students Mirta Horvat, Valentina Jakopec, Tihana Krajnović and Matea Perica. In addition to the team's overall win, Matea Perica and Tihana Krajnović also received Best Oralist and Best Oralist Runner Up individual awards. The team was coached by Marko Jurić, DSc (Chair of Legal Informatics), with the assistance of Iva Kuštrak Managić, Filip Kufrin, Marina Gutschy and previous competitors on this moot court. 

With this win, our team won the spot in international round of the Price Media Law Moot Court, which will take place in Oxford, England from 30 March until 2 April 2016.

This year’s moot case concerned the rights to privacy and freedom of expression on social networks, and their possible limitations in the context of incitement to hatred and terrorism (http://pricemootcourt.socleg.ox.ac.uk/case-and-rules/).

More information about Price Media Law Moot Court is available at http://pricemootcourt.socleg.ox.ac.uk/

To mark the International Day of Fight against Corruption, the Chair of Criminal Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, organized a round table on 7/12/2015 and a workshop on 8/12/2015 titled “Promoting Compliance Strategies and Preventing Corruption in the Private Sector”. The event was organized within the scope of the project of the Croatian Science Foundation project titled “Multidisciplinary Research Cluster on Crime in Transition – Trafficking in Human Beings, Corruption and Economic Crime“ and with the support of the “Alumni Grants Program 2015“. Besides the Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor Dubravka Hrabar and the Vice-dean for international cooperation and Science Professor Davor Derenčinović, the presenters were Mr. Dražen Jelinić, State Atorney General Deputy and Representative of Croatia in GRECO, Dr. Marin Mrčela, justice of the Supreme Court of Croatia and President of GRECO, Dr. Sunčana Roksandić Vidlička, Senior Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Unversity of Zagreb, Ms. Sunčanica Skupnjak Kapić, Secretary General of the National Committee ICC Croatia, Mr. Charles Duross, Partner, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, D.C., former deputy chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Professor Peter J. Henning, Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Marc Engelhart, Head of the Economic Criminal Law Section, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Ms. Blythe J. McGarvie, a member of Accenture's board of directors, former senior lecture at Harvard Business School.  

His Excellency Mr. Ide, the Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Croatia visited the Faculty of Law in Zagreb on Tuesday 24 November and met the Faculty board. Prof. Dubravka Hrabar, the dean, prof. Davor Derenčinović, the Vice dean for international relations and Andrea Mišković discussed the future cooperation between the two countries and law faculties. His Excellency later on gave a lecture on the topic  "Nature of territorial disputes in Asia" . Many students and Faculty members joined the lecture and an interesting discussion afterwards.

The delegation of Lomonosov University Faculty of Law (Moscow) composed of assist.prof.dr.sc. Gleb Bogush, assist.prof.dr.sc. Maria Filatovna and students Pavel Stepanov (PhD student) and Nataliia Kirillova (Master student), from 3-10 November 2015 visited Zagreb Faculty of Law. During their visit, the delegation participated at the Roundtable organized by Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Max Planck Institute on Foreign and International Criminal Law,: Refugee Crisis in Europe and Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings " on 6 November 2015 and both assistant professors gave lectures to interested students and faculty.

During the meeting with the the Dean of the Faculty of Law prof.dr.sc. Dubravka Hrabar and the Vice-Dean for international cooperation and science prof.sc.sc. Davor Derenčinović, it was agreed on the further plans of cooperation as envisaged in the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in Moscow this summer. It was decided that the joint conference will take place in September 2016 in Moscow. Soon, the call for participation will be launched and the topic will be announced.The cooperation would also include student exchange, both on master and PhD level.

Dean of the Faculty of Law, prof.dr.sc. Dubravka Hrabar and the Vice-Dean for international cooperation and science, prof.sc.sc. Davor Derenčinović had a meeting on November 6th 2015 with Prof.dr.sc. Hans-Jörg Albrecht, director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg. They agreed on the further plans of the joint cooperation, primarily concerning the cooperation between two Libraries. 

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by His Excellency Mr. Ide, the Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Croatia on the topic  "Nature of territorial disputes in Asia" . The lecture will take place on Tuesday 24 November at 15:00 o'clock in the faculty hall at the main building on Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by prof. Angelo Viglianisi Ferraro of the Universita degli studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria on 'the Italian Legislative Decree n. 21/2014 and the New Configuration of the Consumer's Ius Poenitendi''. The lecture will take place on Thursday 26 November at 16:00 o'clock in the hall VI., Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be held in English language without translation. 

We invite you to the III . colloquium organized by theFaculty of Law, University of Zagreb ( Chair of Criminal Law ) in association with Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg  within HRZZ project " Multidisciplinary Research Cluster on Crime in Transition - Trafficking in Human Beings , Corruption and Economic Crime " on the topic of human trafficking and protection of victims entitled " Refugee Crisis in Europe and Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings " on 6 November 2015 in the hall of the University of Zagreb, Marshal Tito Square 14 starting at 16.00 o'clock. The colloquium will be held in English without  translation.

International scientific conference titled „Fight against corruption: from good governance and preventive measures to legal regulation and international participation“ was held on 29 October 2015 in Ljubljana in co-organization of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb and Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. On behalf of the Zagreb Faculty of Law presentations were given by dr.sc. Marta Dragičević Prtenjača, dr.sc. Vanda Božić, dr.sc. Jasmina Džinić, dr.sc. Teo Giljević, dr.sc. Mihovil Škarica, Aleksandar Maršavelski, dipl.iur. and Petra Đurman, mag. polit. 

On the occasion of his participation at the annual conference of the student association “Pravnik” (22 October 2015) the president of International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) prof. John Vervaele was invited to meet with the Dean prof. Dubravka Hrabar and Vice Dean for International Cooperation prof. Davor Derenčinović. They talked about future cooperation between two institutions. 

Prof. Davor Derenčinović and prof. Marko Baretić attended the CIEL annual meeting at the University of Dublin last Monday, 5 October. The Network encompasses various initiatives including the offering of a Masters Echange Programme in the field of Comparative, International and European Law (CIEL). This is the eighth meeting of the network after meetings in Toulouse (2009), Dublin (March 2010), Barcelona (October 2010), Antwerp (2011), Maastricht (2012), Mannheim (2013) and Toulouse (2014). Membership in the CIEL Network is a significant development in the internationalisation of the  Zagreb Faculty of Law. 

Faculty of Law signed a cooperation agreement  with the Faculty of Law of the University of Sungkyunkwan Soul on 17 September 2015, which is the oldest university in the Republic of Korea. The signed agreement is a continuation of good cooperation of the faculties which began in the spring of this year when, in collaboration with the Sungkyunkwan University, an international conference entitled " Trans - frontier issues in the 21st Century "  was organized in Zagreb. The signed agreement opens up various opportunities for cooperation, from collaborative research projects through exchange of students and professors.

Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Law and the Center for Democracy and Law MikoTripalo proudly invite you to a lecture by Branko Milanovic, Ph.D., a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and researcher on the project 'Luxembourg Income Study'. Lecture by professor Milanovic, entitled Global income inequality trends and their political implications, will be held at the Aula of the University of Zagreb (Marshal Tito Square 14), on Monday, 14 September 2015., from 18-20 o'clcok. After the presentation of Professor Milanovic, discussion and questions from the audience will follow led by prof. Dusko Sekulic and prof. em. Vlado Puljiz. The lecture will be welcomed by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Hrvoje Sikirić.

The International SEELS Summer School "EU Open Markets" will be held at Faculty of Law in Zagreb from 31.08. to 05.09. This is the second consecutive year of the Summer School taking place in collaboration with the Europe Institute of the University of Saarland and SEELS network of law schools .

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law together with Marija and Mirjan Damaška Foundation organized a conference in honour of Mirjan Damaška, sterling professor emeritus of Law, titled 'The administration of Justice - past experiences and challenges for the future. The conference took place in Cavtat from 29-30 May. 

His Excellency Mr. Philippe Couvreur, the Registrar of the Interantional Court of Justice, held a lecture titled 'Role of the International Court of Justice in Dispute Resolution' at the Faculty of Law on Tuesday 23 June at the Faculty hall.

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to Zagreb-Skopje Colloquium that will take place from 11 to 13 June, organised by the Faculty of Law University of Zagreb and Faculty of Law, St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. The programme can be found here. 

Faculty of Law in Zagreb and the Embassy of Japan in Croatia invite you to a lecture by Professor Shinya Murase, Sophia University Faculty of Law: Protection of the environment - new approaches and developments in the International Law. The lecture will be held on Monday, 8 June 2015, at 17 o'clock in the Hall of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Marshal Tito Square 14, II. floor. The lecture will be in English without translation.

The Jean Monnet Programme of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb  and the University Postgraduate Programme 'Diplomacy’ have the pleasure of inviting you to the lecture by Professor Adam Lazowski University of Westminster, UK titled 'Association Agreements with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova: Political and Legal Implications for the EU and ENP Countries on 25 May 2015 (Monday) from 16.00-17.30 at the Faculty of Law, Trg maršala Tita 14, classroom II. The lecture will be held in English language without translation

UNESCO Chair on Free Movement of People, Migration and Intercultural Dialogue and Jean Monnet Programme of the Faculty of Law - University of Zagreb in cooperation with Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung have the pleasure of inviting you to the UNESCO conference “Current Issues in EU Migration, Asylum and Free Movement Law” on 26 May 2015 (Tuesday) at the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb Trg maršala Tita 14, “Vijećnica” (council room, 2nd floor) The conference will be held in English language without translation We kindly ask you to confirm your attendance by sending an e-mail to nbacic@umich.edu by 23 May 2015. The programme can be foud here.

Faculty of Law in Zagreb in association with Croatian Association for Mediation and Court of Honour of the Croatian Chamber of Crafts has the honor to invite you to a lecture 'Law and Corporate Behaviour Integrating Theories of Regulation, Enforcement, Compliance, Culture and Ethics'  by Prof. Ph. D. Christopher Hodges MA PhD FSALS Professor of Justice Systems, University of Oxford, Head of the CMS / Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, Honorary Professor, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing on Friday, 22 May 2015 at 14:00 in the Hall of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Trg m. Tita 14 / second floor. The lecture will be held in English, without translation.

More on the lecturer: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/profile/christopher.hodges

The Jean Monnet Programme of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb has the pleasure of inviting you to the lecture by Professor Matej Avbelj of the Graduate School Of Government And European Studies, Kranj Primacy or Supremacy of EU Law on ' What is in the Name?' on 18 May 2015 (Monday) from 17.00 to 18.30 at the Faculty of Law, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom I (ground floor).

Chair of History of the Croatian Law and State of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb cordially invites you to attend the lecture of doc. dr. sc. Norbert Varga of the University of Szeged on LEGAL TRADITION AS A SOURCE OF LAW? CONTROVERSIES IN REGARD TO THE NEW HUNGARIAN FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF 2011.

The lecture will take place on May 14th 2015 (Thursday), 12:00 pm at the Faculty of Law, Trg maršalaTita 3, hall II. 

Faculty of Law and the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Institute Fondafip) have the pleasure to invite you to a bilateral conference on "Tax proceedings in Croatia and France". The conference will be held on 14 May 2015 (Aula, University of Zagreb, Marshal Tito Square 14). /_news/14940/Program konferencije 14. 5..pdf

The conference is a part of the official program of the "Rendez-vous - Festival of France in Croatia", which takes place from May to September in Croatia -http: //institutfrancais.hr/zagreb/rendez-vous-le-festival-de-la-france-en- croatia /.

We invite you to participate and to contribute to discussion at the conference.

Department of Financial Law and Financial Science

Scientific conference named Fourth Turkish-Bosnian-Croatian legal days was held from 22 to 24 April 2015 at the Istanbul University Law Faculty. It was attended by experts from the Istanbul University Law Faculty, University of Sarajevo Faculty of Law and our Faculty. This year's topic was medical law, and the participants of the conference dealt with it from the criminal law, civil law and constitutional law point of view. The conference in Istanbul is a continuation of fruitful cooperation between the Istanbul University Law Faculty and our Faculty which started a few years ago, and this year's co-operation includes the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo. As a part of the opening ceremony of this year's conference of our Faculty professor Ivo Josipovic was awarded an honorary doctorate from Istanbul University.

International scientific conference titled Transfrontier Issues in the 21st Century organized by the Faculty of Law in Zagreb in cooperation with the Sungkyunkwan University of South Korea and the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana will be held on May 8, 2015 starting at 9 am, at the Hall of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Trg maršala Tita 14, second floor. Teachers and doctoral students of the above mentioned universities will discuss the recent global relevant legal issues. This conference is the first form of cooperation between the University of Sungkyunkwan and our Faculty.

The conference program can be found here.

Chair of History of the Croatian Law and State of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb cordially invites you to attend the lecture LUSTRATION IN THE FORMER CZECHO-SLOVAKIA: SUCCESS OR FAILURE? by Dr.sc. Michal Považan from the Comenius University, Bratislava on May 6th2015 (Wednesday), 12:00 pm Faculty of Law, Maršal Tito Square 3, room II.

The Faculty of Law is currently undergoing re-accreditation procedure conducted by the Agency for Science and Higher Education. For this purpose, an expert committee in the process of re-accreditation will visit the Faculty on 11th and 12th May 2015. If you wish to submit your comment, complaint, suggestion or want to commend the work of the Faculty to the members of the expert committee, feel free to express your opinion through confidential link http: //www.azvo.hr/komentari-institucija through May 6, 2015.

The Agency for Science and Higher Education guarantees anonymity to all who write comments. The comments will be made available only to the members of the expert committee.

From 22nd to 28th of March 2015, the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik hosted the 7th edition of the International Spring Course "Crime Prevention through Criminal Law & Security Studies", which was organized by the Criminal Law Chair of Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, with the support of organizing partners Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany) and De Paul University (Chicago, USA). After going through a selection process, nearly 40 participants had the opportunity to attend presentations of renown scholars and professors who discussed various topics related to this year's course title: National vs. International Criminal Adjudication: Shadow on the Wall. Along with presentations given by course directors Professor Davor Derenčinović (University of Zagreb), Professor Richard Farkas (De Paul University) and Dr. Michael Kilchling (Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law), it is important to note lectures given by Professor Hans-Jörg Albrecht, the Director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany), on "Sentencing in National and International Courts" and Professor Denis Edwards, Visiting Professor at the DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, USA), on "EU Laws and Environmental Crimes". 

The Zagreb Faculty of Law and publisher Naklada Breza have the pleasure to invite you to the promotion of the book Robert Alexy, TEORIJA PRAVNE ARGUMENTACIJE and the lecture by Prof. Robert Alexy, Favulty of Law, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel "Constitutional Rights and Proportionality" on Friday, 27 February 2015, 6 pm at  Faculty of Law, Council Room, 14 Marshall Tito Square, Zagreb.

We woud like to inform students, teachers and associates that professor Andreas Schwartze of the University of Innsbruck will hold a series of lectures within his study visit to our faculty.
Prof. Schwartze will give a lecture on the topic "Harmonisation of Private Law" within the course "European Private Law". The lecture will be held in English, on Friday, 12 December 2014 from 9 to 14 o'clock in the Institute of Civil Law Sciences premises, Marshal Tito Square 3, room 33.
Prof. Schwartze will give a lecture on the topic "Directive 1999/44/EC on certain aspects of consumer goods and guarantees" within the course "Consumer Protection in the EU". The lecture will be held in English on Wednesday, December 17 2014 from 14 to 16 o'clock in the lecture room no. 4 on Marshal Tito Square 3.
We invite everyone to join us at prof. Schwartze's lectures.

On 28th of June 2014 in Sarajevo the workshop „Collective Redress in South East Europe“ will be held, co-organised by the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). During workshop different mechanisms of collective protection implemented in particular countries of South East Europe as well as in the European Union law will be examined in-depth.

You can find the program of the workshop here.

Faculty of Law invites you to a lecture by Mr. Vassilios Skouris, President of the Court of the European Union: "The evolution of the judicial architecture of the European Union and its procedural implications" . The lecture will be held on Friday, June 20, at 18:00 o'clock at the Hall of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Marshal Tito Square 14, II. floor. The lecture will be in English without translation.

Prof. Wojciech Dajczak, full professor of Roman law and comparative private law at the Faculty of Law, "Adam Mickiewicz" in Poznan (Poland) will give two lectures: "European Legal Tradition and Modem Debate About Harmonization of Private Law. An example of unjustified Enrichment" and "The nature of the contract clause-comparative and historical perspective" . Lectures are held in English. First lecture will be held May 22 (Thursday), and the second on May 23 (Friday) from 18.00 pm, Hall III,  4 Ćirilometodska st.

More information about the professor. Dajczak, one of the leading Central European experts for Roman private law, including a list of his works can be seen on the following website:

http://www.rzym.amu.edu.pl/2006/09/prof-wojciech-dajczak.html 

Mr. Sang-Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court gave lecture on "The International Criminal Court and its role in pursuing universal justice"  on Friday, May 16, 2014.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb invites you to a lecture by Professor Miriam Salholz, Associate Professor, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, New York, Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law, New York. titled "The Constitution and Legal System in the United States". Lecture will be held on Wednesday, 21. May 2014 at 14.00 at the Faculty hall, Marshal Tito square 14, 2nd floor

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The Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb invites you to a lecture of
 
Mr Sang-Hyun Song
President of the International Criminal Court
 
titled:
"The International Criminal Court and its role in pursuing universal justice“
 
Lecture will be held on:
Friday, 16. May 2014 at 14.00
at the Faculty hall, Marshal Tito square 14, 2nd floor
 
Lecture will be held in English
 
Prof. dr. sc. Hrvoje Sikirić, dean
 

Opening of the symposium 2nd Croatia - Turkey Jurists ' Days will take place on Wednesday 2 April 2014 at 12 o'clock , at the Law Faculty University of Zagreb, 14 Marshal Tito Square. Scientific Conference 2nd Croatia - Turkey Jurists ' Days will be held from 2 to 5 April in Zagreb and Dubrovnik.

Professor Richard D. Farkas (De Paul University, Chicago) will give a guest lecture on the topic "The Price of Justice in American Criminal Law" on Wednesday March 19 at 9am (TMT14, room 2.)

Professor Farkas' CV is available here:

http://las.depaul.edu/psc/docs/Vitae/FarkasCV12August.pdf

Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by Professor Alisdair Gillespie, University of Lancaster on “European approaches to tackling Child Pornography” on Thursday, January 16th, at 13:30 o'clock. at the Faculty Hall, Trg maršala Tita 14, II floor. The lecture will be held in English.

Faculty of Law in Zagreb is honoured to invite you to a lecture by Professor Richard Fentiman, University of Cambridge on 'Assymetric Jurisdiction Agreements and the Brussels Regulation' on  Wednesday, December 4th, 6 p.m. at the Faculty Hall, Trg maršala Tita 14, II floor. The lecture will be held in English.

Chair of Croatian History of Law and State Faculty of Law University of Zagreb invites you to a lecture 'Two foundations and two dissolutions of Czechoslovakia 1918-1939 / 1944-1992?' by Dr. Michal Povazan University of Comenius, Bratislava, Slovakia Tuesday, 3rd December 2013. at 12,00 am, Faculty of Law, Marsal Tito Square, I Floor, Hall II.

The Faculty of Law invites you to a guest lecture on  "Topics in Environmental Economics: EU and Swedish perspective" which will take place Tuesday 19th November  2013th in the Faculty Hall, Trg marsala Tita 14, 57/II at 16:00.

Prof. Siniša Rodin, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union, professor at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Jean Monnet Chair since 2006 and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam since 2011, will hold a lecture 'EU Law in Classroom and Courtroom' on 30 October 2013 at 16:30-18:00 at the Faculty of Law, 4 Ćirilometodska Street, classroom VII, second floor. The lecture will be held in English language.

Faculty of Law in Zagreb is hosting over fifty international exchange students this winter semester. The Orientation Day for Erasmus students took place on Friday, 4th of October 2013. The students were  welcomed by the Dean, Vice Dean for International Cooperation and the ECTS coordinator. Presentations of the courses in English, students' associations, sporting activities, library catalogue and database were held, followed by a tour of the Faculty premises. The students got a chance to receive information about the programme, they met their professors and fellow students and got a lot of practical information relevant for their studies and stay in Zagreb. Members from ten embassies joined our international students at lunch. It was a pleasure to see scholars and graduate students, members of the embassies, and young students engaging in debates and questions over lunch.

A delegation from the East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai consisting of five members (Liu Xiaohong, the Vice President of ECUPL; Su Xiaohong, Associate Dean of Continuing Education School; He Yizhong, Associate Dean of Political Theory; Xia Fei, Acting Director of International Exchange Center and Ding Xiaomei Assistant Dean of Department of  Development and Planning) visited the Faculty of Law in Zagreb to discuss further cooperation between the two institutions on 24 September 2013. 

On 29-30 October 2013, the journal Revus – European Constitutionality Review and the Zagreb Faculty of Law are organising an international conference "Methodology of Legal Theory" that will bring together some of the most renowned legal theorists (Kenneth E. Himma, Pierluigi Chiassoni, Maria Isabel Narvaez Mora, Bartosz Brożek and others). For more information about the Conference go to: http://revusconference.wordpress.com/zagreb/. It would be a great pleasure if you could join us and participate in the discussion.

On 28th and 29th June 2013, the new Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology will be officially introduced in the presence of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipović, and the German Ambassador, Mr. Hans Peter Annen. The Max Planck Partner Group, jointly established by the Zagreb Faculty of Law and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, aims at connecting and interlinking criminological research in Southeastern Europe and improving its further development and visibility in Europe and beyond.

Interested in the societal challenges Germany and Europe are currently facing because of the German insistence in the fiscal discipline in Europe? Join us at the guest lecture of H.E. Hans Peter Annen, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Croatia who will deliver a speech „"German politics in Europe in times of economic and financial crisis". The lecture will be held on 23 May 2013 starting at 5pm in the senate hall of the Faculty of Law located on the second floor at Trg maršala Tita 14.

Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb invites you to a lecture by Prof. Alessia Valongo, University of Perugia on the topic: THE NEW DISPOSITION OF LAW N°40, 2004 REGARDING MEDICALLY ASSISTED PROCREATION BETWEEN ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN JURISPRUDENCES. Lectures will be held on Monday, the 27th May from 10:00 to 13:00 pm in Hall V, TMT 14 and on Tuesday, the 28th May 10:00 to 12:00 pm in Hall VI, TMT 14.

Six team members – Ivana Cvitanović, Antonija Ivančan, Filip Kufrin, Kristina Mandić, Dina Salapić and Dora Stulić accompanied by their coaches Branka Marušić, mag. iur. and Iva Kuštrak, dipl. iur. – represented University of Zagreb Faculty of Law at the 6th annual International Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court held this April at the University of Oxford. This was the first year that Zagreb Law Faculty participated at this well-known competition.

The French ambassador to Croatia H.E. Michèle Boccoz will deliver a guest lecture on „France, still a land of asylum?“ at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb on 25 April 2013 starting at 5pm at Trg maršala Tita 14 in the Senate Hall located on the second floor. 

On 22 March 2013 the dean of the Faculty of Law Zagreb Prof. Zoran Parac and director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg  Prof. Hans-Joerg Albrecht formally signed a general cooperation agreement and an agreement on project cooperation between the Max Planck Institute and the Department of Criminal Law on research and prevention of human trafficking. First annual symposium on combating human trafficking followed.

Mr. Scott Lang, Political Officer in the Embassy of the United States of America will deliver a guest lecture on "Human Rights in the United States: From Civil Rights to LGBT Rights". The lecture will take place on 21 March 2013 at 5pm in the lecture room 2 in the Faculty of law building at Trg maršala Tita 3. The lecture is deliverd in the framework of the project "Law and Society in a Comparative Perspective" that is jointly implemented by the Chair of Sociology and the European Law Student Association (ELSA).

The Ambassador of Bulgaria to Croatia H.E. Tanya Dimitrova Dimitrova will deliver a guest lecture at the Faculty of Law on 21 February 2013 on "Experiences of Bulgarian society and institutions in promotion and protection of human rights following the European Union accession". The lecture will start at 5 am and will be held at in lecture room 2 at the Faculty building located at Trg maršala Tita 3. The lecture is deliverd in the framework of the project "Law and Society in a Comparative Perspective" that is jointly implemented by the Chair of Sociology and the European Law Student Association (ELSA).

United Nations Audiovisual Library project promotes awareness of international law. Prof. Dr. Maja Seršić, head of the Department of International Law, recorded a lecture for the United Nations Audiovisual Library. Audiovisual Library of the United Nations was established in 1997, pursuant to the Resolution of the General Assembly of the UN,  to provide teaching, research and increase awareness of international law. Audiovisual library currently consists of more than one hundred lectures and the lecture by Professor Seršić on "Article 51 of the UN Charter and the war on terrorism, " is the first lecture recorded by a person from Croatia. Please click here to see the lecture.

Jean Monnet Chair invites you to a lecture by prof.dr. Steven Blockmans, professor of EU law at the University of Amsterdam and a senior research fellow at CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) on the topic 'European External Action Service - legal foundations, practice and review process'. The lecture will take place on Wednesday 30 January 2013, at Ćirilometodska st. 4, hall 2 at 10:00. 

Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by Prof. Dr. Valentina V. Cuocci of Università degli Studi di Foggia, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza on: "Directive 2011/83/EU on Consumer Rights' and "Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law". The lecture will be held within the framework of  ''Consumer Protection in the EU" course on Monday 21 January 2013,  starting at 12:00 in the hall 2/TMT3. The lecture will last 4 hours and will be held in English.

The Faculty of Law invites to a visiting lecture by Prof. dr. Richard Kreindler, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Frankfurt Universität Münster, on "New Developments in the Practice of International Arbitration in Germany" on Wednesday, 16 January 2013, at 18,30 o'clock at the faculty Hall, TMT 14/II floor. More information can be found here.

Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a guest lecture by prof. Marko Novak, PhD. from the department of Theory of Law at the European Law faculty in New Gorica on the topic: "The argument of legal policy (policy argument)", which will take place on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 from 12.00 to 12.45 o'clock in the faculty Hall , Marshall Tito Square 14/II floor.

The Chair of Sociology and the European Law Student Association (ELSA) have a pleasure to invite you to a lecture of Mr. Paolo Berizzi on "Implementing Human Rights Acquis: Why the Chapter 23 Proved Challenging in the Course of the Croatian EU Accession?". The lecture will be held on January 10, 2013 starting as of 6pm at the Faculty of Law building located at Trg maršala Tita 3, lecture room 3.

Students of the Faculty of Law won the first place at this year's regional South East Europe Price Media Law Moot Court Competition which was held in Belgrade from 14 to 16 December, and thus qualified for the international rounds to be held at Oxford University in April of the following year. Antonija Ivančan won the best speaker award. Jean Monnet Chair of European Public Law trained a six-member team of Ivana Cvitanović, Antonija Ivančan, Filip Kufrin, Kristina Mandić, Dina Salapić and Dora Stulić , with the help of Branka Marusic, the official coach, and in cooperation with Iva Kuštrak, assistant  at the Chair of Civil Law. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition is a competition held since 2008, organized by the University of Oxford, in which teams from all over the world participate.

German President Joachim Gauck and Croatian President Ivo Josipovic held lectures on "Morality and Politics" on 7th December 2012 at the Faculty of Law. The event was moderated by prof. Josip Kregar and attended by the Rector of the University of Zagreb, Dean of the Faculty of Law professor Zoran Parać and a wide student audience.

In cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg the Zagreb Faculty of Law is establishing a Max Planck Partner Group. This is the first group of this kind in the field of social sciences in Europe. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš, LL.M., Assistant Professor at the Chair for Criminal Law, has been appointed as Head of the Max Planck Partner Group. A brief description of the partner group’s research concept is available at: www.pravo.hr/criminologia-balcanica/en.

South East European Law Schools Network Open Day took place at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb on 28 November 2012. Presentations were held by members of teaching staff on the following topics: network, education and research activities, academic programmes, staff mobility project, training on the 7th framework programme and law journal. After a fruitful and engaged discussion the participants were invited to a lunch reception.

GIZ Open Regional Fund for South East Europe-Legal Reform, supported the SEELS Network in organising Open Days and in publishing and disseminating SEELS promotional materials for the audience.

Professor Hrvoje Sikiric, Chairman of 45th session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on 17 October 2012. Professor Sikirić informed the Secretary General about the work of UNCITRAL in promoting rights at the international and national level, measures taken by UNCITRAL to increase their visibility, both within the UN system and beyond, and recalled that the Commission attaches increasing importance to providing elaborate technical assistance to adopting texts which directly contributes to continuous and sustainable economic development. At the end of the cordial conversation prof. Sikirić thanked the Secretary-General in Korean. The Secretary-General who did not hide his surprise commended Professor Sikirić for excellent pronunciation and recalled his recent short visit to Croatia.

Assist. Professor Pavel Koukal from Masaryk University in Brno visited Zagreb Law from 5 - 9 November under the Erasmus exchange programme and gave lectures on 'Legal protection of design' and 'Convergence between Industrial designs and Copyright'.

Prof. Ksenija Turković, vice-rector of the University of Zagreb and professor of criminal law at the Faculty of Law was elected as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights.

Professor Hrvoje Sikiric, Vice Dean for International Cooperation of the Law Faculty in Zagreb, spoke as the Chair of the 45th session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCTIRAL) at the meeting of high representatives of the General Assembly which was held on 24 September 2012 in New York. He presented the views of UNCITRAL on the promotion of the rule of law at the national and international level.

New exchange student Orientation Day took place on the 28th September 2012. Thirty - seven foreign students were welcomed by the Faculty choir, their new professors, Croatian student mentors and members of many various students' associations. It was an opportunity for the guest students to learn more about their stay at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb. Lunch reception followed, with three ambassadors and eight other highest ranking diplomats of ten countries from which Zagreb Law is hosting students this academic year. Welcome foreign students!

The First SEE Post-Doc Colloquium in Private Law took place at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb on 27th and 28th of September 2012. It was organized within the framework of the South East European Law School Network (SEELS), financially supported by GIZ Open Regional Fund for South East Europe-Legal reform, and hosted by prof. Tatjana Josipović of the Zagreb Law Faculty. The SEE Post-doc Colloquium addressed the need of intensified information exchange between the young researchers in the region and provided for further development of the legal theory. At the SEE Post-doc Colloquium, 20 outstanding academics from the SEELS members presented their scientific work in presence of their mentors. On the second day of the colloquium the Deans' meeting took place, with the presence of eight deans from the SEELS member law faculties.

The Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb ranks among the top 200 world law faculties in 2012. 

QS World University Rankings®, an annual league table of the top 600 universities in the world, is arguably the best-known and respected rankings of its kind.

More information here http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2012/subject-rankings/social-science/law?page=7.

Faculty of Law's Study Centre for Public Administration and Public Finance and Institute of Public Administration, Zagreb invites you to a lecture by Professor John Halligan of Canberra University on 'Political consultants ministers and leading officials: A comparative overview and open issues' on Monday, the 17 September 2012 from 13:00 to 14:30 pm at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, Marshal Tito Square 14, II. Floor, Faculty hall.

Delegation of the Zagreb Law Faculty took a working visit to Istanbul from 19 to 21 June 2012. The delegation, consisting of the dean, prof. Zoran Parać, vicedean prof. Dalibor Čepulo and prof. Tatjana Josipović, visited three law faculties within Istanbul University, Bilgi University and Kadir Has University. In meetings with heads of the faculties it was agreed to enter into bilateral agreements on cooperation that would include exchange of students and teachers as well as the organization of colloquia, seminars and joint cooperation regarding summer schools. Establishment of a joint colloquium in April 2013 was agreed upon with the Law Faculty of the Istanbul University, which will be attended by ten teachers of each faculty. Furthering the cooperation with the respective faculty is also expected within the South East European Law Schools Network (SEELS). 

At the 45th session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), which is held in New York from 25 June to 6 July 2012, prof. Hrvoje Sikiric was elected President of the Commission and chairman of this year's session. Prof. Sikiric shall be the president  until June next year. The choice of professor Sikirić is a great recognition to the Republic of Croatia, but also to him personally for many active years in UNCITRAL.

Sunčana Roksandić Vidlička, assistant professor at the Chair of Criminal Law  won the second place in the prestigious Moot Court competition in international criminal law, held in Syracuse from 20 to 30 May 2012. It was organized by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (L'Istituto Superiore Internazionale di Scienze Criminali) chaired by Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni. Theme of this year's Moot court was "Assessing Patterns of Transnational Organized Crime, the International Criminal Responsibility of Non-State Actors, and the Effectiveness of International Enforcement System." This great success was achieved in competition with more than 70 assistant and associate professors of criminal law in 33 countries.

Read the report on the visit of Iuss Buss to the Legal clinic of the Law Faculty in Zagreb. 

Capella juris won the first prize - the Golden Plaque of competition, and 97.66 out of possible 100 points at the 11th Choir Competition in Zagreb, which was held from 1 to 3 June 2012. The choir won in category A and was an absolute winner of the competition since it achieved the highest score of all 23 participating choirs . Also, Capello won a special award - a prize of the competition organizer and sponsor of the Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinki. Capella juris has been continuously participating in this competition since 2008 and has seen great progress with its conductor Peter Jurica Petrac. Sincere congratulations to the choir Capella juris!

Joint Seminar: Legal Harmonisation with the EU Law -The Case of Croatia, Slovenia and Austria-Selected Topics 2012 " took place this year in collaboration with Law School in Graz, Faculty of Law in Maribor and Zagreb Law Faculty. This seminar is special because it was held for two days at these schools at regular intervals: 29 and 30 March 2012 in Graz, 10 and 11 May 2012 in Maribor and 24 and 25 May 2012 in Zagreb. It was attended by students from the respective law schools, a total of twenty students, eight from each faculty,  amnog who there were student guests from a student exchange program.

Law Clinic of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in cooperation with Iuss Buss clinic of the Law faculty in Oslo and the Norwegian embassy in Zagreb invite you to a lecture 'LEGAL REFORM WORK IN STUDENT CLINICS' Challenges and controversies from the Juss-Buss experience by Prof. Dr. Jon T. Johnsen of the Faculty of Law, Oslo University on Wednesday, 6 June 2012. at the Faculty Hall (TMT 14/II floor) at 10.00-12.00 o'clock. Lecture will be held in English language.

Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb and the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Croatia have the honor to invite you to a lecture by Mrs. Erica O'Neil, Office of U.S. Attorney, an expert on cyber crime and professor Marcus Rogers of Purdue University, head of cyber forensics. The lecture 'Cybercrime in Today's Globalized Economy' will take place on Monday, 28 May 2012 at 16 o'clock, Trg maršala Tita 14, at the faculty hall on the second floor. The lecture will be in English without translation.

Department of Public Administration and Public Finance in collaboration with the Institute of Public Administration in Zagreb invites you to a lecture 'Government and Public Policy' by prof. Hal K.Colebatch, professor emeritus of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia on Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 9:30 to 11:00 o'clock in the main building TMT14, II. Floor, Hall III. The lecture will be held in English, without translation.

Chair of General Theory of Law and State invites you to a lecture by professor Marko Novak, Ph.D. of the Chair of Theory of Law, European law faculty in New Gorica, on the topic: "On some recent legal arguments" that will take place on Thursday, 17 May 2012, from 11.00 to 12.00 o'clock at the faculty hall, Trg maršala Tita 14/II.

Faculty of Law invites you to a lecture by professor Toni M. Fine, Assistant Dean for International Cooperation School of Law Fordham University, on "Distinctive Aspects of the US Legal System", which will take place on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 at 15.30 o'clock in the faculty hall, Trg maršala Tita 14. The lecture will be in English without translation.

Prof. Adalbert Evers, a professor of comparative health and social policy at the University of Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, will give a lecture on "Reforms and Challenges of welfare state development in Germany" at the Faculty of Law, Trg maršala Tita 14/II, at the faculty hall, on 3 May 2012th at 14:00 o'clock.

The Faculty of Law invites you to the academic seminar 'The idea of a nation state  - Israel's experience' , which will take place on Thursday, the 26th April 2012. beginning at 8:45 o'clock in the hall of the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb, Trg marsala Tita 14, Zagreb.

Professor Charles F. Szymanski from Vytautas Magnus University, is visiting the Faculty of Law from April 22 to April 26, 2012 under the LLP / Erasmus teaching staff mobility programme. Prof. Charles F. Szymanski will give 5 hours of lectures on employment at will vs. employment by contract, employment discrimination, union management relations and the right to strike, employee benefits on Wednesday April 25 at 14:00 o'clock, in lecture hall 4 at the main building.

H.E. Valdet Sadiku, the ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo will give a lecture on Thursday April 19, at 18:00 o'clock at the lecture hall 3, Trg maršala Tita 3 faculty building. ''Cutting the lifeline'', a documentary about Kosovo will be screened.

Prof. Jean-Denis Mouton, professor of public law at the Nancy- Université in France will give a lecture  "L'Union Européenne, Union d'Etats et de citoyens: développements récents." The lecture will be held on 27.04.2012. at 11 a.m. in hall III, Gunduliceva 12 street, in French language.

The Faculty of Law of the more than 275 years old University of Miskolc – as one of the oldest law faculties in Hungary – celebrated its 30th anniversary in the academic year of 2011/2012. Due to this event, the Faculty organised an international conference of law students on March 5th 2012. Law students were given an opportunity to present and discuss their scientific achievements, to get to know the educational systems of different countries and to establish new relations. Two of our students represented the Faculty of Law in Zagreb with the presentation " Reform of the legal system in the republic of Croatia   -  adjustment to the requirements of the European union".

Professor Svetlik is a renowned professor of social policy, and was Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs in the government led by Borut Pahor (2008-2012).

"How the Slovenian government, reacted to the economic crisis by social policy",  the Department of Social Work, Nazorova 51, 13 April 2012. (Friday) in the hall I, starting at 11.00 o'clock.

On the occasion of signing the Cooperation Agreement with University of Pittsburgh School of Law professor Ronald Brand of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law gave a lecture under the title ' Legal Education in the United States' on 27 March 2012. 

'French – language of the law', a round table organised by the Faculty of Law in Zagreb together with the University of Zagreb, took place on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb. 

Students of the Faculty of Law, gathered at the club "Vladimir Bayer" won the sixth competition in regional human rights which took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 20 to 22 April 2012 .

Mag. Gregor Novak of the University of Vienna spent two days at our Faculty on April 2nd within the framework of an Erasmus teaching assignment and gave lectures within the International law seminar. 

Dr. Aarón Castillo Fernández, executive director of the Phoenix institute and law professor at the University Panamericana in Mexico visited the Faculty of Law in Zagreb on March 26th 2012.  

István László Gál of the Pécs University’s Faculty of Law held a lecture under the title  "Transnational Justice on the Example of Countering the Financing of Terrorism in the USA and in Europe" within a one week intensive course "CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH CRIMINAL LAW & SECURITY STUDIES" (Law and Politics of Transnational Justice: The Past, Present and Future of International Criminal Justice) which took place in Dubrovnik on 26.03.2012. 

The Faculty of Law in Zagreb invites you to a lecture by Kerry David Burns on Louisiana civil law. Lecture will take place on Thursday, April 5, 2012. at 14,30 o'clock at the Faculty hall, Trg m. Tita 14, 2nd floor.

Faculty of Law in Zagreb is hosting forty foreign exchange students this year. The first Orientation Day for Erasmus students took place on Friday, 30th of September 2011.