Exchange Student Welcome Day - Summer Semester 2022/2023

The student team from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb has won the third place at the Central and Eastern European Moot Competition, held last weekend at the IUC Dubrovnik. 
Eighteen teams from various law faculties in Central and Eastern Europe participated in the competition. The students representing our Faculty were Lea Blažević, Grgur Plavec, Alix Uzelac Vedriš, and Karlo Žalac.

International Student Conference "Current State and Upcoming Challenges of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law, 2023" took place on May 5th, 2023, in a hybrid form at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb. The Conference was organized by the Croatian Association for Legal and Social Philosophy and the Theory of Law and the State (CALSP), with the support of Zagreb Faculty of Law. Its aim was to bring together young researchers in the field of legal theory and philosophy of law, as well as those employing both doctrinal and empirical approaches to law with a strong philosophical and conceptual content.

Faculty of Law University of Zagreb hosted from 23 to 27 January 2023 the PEPP (Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates - http://www.pepp-home.eu/) during which doctoral candidates from 8 countries from prestigious universities such as universities in Münster, Leuven, Valencia, Cambridge, Bonn, Katowice, Maribor, Genova, Zagreb, and the Bucerius Law School, as well as Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, attended lectures in private law, organised by the Chair of Civil Law. Furthermore, the doctoral candidates had a rich social programme within which they toured Zagreb and Zagreb City Museum, visited the Croatian National Bank and even had an opportunity to practice salsa dance! The programme shall continue in March at the University of Leuven, whereas the programme shall end in June at the University of Genova.

In an event organised by the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb and in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Croatia, a guest lecture was given by His Excellency Mr. Henk Voskamp, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Croatia, entitled Soft Power in a Harsh Reality: The EU and the Global Threat to the Rules-Based Order. This is the second guest lecture in a series of lectures on Law, Society and Democratic Public Governance. This guest lecture was part of the introduction to the working visit of a delegation from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, which will take place next week at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, as part of a UNIC project coordinated by the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and, at the level of the University of Zagreb, by the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.

The European continent is once again ravaged by war. The destruction is incalculable, the loss of human lives and displacement is great and tragic. This is a war that has violated fundamental international norms, prohibiting the threat of force and the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb condemns the military activities of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine and expresses solidarity with the people of Ukraine and all those affected by this aggression. As a community of legal scholars and scholars of other related disciplines, we are aware of the importance of the right of all nations and individuals to security and the importance of the rule of law. We are committed to ending the aggression and preserving all human life.

Today's hybrid conference on What comes next? - Croatian - French Discussion on the Priorities of the French EU Presidency, organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb and in cooperation with the Embassy of the French Republic in the Republic of Croatia, was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Prof. Dr. Ivan Koprić, emphasizing that the priorities of the French presidency are connected to Croatia's strategic goals, along with European and global long-term challenges. Moreover, he emphasized all of the priorities that will be discussed in four panel discussions from the French, Croatian, European and global perspective. Additionally, he thanked all the speakers from France and Croatia, the panel moderators, and the large number of participants who followed the conference live and online, noting that such initiatives are crucial, both for the international cooperation of our Faculty, and for stimulating intellectual debates on some of the most pressing global challenges.