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VMU Faculty of Law is one o the most modern and fastest growing academic institutions of legal education in Lithuania. The faculty has around 1000 students, the staff is comprised of the highest quality specialists of law from Lithuanian and all over the world. Studies are conducted by using modern interactive methods of education, students reach the excellence in the fluency of legal English. The faculty offers over 50 different courses in legal and interdisciplinary fields, the basic part is taught be the experts of Lithuanian law, while most of the electives – by the foreign specialists of law. The faculty has the cooperation and exchange agreements with many of the foreign academic institutions, students have perfect possibilities to spend part of their studies abroad, international summer schools are organized, students with impeccable behavior during their studies receive the Michigan State University certificate in Transnational Law. The alumni of the VMU Faculty of Law are not only successful in being employed in the basic legal professions in Lithuania, but also are very competitive in the international sphere.

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NEW BOOK FROM THE VMU FACULTY OF LAW — INTRODUCTION TO LITHUANIAN LAW

VMU Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the publication of a new book — Introduction to Lithuanian Law. It is first publication of this kind in Lithuania and the world, and also a significant achievement and outcome of the long and collective work of the scholarly team of the VMU Faculty of Law.

IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION TO LAW: THE CHANGING ROLE OF LEGAL ETHICS

DATE: 2011 m. september 30 d.
LOCATION: Vytautas Magnus University
_____ S. Daukantas st. 28, Kaunas, Lietuva.

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The Law faculty of Vytautas Magnus University is hosting a professor of Michigan State University

In the period of May 16-25, 2011, Prof. Bruce W. Bean, a visiting lecturer from Michigan State University, USA, has lectured on “Comparative company law” at Vytautas Magnus University Law faculty.

The significance of Comparative company law is beyond doubt in the present-day globalizing world. The activity of companies is increasingly crossing the boarders of one state or region; even the activity of companies functioning exceptionally in one jurisdiction is at present inevitably influenced by various international and transnational factors that demand mastering the understanding of respectful regional or international legal systems and their regulation.

The summer semester is starting today! The first cycle of lectures is devoted to Legal Psychology

In the period of May 2-13, 2011, Professor Don P.Judges, a law practitioner, will be giving lectures on Legal psychology at VMU Law faculty. The professor graduated the Maryland University Law School with highest grades in 1983 and received the MA in Psychology at Johns Hopkins University. In 1999, Prof. Don P.Judges obtained a Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree at Tulsa University.

Visiting professor Theodore M.Lieverman to teach fourth - year students

J.D. Theodore M. Lieverman (USA), a practitioner and Doctor in Social Sciences and Law, will give lectures on “Election Law” at VMU Faculty of Law on February 28 – March 9, 2011. This will be his first visit in Lithuania.