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General Assembly Brazil 2022

The LSGL Commemorative Meetings were hosted by FGV Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil between 25-27 July 2022. Deans and scholars from Law Schools Global League member schools discussed the future of legal education and how to make it global. Many issues such as climate change, refugees, populist nationalism, and democratic regression were also addressed during the meetings.

10th Summer School (18-29 July 2022)

The 10th Law Schools Global League Summer School 2022, is open for registration, and we take this opportunity to send you more information about it.

 

The 10th LSGL Summer School will take place between July 18t to 29th, 2022, and for the first time the Summer School will take place in two cities. The Summer School will hapen from July 18th to 22nd at FGV DIREITO SP in São Paulo, and from July 25th to 29th at FGV DIREITO RIO in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  

More details about registration and practical information is available in the brochure attached. 

This year the following courses will be offered:

First week – July 18th to 22nd at FGV DIREITO SP (exams will be in the last day of the course)

AI challenges, governance, and legal services

Prof. Marina Feferbaum, FGV DIREITO SP

Prof. Greenbaum Dov, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya)

Comparative Tech Law and Policy

Prof. Riccardo de Caria, Universitá di Torino

Prof. Aviv Gaon, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya)

Second week – July 25th to 29th at FGV DIREITO RIO (exams will be in the last day of the course)

Climate Change Law: Challenges, Technology and Sustainable Development

 Prof. Rômulo Sampaio, FGV DIREITO RIO

Automation and the Law

Prof. Giancarlo Frosio, Queen’s University of Belfast

Prof. Nicolo Zingales, FGV DIREITO RIO

The tuition will cover the following expenses:

  • Course;
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  • Airline ticket from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro on July 24th;
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  • Light lunch during the week;
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  • Some Social activities.

The Summer Course will have the following costs for each student:

  • Tuition – € 1.000,00;
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  • Airline ticket from home Town to São Paulo and return from Rio de Janeiro to home Town;
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  • Health and travel insurance;
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  • Accommodation (a special rate will be provided to the Students in the selected hotels) + food (dinner at week days and lunch and dinner in the weekends);

Requisites:

* LL.B, JD and LLM Students;

* Proof of English proficiency.

Please fill in the attached registration form for each student and send it to: cri.direitosp@fgv.br

IE LEGALTECH VENTURE DAY MADRID

On May 24th, 2022, the fourth edition of the Global Legaltech Venture Day event will take place in Madrid, Spain. IE Law School, in partnership with LexisNexis, and the Law Schools Global League, will select a finalist from among the many startups making their pitches.
These finalists, together with the finalists from Lisbon and Bogota, will participate in South Summit . They will pitch to an exclusive panel of juries comprised of investors, VCs and mentors – all pioneers in the legal and business worlds.
If you are part of a Portuguese legaltech  startup dedicated ingenious and sustainable solutions for day-to-day legal practices, then this competition is for you.
Find out more here, and apply before May 13th!

There are two ways to apply:

https://www.f6s.com/ie-legaltech-venture-day-madrid/apply

https://events.ie.edu/event/ie-global-legaltech-venture-day-20220217100310?locale=es  

Details: https://events.ie.edu/event/ie-global-legaltech-venture-day-20220217100310?locale=es

Legaltech Venture Days

On May 2, 2022 the first stop of the Fourth Edition of the Legaltech Venture Days will happen in Lisbon. IE University Law School, in partnership with the Católica Global School of Law of Portugal, Lexis Nexis and the Law Schools Global League, will choose a startup finalist to pitch their project, together with the finalists from Madrid and Bogota, at the IE stage in the South Summit to an exclusive panel of juries comprised of investors, VC’s and mentors – all pioneers in the legal and business worlds. If you are part of a Portuguese legaltech startup dedicated to developing ingenious and sustainable solutions to improve day-to-day legal practices, then this competition is for you.

Find out more HERE, and apply before April 15th.

For more details: click here

Preparatory Deans Meeting 2022 – Madrid

After the pandemic, the League members gathered first time in person for the Deans Meeting hosted by IE Law School in Madrid on 17-18 March 2022.  The agenda included many projects as well as administrative businesses of the League.

Details of the program:

DAY I:

FINANCIAL REPORT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

REPORTS FROM DIRECTORS OF LEAGUE AFFAIRS

PRESENTATIONS OF CANDIDATE MEMBERS

PRESENTATIONS ON NEW LEAGUE COLLABORATIONS AND PROJECTS

UNIDROIT’S DIGITAL ASSETS AND PRIVATE LAW PROJECT

 

DAY II:

RESEARCH WORKING GROUPS MEETING

  • BUSINESS & LAW
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  • INTERNATIONAL
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  • TRADE AND INVESTMENT LAW
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  • PRIVATE LAW & INSTITUTIONS
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  • ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

 

PRESENTATION OF THE JEAN MONNET CENTRE FOR  THE AUTOMATION OF LAW

WORKSHOP: ACTIVE LEARNING AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN LAW AND TECHNOLOGY

WORKSHOP: ACTIVE LEARNING AT THE  INTERSECTION BETWEEN LAW AND TECHNOLOGY

 

Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era

Event: “Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era”

Date/Time: WEDNESDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2021, 3:30PM – 4:45PM (SGT) (75MINS)

Get the Book here:*
*https://bit.ly/3nqhVC2

Speakers:

·       Dr Colin Picker, Professor and Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong Australia KEYNOTE)

·       Dr Weihuan Zhou, Associate Professor and Director of Research, UNSW, Sydney

·       Dr Ding Ru, Associate Professor, China University of Political Science and Law

·       Dr Daria Boklan, Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia

·       Dr Che Luyao, Assistant Professor, China University of Political Science and Law

·       Dr Simon Chesterman, LSGL Co-President, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

·       Dr Martin Hogg, LSGL Co-President, Professor and Head, School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway

Based on the book “Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era” by Editors, Amrita Bahri, Weihuan Zhou and Daria Boklan, this virtual book launch is proudly hosted by the Law Schools Global League (LSGL).