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The success of our students at the SLAM Moot Court competition
This year, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka participated with two student teams in the international moot court competition in sports arbitration - the SLAM Moot Court Competition. This is the third year of our participation, and this year 37 universities from all over the world took part in the competition, many of them with more than one team, of which the following should be highlighted: Bologna University, Italy; Ghent University, Belgium; King’s College London, UK; UCLA School of Law, USA; Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; University of Chicago, USA; Edge Hill University, UK; Institut D'Etudes Francophones - Université Paris XIII - Sorbonne, France etc.
MOOC presentation at the E-learning day of the University of Rijeka
During the E-learning Day held at the University of Rijeka on Thursday, 29 February 2024, Associate Professor Dr. Sandra Winkler participated in a session focused on showcasing best practices through course presentations and delivered a presentation she developed together with Assistant Professor Dr. Danijela Vrbljanac entitled "Development of a MOOC for Legal Professionals."
The development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) designed as the third and final phase of education within the project "E-training on EU Family Property Regimes (EUFAMPRO)" No. 101008404-JUST-AG-2020/JUST-JTRA-EJTR-AG-2020, co-financed by EU funds under the Justice program, was presented, in which the Faculty of Law in Rijeka participated as a partner in an international consortium.
Faculty of Law in Rijeka hosted the 2nd session of the UEFA Football Law Program
In the week from 19 to 23 February 2023, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka hosted the 2nd session of the UEFA Football Law Programme, which took place in Prague - Czech Republic - at the premises of the Czech Football Association and the football clubs Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague. The session was chaired by Associate Professor Vanja Smokvina in the capacity of session director.
The next session will be hosted by Ca' Foscari University in Venice.
You can find out more about the programme here.
Virtual Student Visit to the EU Court
On January 15, 2024, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka and its Institute for European and Comparative Law organized a virtual visit to the Court of Justice of the EU for students of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka. During the visit, meetings were held with Croatian members: Prof. Dr. Tamara Ćapeta, an advocate general of the Court of Justice, and our Prof. Dr. Vesna Tomljenović, a judge of the General Court of the European Union.
Through individual presentations by the speakers, students gained a clearer picture of the function, structure, and work of the Court. For anyone aspiring to work there one day, the need to be proficient in the French language was particularly emphasized.
To make this visit comprehensive, students had the opportunity to participate in a virtual tour of the buildings and premises of the Court of Justice of the EU. Although virtual, the tour provided students with insight into the Court as a place where special importance is given not only to functionality but also to art as part of European culture.
We express our gratitude to the speakers for the valuable and interesting information and to the other employees of the European Court of Justice for organizing this visit and their pleasant cooperation.
2nd number of Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy Journal published
On 20 December 2023, the second number of our Faculty's e-journal Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy Journal, vol. 1 no. 2 (2023), was published. You can access the journal and the relevant issue here. |
3rd Jean Monnet Students' Sports Law Conference
On December 11, 2023 the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law – Sports Law, Sports Policy and Sports Diplomacy Centre with its Jean Monnet Chair in EU Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy (Croatia) and Edge Hill University – Centre for Sports Law Research with its Jean Monnet Chair in EU Sports Law & Policy (UK) organised the third edition of the international sports law students mini conference, named as Jean Monnet Conference.
We are very proud of our student Iva Josipović who presented a paper on Anti-discrimination law and sport, and our Erasmus + students who have presented their papers also in the name of our Faculty. Ádila Carolina Magalhães presented the paper on Sports Negligence, Mariana Mendes Ávila Costa on Sports Stadium Issues (both from University in Porto, Portugal) while Nils Schmidt (Universität Siegen, Germany) presented a paper on Sport and Criminal Law in Germany. They are all enrolled at the course EU Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy at the Integrated study program of law.
Program
A workshop was held on the social status of athletes in Olympic sports
On Tuesday, 21 November 2023, a workshop on the social status of athletes in Olympic sports was held at the headquarters of the Croatian Volleyball Federation in Zagreb. The workshop was organised by the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law and its Centre for Sports Law, Sports Policies and Sports Diplomacy - the head of the centre and regional coordinator of the project, assoc. prof. Vanja Smokvina.
This is one of the project activities of the Erasmus + Sport project „SOPROS“, in which participated Tomislav Družak, State Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Croatia; Josipa Klišanin, Head of the Labour Sector at the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Croatia; Biserka Vrbek, prof. Romana Caput Jogunica and Snježana Pejčić on behalf of the Croatian Olympic Committee along with Blanka Vlašić, President of the NOC of CRoatia Athletes' Commission; Frane Žanić, President and Valentina Bifflin, Director of the Croatian Volleyball Federation; Zoran Primorac, President of the Croatian Table Tennis Federation; Luka Jakovčev on behalf of the Croatian Water Polo Federation; athlete Bruno Erent on behalf of the Croatian Athletics Federation; Mario Jurić, President of the Croatian "Football Union"; Marija Anzulović on behalf of the Croatian Olympic Club; Suzana Šop, Secretary General of the Sports Association of the City of Zagreb and Katja Luketić, Secretary of the Sports Association of Primorje - Gorski Kotar County.