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International Scientific Conference "Companies in a Changing Society - Towards a New Corporate Governance Culture"
On November 15, 2019, an international scientific conference titled “Companies in a Changing Society - Towards a New Corporate Governance Culture” was organized by the research team of the project „Legal aspects of companies’ restructuring – towards new corporate governance culture“ (uniri-drustv-18-43) and the Department of Corporate and Financial Law of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka. Invited speakers from Croatia and abroad, referents and discussants coming from different scientific fields participated at the conference - academic experts, practitioners and students. In the interdisciplinary atmosphere, various aspects of corporate governance transition from the perspective of both listed and closed/family companies were discussed in the first conference block, while the topic of the second was the management of companies' human resources in an innovative way, given the emergence of new forms of work and employment.
Our student elected as the Student’s ombudsperson at the University of Rijeka
We are honored to announce that the Assembly of the Student Council of the University of Rijeka elected third-year student of integrated law studies, Sven Sušanj, as the head of the Office of the student's ombudsperson and the Student's ombudsperson of the University of Rijeka. In this place, he succeeds Vita Jurković, also a #pravri student. We are pleased that Mr. Sušanj's election continues a legacy of our students who have performed the responsible duty of the student's ombudsperson and we expect the incumbent ombudsman to carry out his duties for the good of all students of the University of Rijeka.
Erasmus + Mobility Agreement signed with the Italian university Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna
The University of Rijeka signed the Erasmus + Mobility Agreement with the Italian university Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna, for the field of law. Students and Staff will be able to realize the mobility starting from the academic year 2020.-2021. Please see other agreements the Faculty of Law offers in our Erasmus agreement map, as well as more information on Erasmus + here.
Our teacher on the meeting of experts
One of our faculty members, Ass. Prof. Iva Tuhtan Grgić held, with Assoc. Prof. Gordan Stanković, had a presentation on Conversion, lawful investments, acquired rights and legitimate expectations. The presentation was the keynote element of a meeting of experts on the topics covered by professors Grgić and Stanković. The meeting was held in Rijeka, at the Hotel Jadran and encouraged an interesting discussion. We hope that its results will reach the ears of the legislator.
Head of the Government Office for Legislation at our Faculty
On 19 November 2019 the delegation of the Office for legislation of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, led by the Head of the Office Ms. Zdenka Pogarčić, visited the Faculty of Law in Rijeka. The meeting was the opportunity to talk about closer cooperation between the Office and the Faculty, in particular concerning the training of students and sharing the academic and professional experience between the two institutions.
Students' visit to the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Justice
On 13 November 2019, students enrolled in Administrative Law visited the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Justice.
After the first part of the introduction in which the President of the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia, Ante Galić, has given an overview of the administrative dispute, in conversation with the judges of the Court, Sanja Otočan and Blanša Turić, the students had an opportunity to learn more about the administrative procedure and administrative dispute in administrative legal cases.
The second part of the day was concluded in the Ministry of Justice in which Mirela Fučkar, Assistant Minister at Ministry of Justice, has explained work, organization and functioning of the central state administration bodies. After that, executive officials of some departments in the Ministry, took part in the discussion about development of various administrative conducts.
International conference “Digital Transformation – Societal and Technological Aspects”
On 25 October the Faculty hosted an international conference, “Digital Transformation – Societal and Technological Aspects”, within the project Legal aspects of digital transformation of society (uniri-drustv-18-252). Scholars were grouped in four consecutive panels that dealt with ethical, legal, linguistic, economical and other challenges standing before the implementation of digital technologies in a range of issues. The conference was attended both by members of the teaching staff and students, confirming the relevance of the topics the conference was dedicated to for both legal theory and legal education.