YUFE Academy programme related to the Europe Day!
The YUFE Alliance is once again marking Europe Day with a rich YUFE Academy program! Throughout May and June, a series of lectures, workshops, and events open to all interested participants awaits you. You can find the full program and additional information about the YUFE Academy and registration for other lectures at this link.
The Science Festival 2026: Mock Courtroom “Plastic Justice”
On the final day of the Science Festival, April 25, 2026, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka presented its recognisable PRAVRI mock courtroom activity titled “Plastic Justice” for younger audiences at the Children’s House from 10:00 to 13:00. The activity was led by Prof. Dr. Ivana Kunda, joined by collaborators Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danijela Vrbljanac, […]
The Science Festival 2026: Worshop in Opatija Gymnasium
As part of the Science Festival, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka participated with a workshop for high school students titled “Nuclear Energy: Salvation or Threat – Who Has the Right to Decide?” held at the Eugen Kumičić Gymnasium in Opatija on April 24, 2026, from 16:45 to 18:00. The workshop was led by assistant […]
Students Explore the Rule of Law at the American Corner
Students of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka took part on April 23, 2026, in a lecture titled Freedom 250: From Courtroom to Constitution—John Adams and the Foundations of the Rule of Law, delivered by Mr. Kevin Peter Curran, Assistant Attaché and Vice Consul at the Embassy of the United States of America in Zagreb. […]
The Faculty of Law in Rijeka has adopted the COPE Guidelines
On 25 March 2026, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka adopted the COPE Guidelines aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), thereby further strengthening the principles of open science, transparency, equality, and inclusiveness in its publishing policy. As part of the SDG Publishers Compact initiative, the Faculty enhances the international credibility of its publications, […]
Calls Open: Summer School and Workshop on Consumer Law and Green Rights in the EU
The University of Udine, together with its partners, has announced two exciting opportunities for students, researchers and practitioners interested in European consumer and market law, with a particular focus on sustainability and the circular economy. The first call invites participants to register for the Summer School “Consumer and Market Law in the European Circular Economy” to be […]
“English for Entrepreneurship” Language Project Honoured with YUFE Outstanding Collaboration Award 2025
The “English for Entrepreneurship” language project, implemented by UCJO in collaboration with the University of Rijeka (Faculty of Law), the University of Cyprus, the University of Antwerp, the University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun and the University of Eastern Finland, received the YUFE Outstanding Collaboration Award 2025. The jury commended the internationalization of education, support […]
Faculty Workshop for Children Marking World Consumer Rights Day
On Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 10 to 12 h, we held a popular science workshop to mark World Consumer Rights Day. The workshop for children, titled Small consumer, standing tall – because I know it all!, aimed to help children—through games and a quiz—become aware that they themselves are consumers and to understand some […]
Paula Šamanić Matijević defended her doctoral dissertation
Assistant Paula Šamanić Matijević defended her doctoral dissertation entitled Improving the Quality of Legislation and Better Regulation Policy Instruments on 26 February 2026 at the Faculty of Law in Rijeka. The defense was held before the Committee for the Public Defense of the Doctoral Dissertation, composed of Associate Professor Dr. Sanja Grbić (University of Rijeka, […]
PRAVRI participating at the 5th E-Learning Day
The fifth E-Learning Day, organised by the Committee for Online Learning of the University of Rijeka, was held on 26 February 2026 at the University Campus. This year, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka was represented in the section addressing best practices, in which experiences regarding the digital transformation of the course Legal Writing (“Putem digitalne […]
Fair-in-Debt project kicked off
On 13 and 14 February 2026, the kick-off meeting within the project 𝙁𝘼𝙄𝙍 𝙄𝙉 𝘿𝙀𝘽𝙏 – 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨-𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙪𝙩-𝙊𝙛-𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙀𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙏𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨 was held in Maribor, Slovenia, at which PRAVRI project team was represented by Prof. Dr. Eduard Kunštek. The programme of the meeting is below. For the next two years, the […]
Toruń Economic and Legal Summer Program – Call for Applications
Faculty of Law in Toruń, which is one of our partners within the YUFE Alliance, opened the call for applications to attend the Economic and Legal Summer Program. More information is available at: https://tssp.umk.pl/telsp/topics.html.
Upgrade of the Faculty’s network infrastructure
The Faculty of Law in Rijeka is one of only about twenty Croatian faculties—and the only law faculty—that has been participating in a pilot study within the e-Sveučilišta (e-Universities) since 2023, and since 2024 also in pilot activities and the development of a model of the digital maturity system of higher education in Croatia. During […]
Faculty and students received the University annual academic recognitions and awards
As part of the traditional holiday reception held on 18 December 2025 at the Rectorate of the University of Rijeka, the Acting Rector of the University of Rijeka, Prof. Dr. Davor Vašiček, conferred academic recognitions and awards. These included a plaque awarded to Full Professor with tenure Dr. Budislav Vukas; awards for teaching excellence granted […]
Rijeka Doctoral Conference: RIDOC 2025 successfully held
Rijeka Doctoral Conference: RIDOC 2025 was successfully held on 12 December 2025, organised by the Doctoral Study Programme of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka, in a hybrid format – on site at the Faculty and via Microsoft Teams. The conference had special significance as it marked ten years since the first Rijeka Doctoral Conference […]
Doctoral Colloquium with Ava Borrasso
On 16 October 2025, the Library of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka hosted another doctoral colloquium organized within our Doctoral Study Program, RiDoc. The topic of today’s session was “Cross-Section Study of Dynamics in Dispute Resolution“. The guest lecturer was Ava Borrasso, Chartered Arbitrator and Attorney at Law from the United States of America. […]
Giornata di studio del Nord Adriatico – temi giuridici di attualità officially opened
On September 22, 2025, the seventh edition of the North Adriatic Scientific Colloquium – Current Legal Topics / Giornata di studio del Nord Adriatico – temi giuridici di attualità is taking place at the Faculty of Law in Rijeka. The event was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka, Professor Dr. […]
Presentation at the EPIP Annual Conference 2025
Dr. Richard Rak presented a joint paper co-authored with Prof. Dr. Ivana Kunda, entitled “Intellectual Property (IP) Governance in the European Health Data Space (EHDS): Flexibilisation Raises Stakes for Healthcare Researchers and Innovators in the EU”, at the EPIP 2025 Annual Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. The presentation, which addresses IP governance within the EHDS, emphasised […]
RIDOC 2025: Call for Abstracts
Mark your calendar for RIDOC 2025, taking place on Friday, 12 December at the Faculty of Law in Rijeka. This international conference is designed for doctoral students in law and related disciplines who want to present, challenge and refine their research ideas in front of an expert academic panel – and connect with peers from […]
Visit of the dean of the Faculty of Law in Camerino
We were pleased to welcome Dean Prof. Dr. Lucia Ruggeri to the Faculty of Law in Rijeka, where she met with the Dean Prof. Dr. Dario Đerđa, Vice-Dean for Research Prof. Dr. Ivana Kunda, Vice-Dean for International Cooperation Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stjepan Gadžo, and the Faculty officer Jelena Mitrović. The meeting held on Tuesday, 8 […]