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ELESS 2018 – European Law and Economy Summer School

The first summer school organised in cooperation between the Faculty of Law in Rijeka and the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Ika, with the support of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung ended on 13 July 2018. 26 students from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and Slovenia participated in this year’s summer school.
ELESS: European Law and Economy Summer School has achieved its main objective of becoming an ideal summer meeting point for students in social sciences, primarily law and economics. Set in a stimulating environment and applying innovative learning methods and multidisciplinary approaches, ELESS has provided students with an opportunity to expand their knowledge and competences about legal and socio-economic aspects of the functioning of the European Union. The lectures and workshops were held in English and organised within 2 modules: Legal aspects of the EU and Socio-economic aspects of the EU. A multidisciplinary team of 20 lecturers consisted of professors and practitioners with many years of research and experience in the presented topics.
The official opening started with speeches by Prof Dr Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Rector of the University of Rijeka, Prof Dr Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Dean of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka and Prof Dr Dora Smolčić-Jurdana, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management. On the last day of the school, special guest lecture via video link was held by Prof Dr Vesna Tomljenović, the Croatian judge at the General court of the EU.