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AI training for lawyers in Law and AI laboratory at the Faculty of Law Maribor

Publish date: četrtek, 23. januar 2025 | Expiration date: sobota, 31. januar 2026

The Law and AI laboratory at the Faculty of Law Maribor hosted a lecture on the topic "AI for Lawyers."

The lecture was given by Mariia Sokolova, a PhD student at the Faculty of Law Maribor, who is researching the impact of artificial intelligence on law.

Participants were discussing the many aspects and opportunities of the usage of AI in law. 

This was also the first lecture in a series of lectures that the Faculty of Law Maribor will be holding for its students and other interested public.

We would therefore like to kindly invite everyone interested to join us for the future activities at the Law and AI laboratory!

Warm regards,
Faculty of Law, University of Maribor

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Benefactor Appreciation Award of the Faculty of law University of Maribor granted to the Institute of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law, Faculty of Law, University of Graz

Publish date: torek, 22. oktober 2024 | Expiration date: petek, 31. oktober 2025

Award was granted to the Institute of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law, Faculty of Law, University of Graz for its significant contribution to the progress and prestige of the Faculty of Law, University of Maribor. The award was presented on the Day of the Faculty of law, University of Maribor on 11 October 2024. 

The work of the Institute of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law, Faculty of Law, University of Graz focuses on austrian, european and international civil procedural law, including its links with commercial and civil law, insolvency and restructuring law, credit insurance law, enforcement law, procedural law dogmatics and legal issues at the interface between civil procedural law and substantive law. The Institute's Chair, Prof. Dr. Bettina Nunner Krautgasser, who is also council member of the Institute of Civil, Comparative and Private International Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor and of the Accsess to Civil Justice portal (ACJ), is a professor of Civil Procedure Law at the University of Graz. Prof. Dr. Nunner Krautgasser is also the author or co-author of numerous publications and highly regarded textbooks. It must also be highlighted that Prof. Dr. Nunner Krautgasser has always been willing to share her wealth of expertise and experience with partners, especially with partners in Maribor.

The long-standing cooperation between the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor and the Faculty of Law in Graz, as the two closest law faculties in the region, began in 1992. The Institute of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law has a special place in this cooperation, as since the time of its former chair, the esteemed Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jelinek, numerous joint activities have been taking place, ranging from joint seminars to research projects. Prof. Dr. Bettina Nunner Krautgasser has continued to be very supportive of her Institute's outstanding willingness to cooperate with the Institute of Civil, Comparative and Private International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Maribor and the Institute of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law, Faculty of Law, University of Graz remains the first partner in the long-standing successful application and implementation of projects in the EU programme on cooperation in the field of civil and criminal justice.

As Prof. Dr. Bettina Nunner Krautgasser was temporarily detained, the award was accepted by the Chair of the Institute of Civil, Comparative and Private International Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor Full Professor Dr. mult. Dr. h.c. Vesna Rijavec.

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Law and AI LAB opened at the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor

Publish date: četrtek, 3. oktober 2024 | Expiration date: torek, 28. oktober 2025

With the start of the new academic year 2024/2025, a new Law and AI laboratory has started operating at the Faculty of Law, University of Maribor.

The Law and AI Lab is a pioneering research hub dedicated to exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and law. Its mission is to train the next generation of legal professionals who can effectively navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by AI.

Lab is at the intersection of computer science knowledge and in-depth legal expertise.

Based on the Law and AI Lab, clinics, summer schools, and specialized courses can be offered to prepare law students to navigate the fast-evolving landscape of AI technologies in legal practice.

We kindly invite all those interested to join us in the work at the laboratory!

 

EXPERT MEETING IN HANNOVER

Publish date: sreda, 8. maj 2024 | Expiration date: četrtek, 29. maj 2025

The consortium comprising of eight partner institutions and overseen by the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor, convened an expert meeting in Hannover (Germany) from December 14th to 16th, 2023, as part of the EU-funded "Digi-Guard" project.

 

The project focuses on addressing challenges related to electronic service of documents, electronic evidence, and videoconferencing in civil and commercial matters across EU borders.

Apart from the University of Maribor, project partners include Leibniz Universität Hannover, Universiteit Maastricht, Sveučilište u Rijeci, Pravni fakultet, Universität Graz, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, and Cepris d.o.o.
Attending members of the Maribor Faculty of law include Prof. Dr. Vesna Rijavec, Prof. Dr. Tomaž Keresteš, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katja Drnovšek, Assist. Dr. Denis Baghrizabehi, and Jasmina Klojčnik.
The participants outlined crucial guidelines for the project's final research phase, particularly emphasizing the need for comparative legal analyses. These analyses will draw upon a comprehensive collection of national reports from the 15 EU Member States to identify effective procedural legal frameworks and opportunities for adopting best practices or achieving future harmonization.