Ecological futures in law, next week at Amsterdam Law School as part of the European Law School Network Summer Academy Keynote by Suzanne Kingston (EU Court of Justice) &20+ speakers from participating Faculties Always been a believer in inter-university alliances &networks - this was fun to plan!

The European Commission has received 170 applications for strategic projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act, covering lithium, nickel, cobalt and graphite for batteries, most of which focusing on extraction and processing. single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commissio…

25 yrs of the German Law Journal, what a journey for this academic 'startup' born in the corridors of the Federal Constitutional Court! With great speakers & friends, we'll look back, chart the present & ask what's in the stars for the GLJ's future. Join in Berlin on Sept 20! 🎂

Great energies at the European Law School Network Summer Academy and a student manifesto on ecological futures that should be on EU lawmakers‘ desks! Thanks to the 20+ speakers from all universities in the network for such dedicated sessions.

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The bike racks are full and the buzz is back: Happy start of the semester to all Amsterdam Law School students and staff, in particular to the new cohort in our 'European Private Law' LLM whose learnings will reach beyond 'Europe', the 'private', and hopefully also 'law'!

Our recent Call for Special Issues attracted m-a-n-y excellent submissions & the selection gave our editors a real headache. But, excited to announce three wonderful projects to look forward to, to appear in our upcoming volumes (2025/26):

Fall 2024 IBT Virtual Discussion Series! Featuring Victoria S. Sahani Anu Bradford Michael Burstein and Mariana Pargendler and Fiona Murray, with discussants from World Bank and Sequoia Capital. Join us! Msg me to join the email list. #International #business #corpgov #contract #ibt

Our new interdisciplinary initiative on 'Digital Infrastructures of Sustainability Regulation' (DigiChain) Amsterdam Law School with Antoine Duval went live today @ESIL2024Vilnius! For project details: act.uva.nl/research/resea… More soon!

Two weeks to go to our 25th Anniversary in Berlin! We're excited to host two Keynotes by Marco Buschmann & Adam Bodnar & three panels with distinguished legal scholars from around the world! Register at eventbrite.de/e/german-law-j… to celebrate with us & Max Planck Law & Cambridge Core

The next iteration of our Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law Lecture Series Amsterdam Law School explores the 'Value(s) of Private Law' in 2024/25. First semester with comparative, corporate, transnational and LPE perspectives, all details below. All sessions hybrid, drop by or zoom in!

The new Research Priority Area Decolonial Futures UvA Amsterdam offers funding for research stays. This is a collaboration between Law, Humanities and Social Sciences. Please help share within your networks! Deadline to apply 30 September 👇

Kicking off the German Society of Comparative Law’s 3-day conf on ‘Global South – Global North’ in various areas of law Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, w/ Michele Graziadei (Università di Torino) calling to de-center Europe in the study and practice of legal transplants Program: gfr.jura.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente…

📢💥LPE BOOK SERIES BY CUP💥 We are very excited to announce the launch of a new book series by Cambridge University Press on 'Law and Political Economy'. Spread the word and send your proposals :) lpeineurope.org/announcement-o…

Growing debates on value highlight crises in inequality and ecology. Law plays a dual role—upholding societal values yet enabling unequal systems. Join us 10 October Amsterdam Law School for the conference 'Law & (De)Valuation Practices'. acil.uva.nl/content/events…

Concluding Day 1 of the inaugural German Law Journal 'Transnational Junior Faculty Forum' ahead of our 25th anniversary in Berlin: Papers that will excite any editor, by a diverse group of scholars, each working at the frontiers of their fields. Program below👇

Day 2 of the inaugural 'Transnational Junior Faculty Forum' in full swing - exciting papers engaging with the EU material Constitution, citizenship, social security, judicial independence & criminal policy. Full details of the✨scholars & titles in the program below.

My wonderful Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law colleagues Sébastien De Rey & Francesca Episcopo are recruiting a PhD student on private law remedies in the data economy. Perfect topic and team for aspiring private lawyers of tomorrow - circulate, reach out, apply! vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Re…

'Transnational Junior Faculty Forum', day 2: What a ride - learned abt new Swedish punitiveness by Sigrid Nikka (Lund University), an LPE critique of Chilean privatisation by Benjamín Alemparte, & the EU's ambivalent policies of judicial 'lustration' in Eastern Europe by Arnisa Tepelija

Happy faces to end our inaugural 'Transnational Junior Faculty Forum' in Berlin jointly with Max Planck Law. Frankly blown away by the themes and quality of the papers, hopefully soon coming to a law journal near you... The format will continue, stay tuned for our next call!