The 19th session of the Jean Monnet Seminar, organised by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Zagreb – Faculty of Law, will focus on the topic "Impacts of COVID-19 on EU Law". Paper proposals may cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to: · Influence of COVID-19 on free movement in the EU · Next Generation EU recovery fund · COVID-19 and EU migration law · Impact of COVID-19 on the EU's public health policy · COVID-19 and EU fundamental rights. The seminar entails two parts – talks by prominent speakers (academics and senior practitioners) and presentations by PhD candidates and early-career academics. Organisers welcome researchers interested in presenting a paper dealing with the topic of the Seminar. Candidates are invited to apply by submitting a paper proposal (500 words max) and a CV by 1 February 2022 to jmseminar.dubrovnik@gmail.com . Accepted candidates will be invited to submit their papers for publication in the Croatian Yearbook of European Law & Policy ( https://www.cyelp.com/ ). https://www.pravo.unizg.hr/EJP/jean_monnet_seminar/dubrovnik_seminar_2022

The International Mobility Office of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb organized Welcome Day for international students on Thursday, 30th of September 2021 in the Faculty building in the Upper Town, Ćirilometodska street. The Faculty is hosting 55 international exchange students from 13 different European countries this winter semester, which is an encouraging number given the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Zagreb officially celebrated its 350th anniversary with a celebration that took place on November 3, 2019 at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. Many prominent members of the academic community, dignitaries and top state officials attended the ceremony. The President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, officially presented the dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Igor Gliha, PhD, with the Charter of the Republic of Croatia to commemorate more than one hundred years of existence of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.

In 2018 the  book of great significance for legal practice award was awarded to the book titled "Consumer Protection Against Irregular Contractual Terms - Principles and Standards of Protection in European Union Court Decisions" by full professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law Tatjana Josipović, Ph.D. The nomination was submitted by "Narodne novine", the publisher of the book. Professor Tatjana Josipović received the award from judge Damir Kontrec.

Professor Nina Vajić, a retired professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law and judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg in the period from 1998 to 2012, received the highest award of the Jadranko Crnić Foundation - Jadranko Crnić Award for lifelong contribution and outstanding achievements in the legal profession and promotion of the rule of law in the Republic of Croatia. The nomination for the award was submitted by the Croatian Association of Women in the legal profession.

Our colleague professor Tamara Perišin was appointed as judge of the General Court of the European Union for the period from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2025. The General Court is one of the two courts constituting the Court of Justice of the European Union, together with the Court of Justice itself. It is the court of first instance for the majority of decisions taken by the Commission and other EU institutions and bodies, in all areas where the European Union holds competences.

"Capella juris", the choir of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb,  received a silver medal with a total of 88.7 points in the category of classical choirs with a traditional repertoire at the 5th Croatian Traditional Vocal Music Competition held on May 11, 2019 at the Concert and Congress Hall Vatroslav Lisinski.

Students Manuel Kralj, Dominik Kranjčec, Anamarija Vlašić and Dominik Žugaj represented the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law at the the Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in the field of International Commercial Arbitration, held from 12 - 18 April in Vienna. In a competition of 372 teams, our students were among the top 30 teams that won the honourable mention for Claimant.

Head of the Chair of Criminal Law Professor Davor Derenčinović, PhD was elected president of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) at the Group’s 34th plenary held from 18 to 22 March 2019 in Strasbourg.  GRETA comprises leading experts coming from the countries signatories to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.  The mandate of GRETA members runs four years, while the President and the Vice-Presidents are elected for a mandate of two years. 

On 23 November 2018 in Strasbourg, the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law team of students -  Karlo Brekalo, Nika Gavrilović, Mirta Kuštan, Martina Muža, Lana Radišić and Josipa Verović -  won the finals of the 6th Trans-European held at the European Court of Human Rights. The competition took place before three judges of the European Court of Human Rights. The University of Zagreb Faculty of Law team competed against the winners of the regional competition among 12 Nordic teams – the Danish Lannung team from Copenhagen.