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A gavel in court with an European flag in the background
Three new elective courses (14.11.2014)
In the spring semester 2015, the Faculty of Law offers two new elective courses taught in English. The third will start in 2016.
Four studens from University of Bergen at the Great Wall of China.
Law studies with a side of culture (09.09.2014)
Last year was the second time the Faculty of Law at UiB sent exchange students to China. They returned with an exciting mix of Chinese culture and international law in their suitcase.
telegraden, konkurransetilsynets kontorer
BECCLE-seminar with Director Genral of the Norwegian Competition Authority: 'Competition and Regulation' (28.08.2014)
This picture from 1956 shows Russian trawlers seized by the Norwegian coast guard for poaching in Norwegian waters. A United Nations treaty has since contributed to reducing such tensions over international waters.
A constitution for the Seas (22.04.2014)
An increase in world trade led to the initial regulation of the sea. Now changes in climate and the environmental create a need for new regulations.
Studenter på forelesning.
New elective courses at The Faculty of Law (15.01.2014)
This spring we will offer two new elective courses:" EU and EEA Public Procurement Law" and "Constitution and Politics".
Photography of the Norwegian Constitution of 1814 at Eidsvoll
1814: from autocracy to democracy (28.11.2013)
When the Norwegian Constitution was adopted in 1814 it represented a dramatic break from the absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege of the past.
Jan Erik Hatling
Obituary: Jan Erik Hatling (24.10.2013)
It was with great sadness that the Faculty of Law received the news of the passing away of Jan Erik Hatling on Thursday 10 October.
Maria Husebye fotografert i rettssalen der ho prosederte.
Learned EU law from moot court competition (13.03.2013)
One semester as an exchange student in Uppsala, Sweden, resulted in fifth year UiB student Maria Husebye going to Brussels to take part in an international moot court competition. «I've learned a great deal», she says.
Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg
Spotlight on the international family (28.02.2013)
Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg is one of those lucky people who have lived to see the career path she chose in her youth, growing ever more relevant and interesting with time. On January 25th she received her honorary doctorate at the UiB.
Studying abroad changes you (14.08.2012)
– When you return to your country, you will be a new person. Studying abroad changes you, Professor Sunde tells the new international students at the Faculty of Law.
Sjølv om ein kan føla seg liten i millionbyar som Beijing og Shanghai, er...
Starts cooperation with Chinese universities (09.02.2012)
Law students from the University of Bergen may now study at some of the best law faculties in China!
A CITY OF CONTRASTS: Moscow is a city full of contrasts; A mixture of cupolas...
Expands cooperation with Russian universities (23.03.2011)
- We were given an especially warm welcome in Russia, and there is an interest in extended cooperation between the two countries, says the dean Asbjørn Strandbakken.
International offensive from Faculty of Law (26.01.2011)
Every third student that graduated from the Faculty of Law in 2009 had studied abroad for a while. This is an increase of more than 450 percent since 2002 and the trend looks set to continue in 2010.
HIMALINES: Participants from Nepal and Bergen seen here on an excursion to...
Filling in for John Birks (12.01.2011)
It was necessary for law professor Ernst Nordtveit to step in and hold the opening lecture at the biodiversity conference in Kathmandu in Nepal, at very short notice.
The new law students were having a guided tour at the faculty
The world has entered the Faculty of Law (19.08.2010)
- Norway is quite exotic to us Southern Europeans, says Pedro Leal (25), one of the newly arrived exchange students at the faculty.
New book on European Legal Cultures (29.03.2010)
Law is culture because it's also a question about conceptions and expectations.
Representatives from Law Faculties from all over the world, answering...
International Day 21 January 2010 (20.10.2009)
At the Faculty of Law we will again host an International Day. The aim is to give our students as much information and inspiration as possible about exchange possibilities.

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