Cross-Border Litigation and International Arbitration

About

The world-wide relevance of cross-border civil litigation is growing.
The diffusion of world-wide online activities, the higher mobility of people and families across national borders, the globalisation of economic and financial activities have contributed to increase the relevance of transnational disputes.
Such disputes present complicated issues of jurisdiction, applicable law, available remedies, recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions and it is fundamental, for both law students and law practitioners, to have a deep understanding of this dimension.
Several years ago, the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna has started a specific program dedicated to this area of the law: the Ravenna Summer School on cross-border litigation and international arbitration.
It all started in 2019, when Prof. Michele Angelo Lupoi decided to create, at the University's Ravenna Campus, a space for discussion and dialogue on cross-border litigation.
His goal was to create a community of scholars and enthusiasts of the subject, to explore together issues of common interest, in a convivial atmosphere.
A Summer School was considered to be the best way to create such a community: an intensive event, of necessarily concentrated duration, to enable the creation of a community for studying and researching.
The place was immediately identified in the city of Ravenna, an ancient imperial capital, rich in history and culture, where Dante's poetry meets the joy of living of the Romagnola Riviera.
In July 2019, therefore, the first edition of the Summer School was held.
After a “ghost” second edition in 2020, year after year, the Summer School established itself as an important reality in the field of private international law.
Every year, the Ravenna Summer School offers a different program, in an effort to always bring something new to the participants (especially because several of them keep returning, year after year!).
Since 2024, the program combines topics of transnational litigation before State courts and international arbitration.
While at the core of the program lies the European space of justice and its private international law regulations, the comparative and international perspective has strengthened over time, with several lecturers coming from non EU countries.
The approach is both theoretical and practical: lectures mix with workshop and also with roundtables dedicated to specific topics.
The Faculty of the Summer School is composed of experts from different jurisdictions with very diverse professional and cultural backgrounds.
The Director of the School is Prof. Michele Angelo Lupoi, who teaches Civil Procedural Law at the University of Bologna. The Vice-Director of the School is Marco Farina, Adjunct Professor of Civil Procedural Law in Rome.
The Ravenna Summer School is directed at law students as well as law graduates and law practitioners who want to obtain a specialised knowledge in this complex and fascinating area of international civil procedure.
It is possible to attend the Ravenna Summer School both in person and online.
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Registrations to the Ravenna Summer School are open now.
It is possible to register until 30 June 2025.
The registration fee is 300,00 €.

Course leader

Michele Angelo Lupoi

Target group

Law students / law graduates / lawyers / post-grad students and researchers.
Applicants with non legal backgrounds will also be considered. Please write to prof. Lupoi

Course aim

The Summer School is aimed at law students as well as law graduates and law practitioners who
want to obtain a specialised knowledge in the increasingly relevant area of transnational civil law.
At the end of the Summer School a certificate of attendance will be released

Fee info