Cross-border litigation and international arbitration

blended course

The Ravenna Campus of the Department of Juridical Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy) has been very active, in the past years, in the organisation of Summer Schools dedicated to issues of International, European and Comparative law. In this context, since 2019, Prof. Michele Angelo Lupoi has started a Program on Cross-Border Disputes, dedicated to the organization of summer schools, conferences, webinars on issues of transnational civil litigation. As a matter of fact, the relevance of cross-border civil litigation is growing. The diffusion of world-wide online activities and the globalisation of economic and financial activities lead to the spreading of transnational disputes, which involve issues of jurisdiction, private international law, available remedies, harmonisation of procedural rules. It is therefore fundamental, for both law students and law practitioners, to become accustomed with this dimension. This year’s program looks at cross-border litigation from a wider perspective, embracing transnational civil and commercial legal matters as well as international arbitration. While at the core of the program still lies the European space of justice, with its private and procedural international law regulations, the comparative and international perspectives are strengthened, with several lecturers from Third States. As usual, the approach is both theoretical and practical: as a matter of fact, lectures alternate with workshops which will involve the participants in the solution of cases and problems. The Faculty of the Summer School is composed of experts from different jurisdictions with very diverse professional backgrounds.

Course leader

Prof. Michele Angelo Lupoi

Target group

Law students, law graduates, law practitioners

Course aim

The Summer School aims at granting the particpants a specialised knowledge in an increasingly relevant area of transnational civil law. A certificate of attendance will be released at the end of the School.

Fee info

EUR 300: Registration fee, lecturing materials, access to recorded lectures.