Experiences and practical implementation of child-friendly justice project
Speaker: Sabina Klaneček (Councilor at Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia), Gaja Štovičej (Director General at Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia) Convenor: Alina Ontanu
European small claims procedure and the Scan2 project
Speaker: Marco Giacalone, Research Professor and Co-Director Research Group DIKE (Digitalisation and Access to Justice), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Convenor: Anne Wallace
Judicial Counter-Reforms in Romania and the role of national judges in order to preserve the Rule of Law
Speaker: Dragos Calin, Judge, Bucharest Court of Appeals Convenor: Simone Benvenuti, University Roma Tre Abstract: In Romania, 2018-2019 legislative amendments, backed by the Constitutional Court, limited the freedom of expression of judges and prosecutors and established a separate prosecutor's office for the investigation of offences by judges and prosecutors. These measures, supossedly taming the judiciary, [...]
Fostering Effective Online Dispute Resolution in the European Judicial System
Speakers: Federica Casarosa (European University Institute), Marco Giacalone (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Zbynek Loebl (PRK Partners) Convenor: Anna Van Duin
Methodology and Findings for the Western Balkans Trial Monitoring Project
Speaker: Francesco de Sanctis, international consultant Convenor: Simone Benvenuti
General Assembly (online)
General Assembly of members of the Justice Administration Research Association
Informal Judicial Institutions
E-SeminarSpeakers: Katarína Šipulová (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic), David Kosař (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic) Convenor: Marco Fabri
Challenges in Hungarian Judiciary : an insider perspective
E-SeminarConvenor: Simone Benvenuti, University of Roma Tre Speaker: Anna Madarasi, Judge, co-chair of the Association of Hungarian Judges Res Iudicata
Reviving the Italian Court System: The Role of Judicial Assistants
E-SeminarConvenor: Alina Ontanu, Assistant Professor, Tilburg Law School, Netherlands Speaker: Eleonora Ferrari, PhD candidate and research assistant University of Bologna, Italy "This presentation explores the impact of judicial assistants in Italy and their potential role in reducing case backlogs and managing court workload. The research addresses the challenges of measuring their effectiveness, considering the various [...]
Judicial Stress: The Unmentionable and the Undeniable
Convenor: Alina Ontanu, Assistant Professor, Tilburg Law School, Netherlands Speaker: Dr Carly Schrever, Director, Human Ethos: Wellbeing for Judges and Lawyers Associate Professor, Law School, University of Western Australia The UN General Assembly recently voted to declare 25 July the International Day for Judicial Wellbeing. This is off the back of a growing global conversation [...]
2025 JAR-Association Conference
University of Limoges Limoges, FranceRegistration is now open for JAR-Association's second Conference, which will take place in Limoges, France from 10-13 June 2025. The formal conference sessions on 11-12 June will take place in the Law Faculty, at the University of Limoges. As indicated on the program, we hope to organise an informal catch up for delegates on the [...]