by Lauriane Labourel | Dec 20, 2021 | Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Events at Villa
The CEELI Institute was honored to once again support the organization of the Annual Conference of Chief Justices of Central and Eastern Europe, this year hosted in Bled and Ljubljana by the Supreme Court of Slovenia, in October. This Conference was originally...
by Lauriane Labourel | Dec 20, 2021 | Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Events at Villa
On December 8th, the CEELI Institute’s 20th Anniversary celebration was held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The celebration brought together friends, colleagues, alumni, and many others connected to the Institute since its inception. Retired Supreme Court...
by Lauriane Labourel | Dec 20, 2021 | Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Events at Villa, Highlights
In October, the CEELI Institute co-sponsored and hosted a high-level roundtable on threats to judicial independence in Europe with the Czech Union of Judges, in conjunction with the Union’s Annual Meeting. Keynote speaker for the event was Vera Jourova, Vice President...
by Lauriane Labourel | Sep 13, 2021 | Anti-Corruption, Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Highlights
Longtime friend and faculty member Jean-Michel Ferat was recently appointed as the newest member of the CEELI Institute’s International Advisory Board. Mr. Ferat is currently a Senior Managing Director at Ankura in the Washington D.C. area. He first became...
by Lauriane Labourel | Sep 9, 2021 | Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Events at Villa, Highlights
The CEELI Institute was thrilled to resume in-person programming on September 6, 2021, after more than a year of exclusively online program delivery. The continuing relatively low levels of pandemic conditions in the Czech Republic and other participating countries,...
by Lauriane Labourel | Sep 8, 2021 | Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Highlights, Strengthening Judicial Independence and Integrity
We’ve all sat through seminars, conferences, and (more recently) webinars where a potentially fascinating topic is presented in the most boring, unengaging way possible. We leave those experiences frustrated and unlikely to retain as much of the content as we might...
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