On
the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Law of the Uni- versity
of Ljubljana, the Solemn Academy was organised, which took place on 27 May 2021 in the Gallus Hall of
Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana. The head of the Programme and Organising Committee
of the Solemn Academy was Professor Katja Škrubej. A series of events in honour
of the centenary was concluded with the Solemn Academy, which began in October
2018 with the unveiling of a monument in the main faculty hall in memory
of the formation of the first
Slovenian government the SHS National
Government in Ljubljana. On the same day, the Law
Faculty International Forum, under the leadership of Professor Janez Kranjc,
organised a round
table discussion Challenges and Perspectives of the Highest European Courts, attended by
the President of the Court of Justice
of the European Union, Professor
Koen Lenaerts, and the
President of the European Court of Human Rights, Professor Robert Spano. The
discussion was led by London attorney Shaheed Fatima QC and NYU professor
Joseph H. H. Weiler. The round table discussion was held by videoconference.
Key words: Law Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, solemn academy, Court of Justice of the
EU, ECtHR.