European Conference
EWLA Congress in cooperation with Czech colleagues
New Trends and Developments in Law and for Lawyers in Europe
& Launching of the Czech Women Lawyers association.
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Programme and registration form to download at the see below (end of this page).
Venue:
Hotel Jalta, Prague 1, Václavské nám.818/45,
Tel. +420 222 822 888 www.jalta.cz
PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 14 MAY - MORNING
9h30
Arrivals- Registration
OPENING SESSION
10h00-10h15
Ms Elisabeth Mueller, (Germany), Lawyer, President of EWLA, Vice- President of the German Women Lawyers Association (DJB):
"Establishment of Women Lawyers Associations in the New Member States"
10h15-10h30
Ms JUDr. María Cilinková (Czech Republic), Lawyer, and
Ms Iva Jermanová (Czech Republic), Lawyer:
"The Project of a Czech Women Lawyers Association"
10h30-11h00
Opening of the congress
Ms JUDr. Dagmar Lastovecka (Czech Republic), Judge of the Constitutional Court:
"New Trends and Developments in Constitutional Law in the European Union and in the Czech Republic"
11h00-11h30
Ms Sophia Spiliotopoulos (Greece), Lawyer, Vice president of EWLA, Member of the Commission´s Network of Legal Experts on the Application of Community Law on Equal Treatment between Men and Women:
"The Draft European Constitutional Treaty- EWLA´s Position"
Discussion
11h30-11h45
Coffee Break
FIRST SESSION
11h45-12h15
Ms Dominique de La Garanderie (France), Lawyer, Head of Delegation, France, Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE), Past President of the Bar of the Paris Court of Appeal, Honorary President of the French Association of Women Lawyers (AFFJ):
"The CCBE Code of Conduct for Lawyers in the European Union"
Discussion
12h15-12h45
Ms Leena Linnainmaa (Finland), Deputy Director, The Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland, Member of the Board of EWLA for Finland:
"Corporate Governance: Recent developments in the EU - New Corporate Governance codes"
Discussion
13h-14h30
Lunch
SECOND SESSION
14h30-14h50
Ms Ana Carla Vairinhos Rosa (Portugal), Lawyer, member of the Portuguese Women Jurists Association (APMJ):
"The Prospects for (Women) Lawyers after Accession to the EU: More Competition or More Clients? -A Practioner´s View"
14h50-15h10
Ms Ana Stanic (Slovenia/ United Kingdom), Visiting Fellow, The British Institute for International and Comparative Law/ Consultant, The European Lawyer (view CV):
"The Prospects for (Women) Lawyers after Accession to the EU: More Competition or More Clients? - A Journalist’s View"
Discussion
15h20-15h45
Coffee Break
THIRD SESSION
15h45-17h30
"Launching of the Czech Women Lawyers Association"
(in Czech Language with English Summary).
Ms JUDr. María Cilinková (Czech Republic), Lawyer, and
Ms Iva Jermanová (Czech Republic), Lawyer
- Presentation and Discussion of the Constitution
- Election of the Board
17h30
End of the Conference
THE ORGANISATION OF THIS EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR PARTNERS,
- THE COLLEAGUES FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC
- THE SPEAKERS
- THE EUROPEAN LAWYER