The Board of professors of Faculty of Law of University of Latvia on January 19, for the post of associated professor in field of national law has elected Doctor of Law, the Senator of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate of the Supreme Court Jautrite Briede.

The senator Briede in 2006 at University of Latvia has gained the degree of Doctor of Law in field of national law. She is one of founders of system of administrative proceedings in Latvia and one of recognised specialists in the field of administrative proceedings and administrative law, scientific editor of comments to Administrative Procedural Law, the expert of Academy of Sciences in field of law.

Jautrite Briede has worked at the Faculty of Law of University of Latvia since 1995. From 1999 till 2004 she is a founder and first director of the Centre of Legal Assistance and Practice of the Faculty of Law of University of Latvia, she has worked out several courses of instruction and programmes in a field of administrative law, administrative proceedings, comparative administrative law and legal assistance. At present the senator reads several courses at the Department of Sciences of National Law, she was the adviser for more than 50 Master Papers and 2 Doctor Papers.

Since moment of creation of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate of the Supreme Court in 2004, Jautrite Briede combines scientific and teaching work with the work of the senator in the Supreme Court. She admits that work load is very heavy, but work in the Supreme Court and University supplement and improve each other, thus both works are of equal importance.

Three senators of the Supreme Court have gained degree of Doctor of Law, and they are also lecturers of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia – the professor Kalvis Torgans, associated professor Jautrite Bride and associate professor Janis Neimanis.

According to the Law “On higher education establishments”, person, who has gained a degree of Doctor, can be elected in public competition for the post of associated professor for the term of six years. Main tasks of associated professor are research work, working as advisor for Master and Doctor Papers, and also provision and management of studies.

 

 


Information prepared by

Head of the Division of Communications of the Supreme Court Rasma Zvejniece

E-mail: rasma.zvejniece@at.gov.lv, telephone: 67020396, 28652211