Prof. Dr. Felix Steffek seminars

We invite you to the seminars on legal research methodology by Prof. Dr. Felix Steffek (Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge and Senior Member of Newnham College). The seminars are intended for academic staff and doctoral/master students. They will be held on 8 November (Saturday) in the room L-102 (MRU Research and Innovation Hive, Didlaukio g. 55, Vilnius).

From 9:45 to 11:15 – seminar "Comparative Law Research Methods".

This seminar explores the use of comparative law as a research method. It provides an introduction to different types of comparisons and to essential approaches. For example, the tertium comparationis, i.e., the third element of a comparison, is discussed. The seminar also engages with the insights and limits of comparative law approaches.


From 11:30 to 13:00 – seminar "Artificial Intelligence and Legal Scholarship".

This session investigates the use of machine learning and natural language processing for legal scholarship. The following examples are explained and discussed: predicting court decisions, extracting legal information from

large legal datasets and the creation of legal datasets for AI-based research. The session is also an opportunity to consider how AI impacts the creation and consumption of legal research.

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Prof. Dr. Felix Steffek will also deliver two lectures on 6-7 November:

"Law and Economics in Research: An Introduction to Agency Theory in Corporate Law Research"

Date: 6 November 2025
Time:13:30-16:00 (EEST)
Place: MRU, I-312, Ateities g. 20, Vilnius
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"Technology and Corporate Insolvency Law"

Date: 7 November 2025
Time: 14:30-16:00
Place: MRU, I-324, Ateities g. 20, Vilnius
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You may also like the following events from MRU Socialinių inovacijų doktorantūros mokykla:

• Next Wednesday, 22nd October, 04:15 pm, Prof. Dr. Rudi Roose lecture "Writing for international publications" in Vilnius
• Next Thursday, 23rd October, 04:00 pm, Prof. dr. Agotos Giedrės Raišienės paskaita „Mokslininko lyderystė: nuo tyrimo iki poveikio“ in Vilnius
• Next month, 17th November, 04:00 pm, Paskaita „Praktinis teoretikas: derinant disertacijos rašymą su darbu ir gyvenimu” in Vilnius

Also check out other Workshops in Vilnius.