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Civil law internship is the stage of consolidation, deepening and approbation of theoretical knowledge acquired previously in the field of students' civil sciences. The duration of the practice is 9 weeks and it is organized in the first semester of the studies. The main tasks of the internship are to ensure that the student understands the normative acts that regulate the legal protection activity characteristic of the practice place, acquire the skills of a lawyer, be able to independently develop the documents of the legal sphere corresponding to the specifics (functions) of the practice place, acquire skills in the work of a lawyer with persons in civil law field. Practice organization issues are defined in the Practice Regulations of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia and the specific practice program available on the e-learning site.

In the 2011 Moot Court Competition , the winners were University of Latvia Faculty of Law students Aija Freiberga and Ģirts Strazdiņš . The Best Oralist title was awarded to Karina Truhanova . Information about the students' achievements was published in the journal Jurista Vārds on July 5, 2011 , Issue No. 27 (674) . The Patron of the Moot Court was Dr. iur. Jānis Kārkliņš , a lecturer at the University of Latvia Faculty of Law and a sworn attorney, and the moot problem was prepared by Martins Osis , a doctoral student at the University of Latvia Faculty of Law. From 2009 to 2016 , the civil law moot court competition was organized by ELSA Latvia .

Students enrolled in the UL Doctoral School of Lifelong Learning will be offered involvement in comparative research projects, including in the ASEM Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning. Within the frameworks of these projects, doctoral students can conduct practice-oriented and cross-disciplinary research using international methodologies on learning benefits and impact. The UL Doctoral School In LLL will provide young researchers and their research supervisors with opportunities to improve their competences by using English language and media and help them to create independent institutions, enterprises or systems of education for the future by offering innovative solutions for raising human capacity and, as a result, for employability, life-skills and sustainability. The UL Doctoral School in LLL provides a path for the development of research results and the direct impact on education policy, and finding solutions for life-wide learning, human capacity, employability

The conference has been organized by the Department of Contrastive Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting in cooperation with the Latvian Association of Interpreters and Translators since 2015. The conference offers the annual winter session of topical discussions about translation studies and translation industry in the Baltics. The conference enables practitioners, researchers, students and academic staff to share insights, ideas, concerns and research projects about the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of translation and interpreting today and tomorrow.

Workshops organized within the framework of the UL Doctoral School “Functional materials and nanotechnologies” take place every Wednesday at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Ķengaraga street 8. Representatives from industry, local and foreign researchers as well as the students themselves take the floor during the seminars and talk about topical subjects and research in the fields of functional materials and nanotechnologies both in Latvia and the world.

The aim of the course is to provide to the students quality learning of theoretical knowledge and research skills in sentence execution law. The course provides knowledge on the content of sentence (criminal punishment) execution law, policy on sentence execution and its development, its role in prevention of crimes; aim of sentence execution; sentence execution institutions (including prisons) and their tasks; development of most important penitentiary ideas; internationally recognised recommendations in work with convicts by emphasising requirements set out in Recommendation Rec(2006)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Prison Rules. The course turns attention to the meaning and functions of the State Probation Service, understanding of various forms of supervision in society and practice in the Republic of Latvia; as well as experience of foreign legislators, basic knowledge of terminology in sentence execution law in English. In order to achieve the aim

Students from the Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia: Santa Ratnika, Ance Drīksne, and Sindija Erele. The award for Best Orator was given to Anatolijs Orehovs, while the participants recognized sworn advocate and University of Latvia Faculty of Law graduate Egons Rusanovs as the Best Judge. According to the judges’ evaluation, the best written work was prepared by Anatolijs Orehovs, Kristiāna Bernāne, and Staņislavs Sviderskis. Information about the students' achievements was published in the journal Jurista Vārds on April 26, 2016. Photo gallery of the competition: Preliminary rounds and semifinals (photos by Zane Stira); Final and awards ceremony (photos by Klāvs Vasiļevskis).

The Faculty of Humanities, as the faculty of languages, pays special attention to the cooperation with foreign institutions, funds and embassies of the countries, which languages are taught at the Faculty. The cooperation includes various support programmes, help with teaching materials, language courses, specialists, participation in events, as well as student scholarships, internships, etc. The Faculty of Humanities participates in various international projects, together with foreign colleagues and partners organizing international conferences, publishing the collections of articles (see the section Research). Moreover, the successful cooperation with HEI of other countries is a solid basis for the inclusion of our students into the versatile European and world labour market.