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Nordic Blogs

  • Barnerettsbloggen
    Terskelen for å avlyse eller stanse samvær under beskyttet tilsyn - Rettslig ramme og ansvarslinjer Beskyttet tilsyn er den mest inngripende tilsynsformen i samværssaker. Tiltaket brukes når samvær er til barnets beste, men...
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  • kritiskjussblogg
    Skal bankene få velge selv om de vil hjelpe svindelofre? - Svindel utgjør et alvorlig samfunnsproblem, og diskusjonen under Arendalsuka avdekket at det er svindlerne som ofte unngår ansvar. Bankene må ta ansvar f...
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  • Kritisk juss
    Skal bankene få velge selv om de vil hjelpe svindelofre? - Svindel utgjør et alvorlig samfunnsproblem, og diskusjonen under Arendalsuka avdekket at det er svindlerne som ofte unngår ansvar. Bankene må ta ansvar f...
    6 days ago
  • Olav Torvunds blogg
    Aftenposten og sykling på rødt lys - Denne kommentaren ble publisert i Aftenposten 28. oktober 2025. De valgte også en annen overskrift enn min: Trafikklys her bidrar til å undergrave folks re...
    1 week ago
  • Anne Rambergs blogg
    Migrationsministern spolar Europakonventionen och svensk lag - Sveriges migrationsminister Johan Forssell uppvisar inte bara återkommande prov på synnerligen obehagliga åsikter när det gäller människor som har sökt sig...
    2 weeks ago
  • Blogging for Sustainability - Faculty of Law
    Sustainability: what is it and according to whom? - [image: Human, Skin, Head] By Christopher M. Bruner, 23 October 2025
    2 weeks ago
  • Maria Abrahamsson
    Första kapitlet - Bakom skärmarna i den hermetiskt slutna kartläggningscentralen satt underrättelseenhetens radarpar Anders och Erik. I månader hade de följt Tommys GPS, avt...
    1 month ago
  • Personvernbloggen | Datatilsynets blogg om personvernspørsmål
    Kameraovervåking av hus og hytte. Noen enkle råd fra Datatilsynet - Kameraovervåking er et tema mange er opptatt av – ikke minst nå på høsten når mange vil ut i høstfjellet, men oppdager kamera i hyttefeltet. Vi får jevnlig...
    1 month ago
  • Immaterialretts­trollet
    Generaladvokatens anbefaling i C‑590/23 Pelham II: "You shall not pastiche" - *Saken som gjennom 26 år har vært fire ganger i tysk høyesterett (BGH) og én gang i den tyske grunnlovsdomstolen er nå inne i sin andre behandling for EU...
    1 month ago
  • andebark.se
    Den 12 oktober 2022 släppte jag en världsnyhet! - Oj, vad det är svårt att sätta rubrik på ett föredrag. Vad tycker du om den här? ”Den 12 oktober 2022 var Ystadsbon Annika Andebark med om att presentera...
    2 months ago
  • byggejuss.no
    Standardkontraktene i bygg/anlegg skaper unødvendige rettssaker - Artikkelen ble publisert i Byggeindustrien – bygg.no 01.09.2025 I dagens standardkontrakter NS 8405, NS 8407 og i utkastet til NS 8408, samt i tilhørende...
    2 months ago
  • Båtjuss og båtliv
    Angrerett ved fjernkjøp av båt - [image: RETT TIL SJØS - Båtadvokatens e-bøker og kjøpekontrakt] *RETT TIL SJØS - Båtadvokatens e-bøker og kjøpekontrakt* De fleste kjenner konseptet angrere...
    6 months ago
  • The Magnus Legal Blog
    What is a temporary residence permit? - [image: work permit in norway] Norwegian immigration law provides for both permanent and temporary residence permits. The terminology surrounding these p...
    8 months ago
  • § UHURU
    Привет, мир! - Добро пожаловать в WordPress. Это ваша первая запись. Отредактируйте или удалите ее, затем начинайте создавать! Сообщение Привет, мир! появились сначала ...
    10 months ago
  • Johan Hirschfeldt
    Att vårda vår författningskultur - är rubriken på ett tal som jag höll när Juridiska fakultetens i Uppsala årsbok de lege 2024 med titeln Regeringsformen 50 år 1974 – 2024 presenterades vid ...
    1 year ago
  • Mark Klamberg
    Medverkan i SR ekot om attacked via personsökare - Jag har medverkar i SR Ekot 18 september 2024 nder rubriken "Misstänka attackerna i Libanon är ett brott mot folkrätten säger professor i folkrätt". Båd...
    1 year ago
  • Rule of law
    Ligestilling blandt topdommere - Er det diskrimination, når embedsmænd aktivt prøver at få kvinder til at søge en stilling som dommer ved Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedsdomstol? Det gav ...
    2 years ago
  • Svensk rättshistorie
    Tips om seminarieserie arrangerad av Helsinki Legal History Series - Föreläsningarna hålls på plats i Helsingfors men det finns även möjlighet att vara med digitalt. During 2023, the CoCoLaw Project and EuroStorie Centre of ...
    2 years ago
  • Bystemmer
    Jeg vil være hele meg - I Sverige trengte jeg aldri å skjule hvem jeg var. Der er det ganske akseptabelt i samfunnet å være rom. I Norge er det dessverre annerledes. Jeg heter A...
    3 years ago
  • blawblaw
    Juridik och konsumenträtt - Juridik är något som kan tyckas vara rätt anvacerat och ointressant för gemene man. Detta trots att vi alla kommer i kontakt med det dagligen i olika forme...
    3 years ago
  • Jura for alle
    Hybride mismatch – fradrag for driftsomkostninger – check the box – dobbelt medregnet indkomst - Dato for udgivelse 01 Dec 2021 08:54 Dato for afsagt dom/kendelse/afgørelse/styresignal 23 Nov 2021 13:09 SKM-nummer SKM2021.644.SR Myndighed Skatterådet...
    3 years ago
  • Jussbloggen
    Hvor mye kan man få i voldsoffererstatning? - Det er store beløp som utbetales i erstatninger til voldsofre hvert år. Formålet er at den som er blitt påført skader etter handlinger som grov vold, voldt...
    4 years ago
  • Allan Ohms
    Humor, tillid og værdier og Forum Advokater - ”Hvis humor er en mangelvare i dit team, er det et klart faresignal, og din næste opgave vil være at ... The post Humor, tillid og værdier og Forum Advok...
    5 years ago
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European Blogs

  • EJIL: Talk!
    Leaving Out ‘Leaving it in the Ground’: The ECtHR’s Greenpeace Nordic Judgment - Introduction On 28 October 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) pronounced its judgment in the case of Greenpeace Nordic and Others v Norway, a...
    1 hour ago
  • Verfassungsblog
    Shaping the EU Digital Knowledge Agenda - The digital revolution has multiplied the potential for research and learning, which are preconditions for innovation and development. Nonetheless, the l...
    4 hours ago
  • EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY
    BOOK: Philip BAJON, Informal Decision Making in the European Community under the Luxembourg Compromise. The Law that Never Was (London: Bloomsbury/Hart, 2025) - (image source: Hart) Abstract: This book analyses the informal decision making process in the EU against the background of a gradually emerging Europe...
    6 hours ago
  • Conflict of Laws .net
    Rethinking Family Law Through a European Human Rights Lens: A New Collective Volume - What does it mean to respect family life in modern Europe? With families increasingly diverse and cross-border by nature, the concept of family law is unde...
    19 hours ago
  • European Society of International Law | Société européenne de droit international
    15th CILJ Conference | Call for Abstracts - 15th CILJ Conference *Reimagining International Law: * *Critical, Regional, and Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives **(In-person, Faculty of Law of the Univers...
    1 day ago
  • EU Sanctions
    Ukraine aligns with EU 19th Russia sanctions package and imposes Arctic-extraction related sanctions - To read this post, please log in at https://globalsanctions.com. Not a member? Join at https://globalsanctions.com/subscribe.
    2 days ago
  • Recent developments in European Consumer Law
    On the assignability of consumer claims under credit contracts: CJEU in Zwrotybankowe.pl (C‑80/24) - As consumer law remains under-enforced, it becomes all too common for consumers to assign their claims to third-party claim management companies, which typ...
    2 days ago
  • European Parliamentary Research Service Blog
    The 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework - The European Parliament is fully committed to ensuring an ambitious European Union budget that meets the Union's many challenges in the years to come.
    3 days ago
  • University of Bristol Law School Blog
    Students as Dealmakers: How a Corporate Law Simulation is Preparing Future-Ready Lawyers - by Rachael Campbell and Eleanore Hickman, University of Bristol Law School This post discusses pedagogical research and innovation within the Law School. I...
    3 days ago
  • ECHR BLOG
    Online Event on the ECHR and Immigration Detention - On Wednesday 12 November 2025 from 16:00-17:00 (CET), the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights is organizing an online event entitled 'Immigration ...
    4 days ago
  • JURIS DIVERSITAS
    Juris Diversitas 10th General Conference, Athens, 8-10 July 2026 - *CALL FOR PAPERS* [image: A close-up of a sign AI-generated content may be incorrect.] *LAW SCHOOL* *10th General Conference* *Athens, G...
    4 days ago
  • EU Law Analysis
    From COVID-19 to digital well-being: Precaution in the internal market - *Daan Bodson*, LL.M in European Union Law, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) *Photo credit*: US Dept of Defense, via Wikimedia Commons *Introduc...
    4 days ago
  • EU Law Enforcement
    Practitioner Networks complementing the Compliance Assurance Toolkit in EU environmental law - EU environmental law forms the foundation of approximately 80% of all national environmental regulations. At the same time, national authorities are strugg...
    1 week ago
  • Open Rights Group blog
    Say No to Digital ID - Digital ID cards could create a digital surveillance infrastructure that will change everyone’s daily lives. In September 2025, the UK Government announced...
    2 weeks ago
  • Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy
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    2 months ago
  • Latest EU News
    EU organises firefighting teams and fleet of aircraft to support wildfire-hit countries - [image: news]EU organises firefighting teams and fleet of aircraft to support wildfire-hit countries To prepare for the increased wildfire risk during the...
    3 months ago
  • David Allen Green
    What the Afghan ‘super-injunction’ tells us about the UK - Parliament and regulators are shrugging off a decision that freed the government from accountability
    3 months ago
  • How to Crack a Nut
    Summer hiatus -- back in September 2025 - Nidia Dias & Google DeepMind / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wishing you all a good and restorative summer...
    4 months ago
  • The Facts – UK in a changing Europe
    Gene editing - Gene editing involves using genomic techniques to accelerate genetic changes in organisms which could occur naturally or through conventional breeding. T...
    5 months ago
  • European Law Blog
    Call For Submissions – European Law Blogger Prize 2024 - Call For Submissions – European Law Blogger Prize 2024 The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is pleased to announce its first European Law Blogger P...
    1 year ago
  • UKSC blog
    Case Preview: Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council - In this post, Sarah Coates-Madden, Senior Associate at CMS, and Fiona Dalling, Associate at CMS, preview the decision awaited from…
    1 year ago
  • KSLR EU Law Blog
    ECB Legal Research Programme 2024: Call for Papers - The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently launched the Call for Papers for the ECB Legal Research Programme (LRP) scholarship 2024, which can be found o...
    1 year ago
  • BabyBarista
    Tips To Successfully Handle Your Personal Injury Case - Consideration was given for the editing and publication of this post. Serious injuries can happen at some of the most unexpected times in life. Not all o...
    3 years ago
  • GermanCivilProcedure.com
    How to Win Commercial Lawsuits in Germany - Get Your Free Copy of Our Civil Litigation Brochure Practical Information from a Court Savy German Litigator In the brand new brochure “A Short Guide to ...
    4 years ago
  • UK and European law – LSE BREXIT
    The UK can build a data-secure digital future - Citizens’ rights over their personal data have become a focal point of the ongoing WTO e-commerce negotiations. What is the role of privacy in the digita...
    4 years ago
  • EU Law – Regulating for Globalization
    Reconsidering the Recognition of Professional Qualifications post-Brexit - In two previous blog posts (one here on this blog and an earlier one on EU Law Analysis) I pre-emptively commented on the possible legal construction of ...
    4 years ago
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US Blogs

  • SCOTUSblog
    Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage - The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing ...
    13 minutes ago
  • Above the Law
    Morning Docket: 11.10.25 - * Donald Trump pardons Giuliani and other Big Lie ringleaders. [Reuters] * Judge Wolf is resigning so he can explain, as a Reagan-appointee, just how dan...
    34 minutes ago
  • Artificial Lawyer
    It’s Finally Happening – What Legal Innovators Told Us - It was emotional. And that’s not a phrase Artificial Lawyer often uses. After three intense days of Legal Innovators UK last week it was clear ...
    5 hours ago
  • iPhone J.D.
    [Sponsor] SaneBox: because your life is busy - I enjoy practicing law, but like many professions, it can consume as much time as you allow. For example, this past Saturday, I worked on an appellate brie...
    8 hours ago
  • Legal History Blog
    Ahmed, "Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS" - Cambridge University Press has published *Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS*, by *Aziza Ahmed* (Boston Universit...
    9 hours ago
  • beSpacific
    To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots - The New York Times Gift Article: “Experts say the new policy, which ditches software that automatically captured text messages, opens ample room for both w...
    11 hours ago
  • Above the Law
    Politeness Matters, Even In Biglaw — See Generally - *Kirkland Lawyers Sent To Etiquette School:* Feedback suggests they don't play well with others.. *DOJ Warns Judge That They're Not Going To Listen Anywa...
    15 hours ago
  • Judicial Watch
    Supreme Court Battle for PA Voter Rolls - Judicial Watch, AEF Ask Supreme Court for Access to Voter Records Judicial Watch Sues Pritzker for Records on Texas Democrat Lawmakers Judicial Watch Sue...
    2 days ago
  • Real Lawyers Have Blogs
    Clio’s Joshua Lenon and A.J. Axelrod Join Us on the Real Lawyers Podcast - Apologies for getting you this week’s Real Lawyers podcast a little later than normal—there’s just so much from our time at ClioCon 2025 to work through....
    2 days ago
  • Asbestos Case Tracker
    Order Granting Defendant Stephan Co’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction - Court: Business and Consumer Court of Maine, Cumberland County In this matter, Stephan Co. (“Stephan”) filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jur...
    3 days ago
  • Ad Law Access
    34 State AGs Settle UDAP Autorenewal Allegations Against “JustFab” Subscriptions - Last month, a group of 34 state attorneys general—led by D.C, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Texas—settled with TFG Holdings, a company known for brands suc...
    3 days ago
  • Canna Law Blog™
    Buying and Selling Minnesota Cannabis Licenses - Minnesota is the latest state to develop a secondary market for cannabis license sales. I’d call the Minnesota market “robust”, except that the Office of...
    4 days ago
  • JURIST _Legal News & Comments
    Trustee Toni Fickentscher joins the 30th Annual Meeting of Latin American Constitutional Courts in Brazil - From October 22 to 24, our trustee, Toni Fickentscher, notary candidate in Germany, participated as an international expert in the 30th annual meeting of...
    6 days ago
  • Faughnan on Ethics
    The importance of knowing how things work - I could have titled this post: “In case you needed another reason not to use LinkedIn,” but that wouldn’t be fair. No one actually needs any additional r...
    1 week ago
  • The Law for Lawyers Today
    NC Business Court Revokes Pro Hac Vice Admission and Imposes One-Year Practice Ban on Out-of-State Lawyer - The North Carolina Business Court recently issued an order revoking the pro hac vice admission of a Florida attorney and barring him from practicing in Nor...
    1 week ago
  • Lawyerist
    No Lead Left Behind: How Answering Legal Powers Smarter Intake for Law Firms - [image: Businesswoman with glasses answering a corded telephone at a desk in front of a window.]When you’re building a client base, every missed call cou...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Appeal
    Lockdowns, Violence, and “Barbaric Conditions” in a Federal Jail Known for its Famous Detainees - Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center often makes news for the celebrities detained there, but hundreds of other people at the jail face inhumane cond...
    4 months ago
  • Futurelawyer
    This feed has moved and will be deleted soon. Please update your subscription now. - We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: *http://feeds.feedblitz.com/futurelawyer* Update your reader now with this changed subscript...
    5 months ago
  • Feminist Law Professors
    Farewell to the “Feminist Law Professors” Blog - In January, 2006, Ann Bartow launched this blog as an exercise in community. In her inaugural post, Welcome to the “Feminist Law Professors” Blog, Professo...
    10 months ago
  • Stanford Center for Internet and Society
    Comments submitted to the BEREC Consultation on the Draft BEREC Report on the IP Interconnection Ecosystem - Location United States See map: Google Maps Author(s): Barbara van Schewick Publication Date: August 1, 2024 Publication Type: White Paper / Report Com...
    1 year ago
  • Legal Mosaic
    Creating A Gen AI-Era Legal Function: What It Means, Why It Matters, And Where To Start - The Pandemic accelerated the transition from an analog to a digital world. Concurrently, the accelerating pace and scope of technological change, a shifti...
    1 year ago
  • What About Paris?
    Henry Miller: The Classics - A man with his belly full of the classics is an enemy of the human race. — Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer (1934)...
    1 year ago
  • Eticalinvestigator
    How Good Investigators Think about Search Engines - Not as magic bullets, but as helpful reference librarians. Remember in middle school when you had to write a report about how many lobsters were caught i...
    1 year ago
  • Legal Profession Blog
    A Hard Pass - The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Bates) has denied injunctive relief to a journalist who covers the White House Simon A...
    2 years ago
  • Legal Theory Blog
    d'Aspremont on International Lawyers Love for International Organizations - Jean d'Aspremont (University of Manchester - School of Law; Sciences Po Law School) has posted The Love for International Organizations ((2023) 20 Int Orga...
    2 years ago
  • The Faculty Lounge
    Hofstra Law Seeks Applications for Legal Ethics Professorship - This just in: The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University is pleased to invite applications for the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professo...
    2 years ago
  • Brian Leiter's Law School Reports
    Article on whether U.S. legal system is ready for "the challenges of AI to human values" includes citations that appear to have been made up by Chat GPT (link fixed) - Law professors may find this amusing. (Link fixed)
    2 years ago
  • Appellate Advocacy Blog
    Journal of Appellate Practice & Process Looking for State-focused Articles - The Journal of Appellate Practice & Process is looking for one or two more articles or essays for our Summer 2024 issue. In particular, we are looking for ...
    2 years ago
  • Best Practices for Legal Education
    Clinical Law Prof Blog and Best Practices for Legal Education - Jan. 4, 2023 After many years of blogging about critical issues in legal education, the Best Practices blog has transitioned to merge with the Clinical Law...
    2 years ago
  • The Girl's Guide to Law School®
    Five Things I’m Doing Now to Prepare for 1L Year - [image: Five Things I’m Doing Now to Prepare for 1L Year] This week we welcome guest writer and incoming 1L Julia Gourary to discuss how she’s preparing to...
    3 years ago
  • Apps in Law
    The Automated Jeff, Who’s Tracking Who, and Knocking Off the Dock - Jeff and I talk about his appearance on the Automators podcast, privacy with AirTags, and tips for the iPhone!
    3 years ago
  • John Palfrey
    2021 World Health Day Keynote, University of Chicago - University of Chicago Center for Global Health, World Health Day Keynote Address: “Philanthropy, Privilege, and Racial Justice” John Palfrey, President, Ma...
    4 years ago
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International

Associations - Nordic

  • Advokatforeningen
  • Advokatsamfundet
  • Danske Advokater
  • Finlands Advokatførbund
  • Lögmannafélag Íslands
  • Norges Juristforbund
  • Sveriges Advokatsamfund

EU institutions and other bodies

  • European Parliament
  • European Comission
  • Council of the european union
  • CVRIA
  • European Ombudsman

Associations - Int

  • UIA (Union Internationales des Avocats)
  • IBA
  • EYBA (European Young Bar Association)
  • CCBE
  • AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers)
  • Association Européenne des Avocats (AEA)

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