Lasok Law Lecture

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception which all guests are welcome to attend.

The annual Lasok Lecture, held since 1977, attracts eminent speakers including EU commissioners, politicians and judges to deliver a paper on an aspect of European Union law of current and significant interest to a wide public audience.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Reich is Emeritus Professor of Private law and European Economic Law at the University of Bremen, Visiting Professor of Law and Governance at Groningen University, the Netherlands, and is a renowned expert on European private law.

In 1973 Norbert Reich became a Professor at the Hamburg University for Economics and Politics (HWP). From 1982 he was a Professor at the University of Bremen and from 2005 an Emeritus Professor. He also served as the leading director of the ZERP, the Centre of European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen from 1982-1991. In 2000 he received an honorary doctorate from Helsinki University and from the University of Bucharest in 2014.

From 2001-2004 Norbert Reich was the Rector at the Riga Graduate School of Law. Besides being a Visiting Professor at Groningen, Norbert Reich holds visiting professorships at the Universities of Montpellier, Fribourg, Keele, Luzern and Tartu. Prof. Reich’s other activities include several advisory activities in European Economic and Consumer Law.