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Faculty, Administration

Laura Ratniece PhD

Rector
Legal Research Methods. Legal Interpretation
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Wallenberg building, 5th floor

MA Cum laude Educational Technology, University of Tartu, 2022
PhD, Copenhagen University, 2020
LL.M, Riga Graduate School of Law, 2012
Bac.iur., University of Latvia, Faculty of Law, 2010

Significant Professional Experience

  • August 2024 – Rector, Riga Graduate School of Law
  • 2023-2024 – Assistant professor, the University of Groningen, Faculty of Law
  • 2022-2023  – RGSL Assistant Professor, Senior Researcher, Higher Education Specialist 
  • 2020-2022 – RGSL Bachelor Programme Director, Assistant Professor
  • 2018-2020 –  RGSL Bachelor Programme Director, Lecturer
  • 2016-2018 – Riga Graduate School of Law and Copenhagen University, Research Fellow, and Lecturer

Current research

  • Methodological issues related to multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research; Legal Education

Main publications

  • Fillers A., Ratniece L., “Interpretation and application of the CISG by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia: an analysis of the judgment in the Boom Conveyor case”, Uniform Law review (August 2024), https://doi.org/10.1093/ulr/unae028
  • Ratniece L., “Jēdziena kontaktstunda interpretācija un tās ietekme uz mācību metožu izvēli”, Brīvības robežu pārskatīšana, dzīvojot apdraudējumu apstākļos. I. Latvijas Universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes 9. starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences rakstu krājums. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2024, 143-151 lpp. https://doi.org/10.22364/iscflul.9.1.12 
  • Jēkabsone I., Ratniece L., “Integrating Sustainability Into Curriculum of Legal Education in Latvia: An Insight Into the Main Issues”, Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 25(2), (February 2024), pp. 65-70.
  • Ratniece L., “Pieejami četru CISG Konsultatīvās padomes Viedokļu tulkojumi latviešu valodā”, Jurista Vārds, 33(1299), 15.08.2023., pp. 6-7.

  • Ratniece L. “Tiesas procesa izspēles kā vērtīgs mācību uzdevums tiešsaistes studiju vidē: izaicinājumi un iespējas” (“Moot Courts as a Valuable Learning Exercise in Online Study Environment: Challenges and Opportunities”), Jaunā tiesiskā realitāte: izaicinājumi un risinājumi. I. Latvijas Universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes 8. starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences rakstu krājums. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2022., pp. 54-63.  (https://www.apgads.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/apgads/PDF/Konferences/2022/iscflul-8-1/iscflul.8.1.05-ratniece.pdf)

  • Ratniece L. (translator), Fillers A. (scientific editor), translation (from English to Latvian) of the CISG Advisory Council’s Opinion No. 4 “Contracts for the Sale of Goods to be Manufactured or Produced and Mixed Contracts (Article 3 CISG)”, published on the Council’s Internet website: http://www.cisgac.com/file/repository/CISG_AC_Opinion_No_4_Translation_LV_July_2021_1_.pdf 

  • Ratniece L. Pētījumi tiesību zinātnē un starpdisciplinaritāte: īss ieskats pamatjautājumos (Legal Research and Interdisciplinarity: Overview of Key Issues), Socrates, Nr. 2(20), 2021, pp. 14-23. (https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6294/1/Socrates-20-2_01-Ratniece_014-023.pdff)

  • January 2021. Ratniece L. (translator), Fillers A. (scientific editor), translation (from English to Latvian) of the CISG Advisory Council’s Opinion No. 2 “Examination of the Goods and Notice of Non-Conformity: Articles 38 and 39”, published on the Council’s Internet website: http://www.cisgac.com/file/repository/Latvian_op02.pdf

  • September 2020. Ratniece L. (translator), Fillers A.  (scientific editor), translation (from English to Latvian) of the CISG Advisory Council’s Opinion No. 1 “Electronic Communication under the CISG”, published on the Council’s Internet website: http://www.cisgac.com/file/repository/Latvian_op_01.pdf.  

  • Ratniece L. Valodas jautājumi, interpretējot ANO Konvenciju par starptautiskajiem preču pirkuma-pārdevuma līgumiem (Language Issues related to Interpretation of the CISG). Published in the Latvian legal journal “Jurista Vārds”, 28.07.2020, Nr. 30(1140).
  • Ratniece L. Tiesību ekonomiskās analīzes piemērošana ANO Konvencijai par starptautiskajiem preču pirkuma-pārdevuma līgumiem (Application of the Economic Analysis of Law to the CISG). Jurista Vārds, 21.01.2020., Nr. 3 (1113), pp. 15-19.
  • Ratniece L., “Issues related to Interpretation of United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) 30 Years after Its Entering into Force”, in  K. Strada-Rozenberga et al. (eds), Centrālās un Austrumeiropas Juridiskās Tradīcijas un Juridiskās Identitātes Jautājumi, Latvijas Universitātes 76. starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences rakstu krājums, Rīga, LU Akadēmiskais Apgāds, 2018, pp. 202-210.
  • Cers O., Ratniece L. “Vai valsts amatpersonas statuss ir priekšrocība administratīvajā procesā” (“Is the Status of State’s Official an Advantage in the Administrative Procedure”). Published in the weekly legal journal “Jurista Vārds”, No.11 (658), 16.03.2011.

Participation in conferences with a presentation

  • 27. 05. 2024. Kazimieras Simonavicius University (Lithuania) – participation in the 4th International Scientific Conference “Challenges to Modern Law: An International Perspective” with a presentation “Teaching Law in English: Application of Text Mining to ECtHR Grand Chamber Judgments to Create a Learning Material for Y1 Law Students”.
  • 25.03.2024.-28.03.2024. – The University of Groningen (Groningen, the Netherlands) – participation in the Education Festival with a poster presentation “Collaboration Agreement with Y1 Law Students”.
  • 10.11.2023.    University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) – participation in the 9thInternational Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia Faculty of Law with a presentation “Interpretation of the concept of a ‘contact hour’ under Art. 1.7 of the Law on Higher Education Institutions and its implications on the choice of teaching methods”. 
  • 04.04.2023.    Riga Graduate School of Law (Riga, Latvia) – participation in an international workshop on legal education with a presentation “Student-centred approach to exams”. 
  • 29.03.2023.    Riga Stradins University (Riga, Latvia) – participation in the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Sciences “PLACES” with a presentation “Implementation of online classes in higher education in Latvia – multidisciplinary analysis of the current legal framework with particular focus on legal studies”. 

  • 21.10.2021. University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) - participation in the 8th International Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia "New Legal Reality: Challenges and Perspectives" with a presentation "Moot Courts as a Valuable Learning Exercise in an Online Study Environment: Challenges and Opportunities". 

  • 27.02.2019.    University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) – participation in the 77th International academic conference with a presentation “Starpdisciplināro pētījuma metožu pielietošana, analizējot ANO Konvenciju par starptautiskajiem preču pirkuma-pārdevuma līgumiem (CISG)”

  • 02.02.2018.    University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) – participation in the 76th Academic conference with a presentation “Ar ANO Konvencijas par starptautiskajiem preču pirkuma-pārdevuma līgumiem interpretāciju saistītās problēmas 30 gadus pēc tās spēkā stāšanās”.

  • 03.07.2017.-04.07.2017.    L’Institut Michel Villey (Université Panthéon-Assas) and PhiCo/NoSoPhi (Institut des Sciences juridique et philosophique de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) (Paris, France) – participation in a seminar with a presentation “Interaction between the Meaning of the Principle of Legal Certainty and L. Wittgenstein´s Philosophical Concept of Certainty”.
  • 19. 12. 2016.     UCD Sutherland School of Law (Dublin, Ireland) – participation in the conference “Consumer Protection and Competition Policy in a Changing World” with a presentation “Analysing the Drivers behind Reform of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts”.