School of Law, UCLan Cyprus 

CRoLEV 

Intensive Courses Series 

The Rule of Law and European Values in the modern ages 

 Course on  

Rule of Law, Due Diligence, and Sustainable Justice

 The School of Law of UCLan Cyprus is pleased to announce the intensive course on ‘Rule of Law, Due Diligence, and Sustainable Justice’ in the CRoLEV Intensive Course Series entitled “The Rule of Law and European Values in the modern ages”.  

This 10-hour blended delivery course looks at the fields of corporate governance and dispute resolution to educate students in two specialist aspects: due diligence as applied to the rule of law and sustainable development as applied to justice/dispute resolution.  

The course will cover the following themes: 

• What are environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and how ESG interplays with directors’ duties 
• The Duty of Company Directors to Consider ESG Factors: the UK and EU Perspective – Key Challenges  
• The impact of ESG  
• Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Methods; Litigation
• Mediation and Arbitration
• ADR Methods vs Litigation 

This course is relevant for any advanced student or professional interested in corporate governance, specifically due diligence as applied to the rule of law and sustainable development as applied to justice/dispute resolution. 

 UCLan Cyprus, through its Law School, is an accredited provider of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes under the relevant Cyprus Bar Association scheme. This Course is designed for the continuous professional development (CPD) of young and other professionals in Cyprus and internationally. 5 CPD points will be available for each day of participation (10 CPD hours in total). 

 The course will be delivered in the English language at an intermediate-to-advanced level.  

 Module Tutors 

Dr Nevi Agapiou, Lecturer in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus

Dr Lida Pitsillidou, Lecturer in Company Law and Corporate Governance, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence CRoLEV 

This course takes place within the framework of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence entitled CRoLEV (Centre for the Rule of Law and European Values). ‘European Union Law and Governance in Populist Times’. CRoLEV is funded by the European Union (Jean Monnet key action) and running at the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus (2022-2025). For more information, visit https://crolev.eu/.  

 REGISTRATION 

To register to this free event, please visit the link here.  

Places are limited. 

 For more information, send an email to the CRoLEV team at crolev@uclancyprus.ac.cy or visit https://crolev.eu/    

For assistance with the registration process, please email lawacademy@uclancyprus.ac.cy  

 CERTIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE AND CPD  

At the end of the event, the participation of lawyers practising in Cyprus will be certified in accordance with the CPD requirements of the Cyprus Bar Association. For the participation of any lawyer to be certified in this way, he or she must attend the whole event. Within a few working days of the event, other participants will receive, by email, an electronic Certificate of Participation. Subject to the relevant CPD regulatory rules applicable to them, members of the legal profession internationally may benefit from attending the event. 

NOTICE 

The event will be recorded and disseminated publicly subject to the Policies of UCLan Cyprus and CRoLEV, including its Privacy and GDPR Policy accessible here https://www.uclancyprus.ac.cy/data-protection-policy/ and https://crolev.eu/privacy-policy/  

Consent from participants will be sought. Recordings and any related materials will be published on the CRoLEV’s website which is hosted at https://crolev.eu/  

At the event, each speaker and other participant will take part for educational purposes in an educational setting. Accordingly, what each participant will provide verbally, electronically or otherwise must not be accepted or interpreted as either legal advice or any other form of advice.