Thank you for visiting our website. The Institute for Civil Law (Zivilistisches Seminar) is part of the Department of Private Law. It is the University of Bern's competence center for Swiss and European Private Law as well as for international laws and principles in the field of Private Law (e.g. UN Sales Convention or Incoterms). Faculty and staff focus on research and teaching in the field of Civil Law (Code of Obligations, Civil Code and ancillary statutes). The tenured professors of the Institute also head the Institute of Banking Law (Professor Susan Emmenegger), the Institute for Liability and Insurance Law (Professor Frédéric Krauskopf) and the Institute for Notary Law and Notarial practice (Professor Stephan Wolf). Furthermore, the Institute coaches students who take part in national and international moot court competitions such as the prestigious Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Double Success for the University of Bern Team at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot! For the 18th consecutive time, a team from the University of Bern participated in the esteemed Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Proudly representing the University of Bern, the team consisted of Michelle Brogens, Philipp Bürgi, Franca Huber, Flavia Lehmann, Nieves Malpeli and Laura Schneider.
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