Abstract
On April 5th, 2019 “The Future of European Integration and the Internal Market: Four Roundtables in Honour of L.W. Gormley” took place in the beautiful Van Swinderen Huys around the corner from the iconic main building of the University of Groningen. It was co-hosted by the VU Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies.
Highlights
While careers in most law faculties around the world start with an inaugural lecture, they end with the advent of retirement
The conference was organized in four main panels, discussing various subjects related to European integration and EU law
Professor Dashwood is a distinguished British scholar and Emeritus Chair of European Law at Cambridge University’s law faculty as well as a barrister, appearing before the European Court of Justice for over twenty years. He served as the legal secretary to the Advocate General of the Court of Justice from 1978-1980, he is part of the honoured Queen’s Council (QC) and he has a 40-year history with Professor Gormley
Summary
While careers in most law faculties around the world start with an inaugural lecture, they end with the advent of retirement. These events serve to keep the memory of a life of academic work alive and share it with others For this commentary with Amsterdam Law Forum, I had the great honour myself of being able to attend a final moment of this sort for Professor Laurence Gormley, Chair of European Law and Jean Monnet Professor at the University of Groningen. This event manifested itself in both a ‘Festschrift’ and a conference with four round tables of internationally acclaimed scholars in the field. The conference was a great chance to see the glorious end of a long and successful career, full of jokes, puns and even dance
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