10:00 – 10:15

Welcome & introduction

• Fruzsina Orosz | Director, Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies
• Marton Varju | Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies
• Giota Massouridou | attorney

10:15 – 12:00

The rule of law in the EU and the EU rule of law framework

• Gábor Halmai | ELTE University, Budapest

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 – 14:30

How to train lawyers effectively in online and hybrid environments?

• Bernadette Somody | ELTE University, Budapest

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 – 16:30

Expert panel: how to litigate successfully in national courts using EU and ECHR law and the EU rule of law acquis?

• Giota Massouridou | attorney
• Barbara Pohárnok | attorney, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
• Pál Sonnevend | ELTE University, Budapest

9:00 – 9:45

How to put together a case study for legal training on the law of the EUCFR?

• Marton Varju | Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest

9:45 – 10:00

Coffee break

10:00 – 10:45

The Polish judicial independence cases before the CJEU: strategies, arguments and results

• Barbara Grabowska-Moroz | CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

Strategies to engage lawyers in entering the public interest field (online)

• Giulia Patane | PILnet
• Judit Geller | PILnet

11:45 – 12:15

How to motivate lawyers to take up ‘rule of law’ cases?

• Giota Massouridou | attorney

12:15 – 13:15

Lunch break

13:15 – 14:15

After the judgment: what happens with preliminary rulings at the national level?

• Marton Varju | Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest

14:15 – 14:30

Coffee break

14:30 – 16:30

Discussion panel: pressures on NGOs and human rights defenders

• Giota Massouridou | attorney
• Márton Gerő | ELTE University, Budapest
• Eszter Polgári | Háttér Society
• Bea Bodrogi | Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
• Márta Pardavi | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
• Gábor Polyák (moderator) | Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest

9:00 – 9:45

The training handbook (feedback session), other training resources

• Marton Varju | Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest

9:45 – 10:00

Coffee break

10:00 – 10:45

Preliminary rulings before the CJEU and how the national judge sees the procedure

• András Osztovits | Károli University, Budapest

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

How to convince the national judge to take EU law seriously and/or to make a preliminary ruling to the CJEU?

• Péter Metzinger | attorney

11:45 – 12:30

Lunch break

12:30 – 14:00

Judicial independence, courts in Eastern Europe, and the law

• Mátyás Bencze | Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest
• Ágnes Kovács | ELTE University, Budapest

14:00 – 15:00

Evaluation and feedback