The HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Legal Studies launches the Felix Somló Lecture in recognition of exceptional legal scholars whose research has substantially contributed to the development of international legal scholarship or whose work considerably influenced the Hungarian legal system.

The lecture will be given each year – following the decision of the Institute’s Awarding Committee – as part of the Hungarian Science Festival at HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Legal Studies (1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán str. 4.).

The researcher who gives the lecture receives the honorary certificate of the Institute.