Vytautas Mizaras

Professor Vytautas Mizaras is a faculty member at the Vilnius University Faculty of Law, holding the position of Professor in the Department of Private Law. He is also the head of the European Center for Private Law and Intellectual Property Law, chairman of the board of the Human Rights Monitoring Institute, and a partner at the law firm Ellex Valiūnas. His expertise lies in intellectual property law, private international law, and civil law, with significant contributions to legal reforms in Lithuania, including drafting key legal acts such as the new Civil Code and Code of Civil Procedure. In May 2021, he was appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, a position renewed every nine years.

Education:

• Lawyer qualification, Vilnius University (1997)
• Master’s degree in law, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University (1998)
• Doctoral dissertation: Civil Methods of Copyright Protection (2002)

Research focuses on intellectual property protection mechanisms, private international law harmonization, and civil law modernization. He has actively participated in national and EU legal reforms, emphasizing human rights and alignment with European legal frameworks.

Professional roles extend beyond academia to legal practice and policy-making, reflecting his dual commitment to theoretical and applied law.