The Council of the Faculty of Law unanimously proposed full professor Vladimir Savković as dean, for the term from this year to 2028.
The Faculty of Law statement states that, in addition to his regular teaching duties, Savković is a member of the Senate of the University of Montenegro (UCG) and the holder of the "Jean Monnet" Chair in Internal Market Law of the European Union (EU), which was recently established at the Faculty of Law, with the support of the European Commission.
Savković is a long-time lecturer at the Judicial and State Prosecutor's Office Training Center.
In the period from 2012 to 2018, he was a member of the negotiating group - the main expert body of Montenegro for accession negotiations with the EU, responsible for leading negotiations in several negotiation chapters related to the Union's internal market.
Savković was engaged in various projects to improve Montenegrin and regional legislation as a national or international expert for the World Bank, UNDP, the World Intellectual Property Organization, GIZ and other international organizations.
Savković is the independent author of six scientific books, of which the most notable are "Commentary on the Law on Business Companies" and "EU Internal Market Law".
It is stated that the first textbook on EU law was published at the University of Montenegro, as well as two scientific monographs in English, published by Kluwer Law International.
Savković is the author of over 50 scientific papers published by renowned international and regional publishers, such as Kluwer, Brill, Wiley, the University of Zagreb, and the University of Belgrade.
"During his career, he trained at the University of Nebraska in the USA, Sophia Antipolis University in Nice, the Europe Institute in Saarbrücken, Nova University in Lisbon, Regent's University in London, Central European University in Budapest and the UNCITRAL headquarters in Vienna," the statement said.
Savković speaks English and is fluent in French.
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