How are judges chosen, and who gets to choose them?

26 Listopad

26. listopadu, 09:20

sady Pětatřicátníků 14, Plzeň, PC408

FPR Lecture Students

In late November, the Department of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, invites you to a lecture by Libor Vávra. The President of the Judges' Union of the Czech Republic will share his insights and experience in judicial self-governance and the selection of judges.

Admission: free
Intended for: students
Contact: Miroslav Kalný

The Faculty of Law at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen will welcome Libor Vávra on Monday, November 26. The judge of the Municipal Court in Prague and President of the Judges' Union of the Czech Republic will lecture starting at 9:20 AM on his experience, professional association activities, and practices in judicial self-governance and the selection of judges.

The Department of Civil Law organizes the lecture as part of the course "Legal Professions in the Judiciary," led by the course guarantor, Miroslav Kalný.

JUDr. Libor Vávra has been active in the Czech judiciary since 1989. Since 1994, he has served as a judge at the Municipal Court in Prague, specializing in criminal law. From 1999 to 2011, he headed the District Court for Prague 1, and from 2013 to 2020, he served as the President of the Municipal Court in Prague. He has long been involved in the Judges' Union of the Czech Republic, which he previously led from 1998 to 2002, and returned to its presidency in 2020. Throughout his professional and association career, he has focused extensively on the functioning of the judiciary, judicial self-governance, and the selection of judges.

Faculty of Law

Miroslav Kalný

26. 11. 2026, 09:20


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University café Družba, Sedláčkova 19, Plzeň


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Fakulta aplikovaných věd, Technická 8, 301 00 Plzeň, meeting room UC 143 (Dean's Office)


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Kulturka, Sedláčkova 19


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Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, Univerzitní 28, Pilsen


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25. 11. 2026, 18:00

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Ceramics Studio, Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 28, Pilsen


Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art

25. 11. 2026, 09:00

24  -  24 Listopad

Klempírna, DEPO2015 Pilsen


International Office

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TechTower Plzeň


Department of knowledge transfer and contract research

24. 11. 2026, 18:00

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Department of Study and Teaching Activities

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UWB Campus, Pilsen-Bory


University-wide

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21  -  22 Listopad

Pilsen, Sedláčkova 15, Faculty of Arts building – Room SP 314


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Education and Research Library of the Pilsen Region – Educational Center (Smetanovy sady 179/2, Pilsen)


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TechTower, Koterovská 152, Pilsen


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