Tomas Davulis Explained

Tomas Davulis (born 29 May 1975) is a Lithuanian labour law scholar,[1] professor at Vilnius University and Dean of Vilnius University Faculty of Law.

Education

From 1993 to 1998, he attended the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, specialising in Labour Law and Social Security. The title of his paper was Collective Agreements under German Law. From 2000 to 2001, he attended the Faculty of Law of the University of Freiburg in Germany, pursuing his Legum Magister (LL.M.). The title of his thesis was Impact of the European Labour Law on the Law of EU-Candidate Countries: Case Lithuania. He graduated summa cum laude. From 2000 to 2002, he was a doctoral student at Vilnius University. The title of his doctoral thesis was Problems of Integrating of Lithuanian Labour Law into the Legal System of European Union.

Professional career

Early in his career Prof. Davulis worked as a lawyer in Lithuanian Workers’ Union (from 1996 to 1998), later – as a lawyer in Joint Stock Company Lithuanian Exhibitions’ Centre “Litexpo” (from 1996 to 2000). Since 1998 Tomas Davulis has been affiliated with Vilnius University Faculty of Law (starting from the positions of Lecturer, Associate Professor, finally, becoming a Professor in 2013). From 2003 to 2012 he was Vice Dean for international relations and science, since 2012 he is the Dean of Vilnius University Faculty of Law. Additionally, Tomas Davulis is the Head of the Centre for Labour Law (since 2016).[2] From 2006 to 2016 he was the Head of the Institute for Labour Law; he also was the Head of the Department of Labour Law (from 2006 to 2009). In March 2023 Tomas Davulis was appointed as Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania.

Contributions to legislation, expert work

Prof. Davulis has participated while preparing and amending such laws of the Republic of Lithuania as: Labour Code (2002), Labour Code (2016), Law on the Civil Service (1999), Law on Employment (2016), Law on Works Councils (2004), Law on European Works Councils (2004), Law on Guarantees for Posted Workers (2007) etc. Since 2007 he is a member of European Commission’s Network of Independent Experts to implement labour law directives, since 2004 – a member of European Commission’s Network of Independent Experts to implement equality between men and women in employment sector, he is also a member of European Labour Law Network (a national expert and a member of scientific board).[3] As a professor at Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Prof. Davulis is always invited to evaluate constitutional amendments proposed by the committees of Seimas (Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania), submits opinions and suggestions on various matters. Notably, Tomas Davulis was the leader of the working group of preparation of the new social model for Lithuania (legislation package was adopted by the Parliament in 2016).

Scientific activities

Prof. Davulis is the author of more than 70 publications (including monographs, textbooks on labour law, commentaries on the Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania). He has vast teaching experience of more than 23 years at Vilnius University Faculty of Law, also has been a visiting lecturer in many institutions throughout the Europe (namely, University of Lodz, Jagiellonian University in Poland, University Paris Ouest Nanterre in France, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg i. Br., J.W.Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in Germany, University of Naples, University of Palermo, University of Cagliari in Italy, Salamanca University in Spain, etc.). Tomas Davulis has conducted seminars on labour law matters for judges, advocates and other practitioners, regularly participates in conferences and is a member of editorial boards of several international legal journals. In 2017 Prof. Davulis was appointed as Foreign Member of Ukrainian Academy of Legal Sciences. As external expert of national (Lithuanian) legal system, European Union law, social protection and human rights he has worked in Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Georgia. From 2009 to 2015 Tomas Davulis was a Member of the management board of EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).

Professional engagement

Tomas Davulis currently holds various positions in professional bodies such as:

Former positions include:

Languages

Davulis speaks five languages: Lithuanian, German, English, French, Russian, also has Polish language basics.

Awards

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DAVULIS TOMAS, Prof. Dr. | Vilnius University Faculty of Law . 27 December 2016 .
  2. Web site: Science Center of Labour Law | Vilnius University Faculty of Law . 27 December 2016 .
  3. Web site: Lithuania - European Equality Law Network .
  4. Web site: Prof. Tomas Davulis išrinktas STRATA valdybos pirmininku | Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas . 14 March 2020 .
  5. Web site: Lietuvos teisininkų draugija | Valdyba .

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