Jānis Beķeris, the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.

Together they addressed such topics as his experience working as Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Latvia to Turkey for almost 3 years, why he did not proceed with his diplomatic career, his professional development and switch from defense to foreign questions as well as what it takes from a person to work as Press Secretary and its what kind of responsibilities it includes.

Jānis Beķeris is the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.

The episode addressed such topics as his experience working as Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Latvia to Turkey for almost 3 years, why he did not proceed with his diplomatic career, his professional development and switch from defense to foreign questions as well as what it takes from a person to work as Press Secretary and its what kind of responsibilities it includes

Professor Laurent Pech is the head of the Law and Politics Department at Middlesex University London, a Visiting Professor of Law at Bordeaux University, an expert for eLabEurope, and a member of the editorial board of the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law as well as a member of the scientific board of the Montesquieu Law Review.

Professor Pech specialises in EU Public Law and has lectured in a variety of subjects including EU Constitutional Law, EU Internal Market Law, EU Competition Law and EU Fundamental Rights Law. His current primary area of research is rule of law backsliding in Europe.

Otto Tabuns is a Visiting Lecturer of International Security at the RGSL, as well as a security analyst and the host of the Latvia Weekly podcast.

Angelika Nußberger is a Professor of Law at the University of Cologne

VINCENTS restaurateur, entrepreneur Mārtiņš Rītiņš.

Martin Krygier – is Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Honorary Professor at the School of Global Governance, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, and Senior Research Fellow, Rule of Law Program, CEU Democracy Institute.

This episode is developed in cooperation with the webinar series “Spring with the Rule of Law in CEE” organized by SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Poland) and Riga Graduate School of Law. For more info, visit: Webinar “Spring with the Rule of Law in CEE” -scroll down for livestream — Riga Graduate School of Law (rgsl.edu.lv).

LL.B. Law & Diplomacy student Aleksandra Aleksejeva who recently got back from an Erasmus+ in Graz, Austria, and an Erasmus+ student from Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye Jonathan Cohen who is in Latvia already since September. Both experienced an exchange semester during the pandemic restrictions which comes with its benefits and drawbacks.

Senior Partner at Evershed Sutherland Bitāns Riga office Attorney-at-Law Māris Vainovskis about the future of the legal profession and technological impact on employment in this field, as well as how the approach to clients is changing.