Matej Igličar completed his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. He was a tutor of Roman Law and Criminal Procedural Law, founded a tutoring programme for first-year law students and served as President of the Faculties’ Student Organisation. In addition, he represented the Faculty of Law as a member of the winning team that championed 1st place at the PAX Moot Court competition in Antwerp, while also winning the Best Individual Oralist award.
His research interests focus on criminal law, EU law, and private international law. He is honoured to have the opportunity to research the history and development of European private international law under the supervision of Prof. Dr Verica Trstenjak at the Luxembourg Centre for European Law. The aim of his research visit is to find parallels between the integration process in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters.