Alexey Ivanov , Professor at the HSE Faculty of Law and Director of the International BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre, delivered a guest lecture for students and staff of the Data Law Lab at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL). The lecture was timed to coincide with the visit of the Centre's delegation to China to participate in the China National Fair Competition Conference 2026. As part of the visit, the Centre also held an international research seminar at Tsinghua University in Beijing jointly with CIDEG.

From July 27 to August 1, the Federal University of Minas Gerais hosted the BRICS Legal Studies Summer School in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). The event brought together professors, postgraduate students, and students from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, the UAE, and other countries. The 2026 program focused on in-depth study of the founding BRICS states legal systems: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

From 9 to 12 June 2026, the 18th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court, one of the oldest and most prestigious student competitions in the field of international investment law,  took place in Frankfurt am Main.

During the talks, the parties discussed potential avenues for developing scientific and educational cooperation in the field of law, student and faculty participation in academic mobility programmes, as well as prospects for representatives of the Moroccan university to enroll in continuing professional education programmes offered by the HSE Faculty of Law.

The HSE Faculty of Law and Hanoi Law University discussed scientific and educational cooperation, including the Vietnamese university’s potential membership in the BRICS Law Schools Consortium and participation in HSE’s professional education programmes. Both sides agreed to plan joint activities to develop the partnership.

April 23, 2026  – The Department of International Law at the HSE University Faculty of Law hosted an academic event that brought together representatives of government bodies, leading legal scholars, and experts from Russia and abroad.

On March 3, 2026, the HSE University Faculty of Law welcomed Professor Aziz Tuffi Saliba , Vice-Provost for International Relations at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil).

From 6 to 13 February 2026 the 49th international Jean-Pictet competition on international humanitarian law (IHL) was held in Dilijan, Armenia. A total of 48 teams participated in the full-time stage, representing Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, the USA, France, Switzerland and twelve other countries.

On 31 January 2025, the Vice-Provost for International Relations of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), Professor Aziz Tuffi Saliba, visited the Faculty of Law at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). The visit aimed to establish and develop cooperation in the fields of science and education.

At the end of last year, HSE University invited several leading higher education organizations of the BRICS countries to bring together efforts to develop legal science and practice for the benefit of BRICS and join the Consortium of BRICS Law Schools. The initiative to create the Consortium was launched by Vadim Vinogradov, the Dean of the Faculty of Law.

On November 5, 2023, another edition of the FDI Moot came to an end. This year more than 150 teams from the leading law schools from around the world participated in the competition. The Global Rounds of the 2023 edition were held in Lucknow, India.

On 15 September 2023, an international conference 'International, National and Corporate Dimension of the ESG-agenda: Does Climate Change Law?' organised by the Faculty of Law was held. This scientific event was one of the first where climate change issues were discussed within a broad interdisciplinary discourse combining legal and economic expertise, international and national law, theoretical research and practical insights, and the approaches of Russian and foreign regulators.

In 2023, the team of the Faculty of Law, Higher School of Economics took part in the student moot court competition for international investment arbitration Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (FIAMC).

In 2023, the team of the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics took part in Willem С. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. The HSE Faculty of Law team was represented by 4^th year bachelor students Yaroslava Branovskaya, Maria Eremenko and Anna Zaikina, and also 3^rd year bachelor students Kamilla Makhmudova and Alexey Tolstykh.

The Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (FDI Moot), the most prestigious competition in the field of international investment arbitration, was held in early November.

A monograph ‘Sovereign Immunity Under Pressure. Norms, Values and Interests’ has been published by 'Springer' on January, 21 . Two professors of the HSE Faculty of Law – Vladislav Starzhenetsky and Vera Rusinova– co-edited the book together with Professors Regis Bismuth (SciencePo) and Geir Ulfstein (PluriCourts, University of Copenhagen). The book is written by a unique team of authors representing all main legal systems of the world.

On the 10^th of December 2021, the HSE Faculty of Law convened the International conference in memory of Professor Igor Lukashuk ‘Politics of Sanctions in International Relations: Between Rule of Law and Соercion’.

For the first time in the history of Higher School of Economics, the HSE Faculty of Law team has reached the quarterfinals rounds of the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court (“FDI Moot”) 2018 in Stockholm, the most prestigious competition in the field of international investment arbitration.

In late 2016, the legendary international lawyer and legal scholar Martti Koskenniemi held a series of lectures and seminars at the Faculty of Law of HSE. Press-Centre of the Faculty of Law was fortunate to join Prof. Koskenniemi's talks and discuss before the New Year his diplomatic and academic career.

How is modern IT legislature changing? Is it possible to effectively protect information? How can information security be provided nationally and internationally? These and many other questions were discussed at the 4th International Conference ‘Law in the Digital Age’.