In the framework of the EU Jean Monnet Action program, Prof. Federico Fabbrini and Dr. Christy Ann Petit and Dr. Niall Moran won three grants for new Jean Monnet Modules: Levelling the Playing Field in EU Trade and Competition Law (LPF-Law), EU Law and Policy after Brexit (PostBrexitLaw) and EU Banking and Finance Law & Policy after NGEU (NGEULaw).
We host LPF-Law, a Jean Monnet Module dedicated to Levelling the Playing Field in EU Trade and Competition Law. This full-year course includes 44 hours of in-class teaching and 6 hours of high-level policy exchanges during events held in the autumn and spring semesters.
The module is interdisciplinary, blending law, politics, and political economy to give students a well-rounded understanding of EU trade and competition law. The course is structured in two parts: the first half concentrates on EU trade law and policy, while the second delves into EU competition law and policy. Through case studies, students will tackle real-world legal and policy challenges, applying their analyses to contemporary EU issues.
EU-LPF-Law is led by Dr. Niall Moran, Assistant Professor at DCU’s School of Law and Government and Deputy Director of the DCU Brexit Institute. The module is offered within DCU’s Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Master in Public Policy (MPP) programs. It also links to other EU initiatives at DCU, including the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence REBUILD, leveraging DCU’s expertise in EU affairs.
DCU now offers a Jean Monnet Module focused on EU Banking and Finance Law & Policy after NGEU (NGEULaw), to study EU law and policy in the field of banking and finance after the Great Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a foundational full-year course with a strong interdisciplinary grounding that will run for three years, until 2025. NGEULaw module teaches a methodological approach to European integration generally and banking and finance specifically, surveying different school of thought and the practical, legal and policy issues. The module also includes a study trip to a European Capital each spring.
The module is delivered by Dr. Christy Ann Petit, Assistant Professor in EU Law at the School of Law and Government at DCU, and Deputy Director of the DCU Brexit Institute. The course will be offered as an instance of specialised teaching in EU developments that will complement DCU’s EU studies’ curriculum also in postgraduate programmes such as the LL.M. and the Master in Public Policy. The results of NGEULaw activities will be disseminated on different platforms and will be connected with other initiatives in EU affairs at DCU. In particular, it will leverage the existing expertise at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence REBUILD, a 3-year research project on the EU post-pandemic recovery plan.
