On 9 September 2025, we had the pleasure of attending the first edition of the THEMIS Conferences, organised by the National Institute of Magistracy and Universul Juridic, an event that brought together leading figures from the legal world for discussions on some of the most topical issues in civil law, civil procedural law and European law.
📌 Official Opening (08:30 – 09:00)
- Judge Simona-Camelia Marcu – Director of the NIM
- Prof. Traian-Cornel Briciu, PhD, Lawyer – President of the UNBR
- Lawyer Cătălin-Andrei Dascăl – President of UNPIR Bucharest
The opening addresses emphasised the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue and the need to strengthen continuing professional development across all legal professions. The event also marked the launch of THEMIS Journal nos. 1-2/2025.
📌 Panel I – European Law (09:00 – 10:30)
Moderator: Judge Amelia Onișor (Bucharest Court of Appeal, Deputy Director of the NIM)
- Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei (CJEU) – Citizenship: An Element of the Constitutional Structure of the European Union
- Judge Mirela Stancu (General Court of the EU) – The Transfer of Jurisdiction over Preliminary References: Reflections after the First Year
- Judge Beatrice Ramașcanu (Bucharest Court of Appeal, NIM trainer) – The Cross-Cutting Application of the Concept of Vulnerable Person in ECtHR Case Law
- Judge Amelia Onișor – The Evolution of Risk and the Shift in Liability: Software and AI Defects under EU Law
📌 Panel II – Civil Law (10:45 – 12:15)
Moderator: Judge Camelia Solomon (Bucharest Court of Appeal, NIM trainer)
- Judge Ileana Tirică (High Court of Cassation and Justice) – Determining the Nature of the Nullity of a Legal Act in Civil Proceedings
- Judge Ioan Ilieș Neamț (Cluj Court of Appeal, NIM trainer) – The Duty to Mitigate Loss in Tort Liability
- Assistant Professor Liviu Viorel, PhD, Lawyer (Mușat & Asociații, Bucharest University of Economic Studies) – The Porumboiu Decision: Humanising Post-Award Instalment Payments
- Judge Camelia Solomon – Mechanisms for Representing the Interests of Potential Heirs in Civil Proceedings
📌 Panel III – Civil Procedural Law (12:30 – 14:00)
Moderator: Judge Delia-Narcisa Theohari (Bucharest Court of Appeal, NIM trainer)
- Prof. Gabriel Boroi, PhD (Nicolae Titulescu University) – Interpretation of Certain Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Prof. Traian-Cornel Briciu, PhD, Lawyer (UNBR) – Precautionary Attachment in Criminal Matters
- Judicial Enforcement Officer Bogdan Dumitrache – Artificial Accession to Immovable Property: Procedural Aspects
- Judge Delia-Narcisa Theohari – Preliminary Procedure in Payment Order Proceedings
📌 Conference Conclusions
- The event demonstrated that Romanian law cannot be analysed in isolation, but must remain in constant dialogue with European law and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
- Civil law and civil procedural law are constantly evolving, requiring flexibility, empathy and doctrinal rigour.
- Digitalisation and artificial intelligence bring new challenges, but also opportunities for legal professionals.
🔹 For SCA TCB LAW, participation in the THEMIS Conferences reaffirms our core values: excellence, professionalism and continuing professional development. In a legal world undergoing constant transformation, we firmly believe that only through active participation in such debates can we provide our clients with the best solutions, grounded in up-to-date and interdisciplinary knowledge.
As lawyers, we believe that this first edition of THEMIS marks not only an important milestone in Romanian legal dialogue, but also a responsibility for each of us – the responsibility to continuously improve our professional skills and contribute to strengthening a united, modern and open legal community.