Workshop & Lecture Series in Law & Economics

Credit Requirements

All events are open to the public. Participants are expected to have read the papers presented in advance.

1. Receiving Credits

a) General rules

In order to receive ECTS credits, students must

attend a minimum number of lectures/workshops (see below),
write a graded comment on at least one of the posted papers and submit it via Moodle platform (for UZH students, please, send them to Prof. Dr. Dr. Yoan Hermstrüwer, , for HSG students, please, send them to Dr. Stefan Legge a ) until noon on the day of the lecture/workshop. You can submit a second comment on a different paper to be graded. In this, the better one of the two grades will be used (you cannot submit more than two comments
to be graded). Further explanation on how to write comments can be found Downloadhere (PDF, 146 KB),
submit one question on at least three different posted papers through this Moodle platform until noon on the day of the respective lecture/workshop. The question is meant to be asked during the seminar, and
participate actively in the course.

b) Specific requirements

ETH Zurich and University of Zurich students must attend 9 out of 14 lectures/workshops (the introduction video does not count to this). They must write one comment on one paper. The comment must be 2 pages minimum. Comments must be written in English. ETH Zurich students receive 2 ECTS, University of Zurich receive 3 ECTS.
University of St. Gallen students should attend 9 out of 14 lectures/workshops (the introduction video does not count to this). One comment to a paper of one guest must be written. The comment must be approximately 3000 words long and must be written in English. University of St. Gallen students receive 4 ECTS.

2. How to register

a) Regular ETH students

Please register online at http://www.mystudies.ethz.ch/. The ETH course number is 851-0732-01L.

b) University of Zurich students

We will select Bachelor students who are motivated and interested in taking this course. If you would like to attend this course or have any questions, please send a short email describing why you are interested in attending (2 paragraphs) with your CV and transcript to by Monday, January 29, 2024. We will announce students participating in the course for credit by Friday, February 16, 2024.

Important: In addition, you will then also have to register using the regular UZH registration system.

c) University of St. Gallen students

For University of St. Gallen, please register using the regular bidding procedure.

3. Important Information

3.1 Attendance

The course will take place in-person, unless regulation requires us to change the format. Attendance will be determined on the basis of attendance lists.

3.2 Questions on Moodle

In order to facilitate an active discussion, everyone is required to provide one question each on three of the presented papers (including the commented paper) in advance on this Moodle platform.

3.3 Comments

Comments should relate to one of the background papers posted for a lecture or to a paper to be discussed during a workshop. The idea is not to summarize the paper, but to either shortly comment on one of the issues it deals with or, to the extent it is a working paper, provide constructive criticism about points that deserve further analysis. Comments will not be discussed as such during lectures or workshops. However, students will have ample opportunity to participate in the discussions following each presentation. Comments of ETH students should be sent for acceptance via Moodle platform, for UZH students to Prof. Dr. Dr. Yoan Hermstrüwer () and for HSG students to Dr. Stefan Legge () until noon on the day of the lecture/workshop.

Please note the possibility to write a second comment (cf. chapter 1 lit. a num. 2 above) and further explanation Downloadhere (PDF, 146 KB).

5. Further Information

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Alexander Stremitzer () or Dr. Stefan Legge ().