Larry Bakken directs the Norway program and the LL.M. program for international lawyers. He has been a professor at Hamline University School of Law since 1974. Long active in state and local government, Professor Bakken teaches administrative law, state and local government, comparative law and government, and courses in the graduate public administration program. He also has taught and lectured in Canada, China, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Italy. B.A., Concordia College, M.S., North Dakota State University, J.D., University of North Dakota School of Law, LL.M., University of Manitoba School of Law.
Bergen faculty may include:
Kai Kruger has been a professor at Bergen University Faculty of Law since 1973 and was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1992 until 1995. Professor Kruger has served as an interim supreme court justice. Cand.jur. 1966, University of Oslo; doctoral degree 1973, Transportomlegning (Maritime Law).
Asbjørn Strandbakken teaches criminal law and criminal procedure at the University of Bergen. Previously he served as a deputy judge and prosecutor. He is the author of Uskylds-Presumsjonen (Presumption of Innocence), published in 2003. Doctoral degree law, University of Bergen.
Jan Fridthjof Bernt has taught at Bergen University since 1980. Previously, Professor Bernt has served as Dean of the Law School and Past President of Bergen University. Cand.jur. 1968, University of Oslo; doctoral degree 1979; Master of Comparative Law 1971, University of Michigan. Rector at University of Bergen since 1996.
Ernst Nordtveit has been a professor at Bergen University Faculty of Law since 1993. He served as Vice Dean from 1996 to 1998 and has been Dean since 1998. Cand.jur. 1980, University of Bergen; doctoral degree 1990, Joint Ventures.
Norway Connections
Odd Langaas has been the program consultant/coordinator in Oslo for many years. He is formerly a full-time professor, and currently serves as an attorney for the Norwegian Registry of Securities. He has taught comparative law and arranges lectures for the Norwegian Bench and Bar. J.D., Faculty Law Oslo University; M.A.P.A., University of Minnesota; LL.M., Harvard School of Law.
Jason Hoida also serves as a consultant/coordinator in Oslo. He is a member of the University of Oslo Law Faculty working in the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law. J.D., Hamline University School of Law.
Jan Erik Hatling is the Administrative Coordinator of the program in Bergen.
Ernst Nordtveit serves as the Faculty Coordinator of the program in Bergen.
Past Lecturers in Oslo include
Justice Tore Schei · Supreme Court of Norway
Judge Nels Erick Lie · Chief Justice, Court of Appeals, Oslo
Professor Lee Bygrave · Oslo University Law School,Ph.D. Data Privacy
Oddvar Overåv · Deputy Administrator, Norwegian Parliament