About the Faculty Council
Operation and meetings
Participation of employees and students within the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance (LEG) is organised within the Faculty Council and various programme committees (OCs).
The Faculty Council of Law, Economics and Governance represents the interests of all students and staff of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance. The mandate to represent the interests of students and staff is obtained by elections. The council is authorised to consult the dean on every matter concerning the faculty. The council has various rights, such as the right to information, advice and consent. The Faculty Regulations describe in more detail the subjects on which the council has these rights.
What does the Faculty Council do?
The Faculty Council meets approximately once every six weeks with the Faculty Board and keeps it focused by asking critical questions and contributing constructively to all kinds of subjects. The Faculty Council makes use of its right of advice and right of consent, among other things.
What are these meetings about? They include for instance the finance of the faculty, the Teaching and Examination Regulations (TER), internationalisation, diversity, personnel policy, facilities and more. Do you want to attend a meeting? Please don’t hesitate: the meetings are public.
Composition of the Faculty Council
The Faculty Council is composed of students and employees of the schools and members of the Faculty Service Organisation (FSO). The council has three committees: the Financial Committee, the Committee Education, Research and Impact and the Staff Committee.
Committees within the Faculty Council
The committees of the Faculty Council 2025-2026 consist of the following members:
Financial Committee
- Wouter Vandenabeele (voorzitter)
- Irina Mak
- Miriam Kullmann
- Coen Rigtering
- Bas Cornelissen
- Sophia Verhoeven
- Eva van Jaarsveld
- Timo Barten
- Ann-Kathrin Sohn
Committee Education, Research and Impact
- Nina Reineman (voorzitter)
- Luca Pasquet
- Nico Paolino
- Stefanie Beyens
- Willem Mingelen
- Sönke Matthewes
- Duco Verburg
- Bram van de Kerk
- Tiemen Jongsma
Staff Committee
- Stefanie Beyens (voorzitter)
- Miriam Kullmann
- Willem Mingelen
- Luca Pasquet
- Wouter Vandenabeele
- Sönke Matthewes
- Coen Rigtering
- Irina Mak
- Nico Paolino
- Bram van de Kerk (Studentgeleding – vicevoorzitter)
If you have a specific question for one of the committees of the Faculty Council, you can contact the chairperson of the relevant committee.
Meetings, meeting documents and links
The meeting documents of the public meetings of the Faculty Council can be viewed by all staff and students of Utrecht University via the Faculty Council’s teamsite. just as the meeting dates and the information about the elections. The team site also provides an overview of all meeting dates. You can also find the overview of the council meetings here:
- Teamsite Faculty Council LEG Teamsite Faculteitsraad REBO
- Go to the meeting dates Vergaderplanning REBO Medezeggenschap 2025-2026
- Faculty regulations
- University Council
