University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

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University of Belgrade
Faculty of Law
Правни факултет
Универзитета у Београду
The Faculty of Law building in June 2021.
TypePublic
Established1808; 216 years ago (1808)
DeanZoran Mirković
Academic staff
103 (2016)[1]
Students8,891 (2016)[1]
Undergraduates8,319 (2016)[1]
Postgraduates537 (2016)[1]
35 (2016)[1]
Location
Belgrade
,
Serbia

44°48′26″N 20°28′20″E / 44.807237°N 20.472090°E / 44.807237; 20.472090
CampusUrban
Websitewww.ius.bg.ac.rs/eng

The Faculty of Law of the University in Belgrade (

Tašmajdan, on Bulevar kralja Aleksandra
.

History

Main article: History of legal education in Serbia

The Faculty of Law, established in 1808 as part of the

Countess Ljubica's Residence was home to this educational institution, which was at that time within the Belgrade Higher School. The law school has always rallied distinguished scholars and lecturers. Since its founding, it has educated almost 50,000 law graduates, around 1,200 magistri iuris and 830 doctores iuris, as well as hundreds of specialists in various areas. A great many Faculty of Law alumni have become recognized experts and scholars in all branches of law, law professors and high ranking government officials. Distinguished scholars include authorities, such as Slobodan Jovanović, Alexander Soloviev, Radomir Lukić, Mehmed Begović and Mihailo Đurić
.

The faculty's historic building, built by US millionaire Mile Bjelivuk in 1937, was upgraded in 1995 with additional premises, and now comprises about 12,000 sq. meters of space. All the faculties of law, established subsequently in Serbia (

former Yugoslavia
, who had obtained their academic titles at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.

The faculty has been awarded fifteen

Southeastern Europe
.

See also: List of Fulbright Scholars from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law

Belgrade Law School at night

Library

The academic law library in the region is located in the very faculty building, occupying the area of around 2,000 sq. meters, with 600 sq. meters of reading rooms, one of which is reserved for researchers and teachers only. The library collection comprises 138,000 monographs, 2,670 titles with 32,600 years of serial publications, reference collection with over 400 encyclopaedias, lexicons, dictionaries and other reference books, and a priceless collection of 91 rarities (featuring several 17th and 18th century editions of

Corpus Iuris Canonici
, etc.).

Belgrade Law Review

Main article: Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade

Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade (Belgrade Law Review) is the oldest Southeastern European academic law journal, having been founded in 1906 as Archive for Legal and Social Sciences. The law review serves as a forum for the expression of the legal ideas of foremost scholars, jurists, and societal leaders. This peer-reviewed publication utilizes an international body of editors, advisers and referees to select outstanding contributions. Editors-in-Chief of the Belgrade Law Review are renowned professors

legal transplants". In honor of Watson's worldwide scholarship, the Faculty of Law also established the Alan Watson Foundation.[2]

Academic and professional gatherings

European Forum Alpbach at the Belgrade Law School

The faculty participates in numerous scholarly and professional events (both national and international) and regularly present their papers at conferences held annually by the national lawyers’ associations such as the

Natural Law, the Commercial Lawyers' Convention, numerous criminal law
symposia, etc.

Academic staff

The

social sciences (economy, sociology, philosophy, political science, legal history, etc.) Amongst them, there have been 19 members of the Academies of Sciences, 15 presidents of the University of Belgrade, six judges of the Constitutional Court of Serbia, many names recognized within the domestic and international academic community, as well as several dozens of high government officials – Prime Ministers, Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers, Ambassadors, etc. Miroljub Labus, Dejan Popović, Gašo Knežević and Kosta Čavoški
are some of the current faculty.

Competition in Oratory

Main article: Belgrade Competition in Oratory

The traditional annual student Belgrade Competition in Oratory has become an event that attracts interest of the entire University and the general public. Following the example of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, a number of other faculties organize their own competitions, the winners of which participate in the Serbian universities wide finals.[3][4][5]

International competitions

Moot Court room

Participating in inter-faculty competitions in different fields of practice at the national and international level is a great challenge to students. The student teams are coached by professors and teaching assistants, and they have achieved notable success in the past. Apart from national competitions in various fields, for a number of years the Faculty of Law has enabled its students to participate in international competitions, such as the

International Media Law Moot Court Competition at the University of Oxford.[6]

Student life

Gym at the Belgrade Law School

Student life at the faculty does not merely revolve around lectures and exams, as there is a diverse array of student activities. There are many student organisations, of which Belgrade chapter of

Student Parliament
) to coordinate various student activities, represent their interests in the faculty bodies, participate in the evaluation of studies and the faculty, and secure the involvement and participation of students in all matters and issues of interest to them.

Students publish their own journal – Pravnik (The Lawyer), take part in various competitions through their sports club Pravnik, stage plays through a drama society, organize discussion forums through the long lasting UN Club, whereas Oratory Centre Institutio oratoria gathers all those interested in developing public speaking skills and prepares them for competitions. The Society for Roman Law and Classics Forum Romanum has a particularly long and fine tradition. Established in 1970, it organizes discussion forums and social activities on a weekly basis. Over the years dozens of internationally renowned professors have participated in its activities, e.g. the late Regius Professor of Civil Law Peter Birks from Oxford.

Degree programs

Inauguration of a new academic year

The law school practices a two-cycle system of studies: the first lasts four years (

judicial programs, as well as many so-called open Master programs in various areas. The law school has adopted and complies to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
.

In order to meet the challenge of serving a great number of students and maintaining high academic standards at the same time, a wide area of teaching methods are being used, ranging from lectures, seminars, study and advanced study groups (similar to

honors classes in the U.S.), to mentor work and various other modern methods of teaching. Also, for the purpose of gaining practical skills, the law school organizes training courses, courses in legal writing, internships, the legal clinic, moot courts
, and similar.

social security law, administrative law, and public administration, constitutional law and political systems, legal and economic studies, legal and social studies, European Union law
.

English graduate programs

The graduate academic program Master in European Integration is taught entirely in English for both international and Serbian students. The program is worth 60 ECTS. Students having a bachelor's degree in law or social sciences-humanities are eligible to apply.[7]

Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia (1989-1997) and President of FR Yugoslavia (1997-2000)
Vojislav Koštunica, President of Yugoslavia (2000-2003) and Prime Minister of Serbia (2004-2008)
Filip Vujanović, President of Montenegro (2003-2018)

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "ИНФОРМАТОР О РАДУ" (PDF). ius.bg.ac.rs (in Serbian). University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Annals".
  3. ^ "Competition in Oratory".
  4. ^ "NIN / Lepa reč".
  5. ^ "Надметање у беседништву".
  6. ^ "2011 International Rounds in Oxford - Results". University of Oxford - Price Media Law Moot Court Programme. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  7. ^ PGESTEI TEMPUS Master of European Integration http://pogestei.ius.bg.ac.rs/masterBG1Enrolment.htm

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