Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

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Collegium Novum, front entrance
Collegium Novum, front entrance

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University - the oldest unit of the Jagiellonian University. In 1364, when the University was established, 8 out of 11 chairs were devoted to legal sciences. At the beginning only courses in Canon Law and Roman Law were available. At present, the faculty is recognised as the best law faculty in Poland[1].

In 1851 the first student scientific association in Poland was founded here (Association of Law Students' Library of the Jagiellonian University - TBSP UJ)


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[edit] Studies

The programme of studies is based on individual students' choices. Master of Laws long-cycle programme contains a limited number of obligatory courses (ex. penal law, constitutional law, civil procedure) while fundamental courses and courses of specialisation depend on students' preferences.

Long-cycle programme

  • Law - 5-year Master's degree programme (magister)

First-cycle programme

  • Administration - 3-year Bachelor's degree programme (licencjat)
Aula of the Collegium Novum
Aula of the Collegium Novum

Second-cycle programmes

  • Administration - 2-year Master's degree programme (magister)
  • Local Self-Government Administration - 2-year Master's degree programme (magister)
  • American and International Business and Trade Law (LL.M.) - organised in cooperation with Columbus School of Law (Washington)
  • International Studies in Intellectual Property Law (LL.M.) - organised in cooperation with Technische Universität Dresden (Institute of Intellectual Property Law*)
  • Master en Droit Privé (M2), specialisation droit des affaires français et international - Master's programme organised in cooperation with University of Orléans
  • Master d'administration publique et territoriale (M2), specialisation management public local - Master's programme organised in cooperation with University of Orléans

Third-cycle programmes

Non-degree postgraduate programmes

  • Postgraduate Studies in Labour Law
  • Postgraduate Studies in Public Administration
  • Postgraduate Studies in European Law
  • Postgraduate Studies in Commercial Criminal Law
  • Postgraduate Studies in Financial Penal Law
  • Postgraduate Studies in Criminal Proceedings
  • Law of Evidence for Public Prosecutors
  • Postgraduate Studies in Copyright, Editorial and Press Laws (Institute of Intellectual Property Law*)
  • Postgraduate Studies in Competition Law (Institute of Intellectual Property Law*)
  • Postgraduate Studies in Law of the Internet (Institute of Intellectual Property Law*)

Other non-degree programmes

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University hosts the International Business and Trade Summer Law Program organised by The Catholic University of America (Columbus School of Law). Polish, American and other foreign students attend classes togehter. This summer program has been authorized by the Accrediation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Eduation [2].

The Faculty enjoys an exchange program with the Faculty of Law of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine).

(*)The Institute of Intellecutal Property Law conducts courses at the Faculty of Law and Administration but is a unit of the Faculty of Management and Social Communication.

[edit] Most notable professors

Collegium Iuridicum
Collegium Iuridicum

[edit] Organisation

Collegium Iuridicum
Collegium Iuridicum
Collegium Iuridicum
Collegium Iuridicum
Institute of Intellectual Property Law (in the end of the street)
Institute of Intellectual Property Law (in the end of the street)
Larische Palace
Larische Palace
Larische Palace (inside)
Larische Palace (inside)
  • Chair of Roman Law *
  • Chair of Church Law and Law on Religious Dominations *
  • Chair of General Constitutional and Legal History
  • Chair of Polish Legal History *
  • Chair of History of Administration and Administrative Ideas *
  • Chair of European Law *
  • Chair of Civil Law *
    Centre for Law of Immaterial Goods
    Centre for Banking Law
  • Chair of Private International Law *
  • Chair of Agricultural Law *
  • Chair of Civil Procedure *
  • Chair of Private Economic Law *
    Centre for Banking Law
    Centre for Commercial Law
    Centre for Law on International Commercial Circulation
  • Chair of Penal Law *
    Centre for Comparative Penal Law
  • Chair of Criminology *
  • Chair of Penitentiary Law *
  • Chair of Criminalistics *
  • Chair of Penal Procedure *
  • Chair of Administrative Law *
  • Chair of Law on Environmental Protection
  • Chair of Public Economic Law *
  • Chair of History of Political and Legal Doctrines *
  • Chair of Economic Policy *
  • Chair of Administrative Procedure
  • Chair of Financial Law *
  • Chair of Constitutional Law *
  • Chair of Public International Law
  • Chair of Labour Law and Social Policy *
  • Chair of Comparative Constitutional Law *
  • Chair of Sociology of Law *
  • Chair of Theory and Philosophy of Law
    Centre for Theory of Law
    Centre for Philosophy of Law
  • Chair of Law of Territorial Self-Government *
  • Polish-German Centre for Banking Law
  • Counselling-in-Law Office *
  • Human Rights Centre *
  • Coordination Centre of Schools of Foreign Laws *
    School of American Law
    School of German Law
    School of French Law
    School of Austrian Law
  • Law Library *
  • Computer Workship
  • Law Students’ Library Association TBSP (est. 1851) *
  • European Law Students’ Association ELSA Krakow *


Cooperating University units:

  • Institute of Intellecutal Property Law * (Faculty of Management and Social Communication).
  • Chair of Forensic Medicine * (Faculty of Medicine)
  • Chair of Pathomorphology (Faculty of Medicine)
  • Jagiellonian Language Centre
  • Physical Education Section

Other cooperationg units:

  • Institute of Forensic Research


Before graduation from the Master of Laws programme, students are obliged to complete 11 obligatory courses, 11 out of 21 fundamental courses, 2-year seminar of specialisation in a chosen Chair, 3-month apprenticeship, and a number of courses of specialisation (about 100 courses available), which should allow students to obtain 300 ECTS credits. The degree is granted after submitting Master's thesis and passing Master's Examination before a commission appointed by student's Chair of specialisation.

[edit] Location

Faculty buildings are situated in the historic centre of Krakow:

  • Collegium Novum (Gołębia Street)
  • Larische Palace (Bracka Street)
  • Collegium Wróblewskiego (Olszewskiego Street)
  • Collegium Iuridicum (Grodzka Street)
  • Auditorium Maximum (Krupnicza Street)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ranking by Polityka newspaper, see the fifth division - "Prawo" (Law)
  2. ^ ABA Section of Legal Education
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