Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University


Faculty of Law and Administration is 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 with the best bar passage rates and one of the finest in Central Europe.
In 1851 the first student scientific association in Poland was founded here.

Studies

The programme of studies is based on individual students' choices. Magister's long-cycle programme in Law contains a very limited number of obligatory courses while fundamental courses and courses of specialisation depend on students' preferences.
Study programmes
The Faculty conducts one long-cycle 5-year Master's degree programme in Law, one first-cycle 3-year Bachelor's degree programme in Administration and second-cycle 2-year Master's degree programmes in Administration and Local Self-Government Administration.
Several postgraduate programmes are conducted in Polish as well as in other languages, e.g. LL.M. Polnisches Wirtschaftsrecht, LL.M. in American and International Business and Trade Law organised by the Columbus School of Law, Master en Droit Privé organised by the University of Orléans or LL.M. International Studies in Intellectual Property Law organised by the Institute of Intellectual Property Law in cooperation with Dresden University of Technology.
Doctoral studies in legal sciences are available, including the European Postgraduate College - joint doctoral programme of the Jagiellonian University, University of Heidelberg and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
International cooperation
The Faculty is well known for its international approach in legal education due to the programme of study, foreign degree programmes and several schools of foreign laws in Kraków and abroad:
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. This summer program has been authorized by the Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education.
Aside from multiple exchange agreements in the framework of the ERASMUS programme, the Faculty enjoys an exchange program with the Faculty of Law of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. University-wide exchange programmes are also open for the students of the Faculty.

Most notable professors

At present, the faculty includes judges of the Constitutional Tribunal, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court, as well as co-authors of the most important legal acts in contemporary Poland.

Organisation

Cooperating University units organising courses for law students:
Other cooperating units:
Before graduation from the Master of Laws programme, students are obliged to complete 10 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, 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.

Location

Faculty buildings are situated in the historic centre of Krakow: