Faculty of Law- Basic Information
University of Montenegro
Faculty of Law- Podgorica
History
Faculty of Law was founded on October 27th, 1972 in Podgorica as a scientific and artistic educational institution, in which educational and research work was organized in the area of law and similar social studies. While making into law founding of this institution Assembly of Socialistic Republic of Montenegro highlighted that “Founding this institution of high education is necessary for meeting overall demands of the society of the Republic”. Faculty of Law is one of the founding fathers of the University of Montenegro.
During the forty-five years of its existence Faculty of Law grew to a modern, contemporary, scientific and artistic educational institution. Forty-five generations studied at the faculty. About 17.000 students enrolled at the faculty and 4285 students graduated from the faculty. About 15 percent of the students studied abroad. Part of the best students continued postgraduate and doctoral studies at prominent university centers. Most of the former students stayed in Montenegro due to family ties. 88 professors and associates worked at the faculty, out of whom there were 26 guest professors. Today most of the professors and cadre at the faculty are former students.
Faculty organizes graduate and postgraduate studies. There are teaching and cadre resources for organizing specialist and doctoral studies in all the areas of law.
As a university branch Faculty of Law realizes a big number of its planned aims and tasks and finds soulutions for many important questions of cadre organization, technical and material problems. With the help of the University of Montenegro, faculty largely develops the international coorporation net.
Faculty follows world trends and achievements in the area of high education with the aim to coordinate its work with European and world demands. This year faculty made the first steps in realization of Bologna declaration. There is enough cadre for all the necessary teaching at the faculty.
The faculty was founnded because of an expression of needs for reaching the neccessary standard of socio-economic, political, cultural and social development of Montenegro. During its overall existence faculty shared the fate with Montenegrin society. It will continue to do so by making steps towards implementing new practises and creating new relations, with the help of implementatation of modern European trends .
The faculty is a complex organization and managing institution nowadays.