Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law is one of the oldest Faculties of the University of Bucharest, being in fact one of the three Faculties which formed the University in 1864, alongside the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy. Throughout its history it has been consistenly regarded as one of the leading Faculties of the University of Bucharest and one of the best Law Faculties in Romania. A testimony to this is the fact that between 1921 and 1933, according to statistical sources of the time, approximately 43% of all the students in Romania were enlisted as students of the Faculty of Law.

In the present day, the Faculty of Law organizes BA, MA and PhD programmes in the field of Law Sciences. Aside from the high-level educational aspects of the institution, the Faculty also distinguishes itself through the various research centers which function within it: Center for Studies in Competition Law, Constitutional Law and Political Institutions Center, Human Rights Center, European Community Law Center, Center for Studies in Intellectual Property Law, Comparative Social Law Center, Civil Procedure Center, Research Center in Criminal Sciences, General Theory of Law and New Rights Center. The institution also publishes the Annals of the University of Bucharest – Law Series since 1939.

The Faculty of Law is also a member of the Hexagon of Law Faculties, an informal consortium which consists of the six most prestigious Romanian Law Faculties, winning the Hexagon Competition most recently in 2010. The current venue of the Faculty of Law was constructed between 1934-1936 and for many years it housed a plurality of Faculties from the University of Bucharest. Even nowadays, the Rectorate headquarter is in the building of the Faculty of Law.