The Faculty of Law () is a faculty of the

University of Buenos Aires The University of Buenos Aires (, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university of the country by enrollment. Established in 1821 ...

(UBA), the largest university in

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. It was founded alongside the university in 1821, and has consistently remained one of its largest constituent schools, presently counting with 23,790 enrolled graduate students. At the graduate level, it offers

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s as well as

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and forensic

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degrees, in addition to the

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on judicial sciences. Among its alumni, the UBA Faculty of Law counts 16 Argentine presidents, as well as one of Argentina's five Nobel Prize laureates,

Carlos Saavedra Lamas Carlos Saavedra Lamas (November 1, 1878 – May 5, 1959) was an Argentine academic and politician, and in 1936, the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Saavedra Lamas was a descendant of an early Ar ...

. The faculty has its seat at a Neoclassical complex on Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, in the Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. The building was inaugurated in 1949, and has become a landmark of the city. It is served by the Buenos Aires Underground through Facultad de Derecho (Buenos Aires Underground), Facultad de Derecho station of Line H (Buenos Aires Underground), Line H.

Degrees

The faculty offers four degrees at the graduate level:

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, public (forensic) calligraphy, and the professorship of judicial sciences. Law degrees count with a ''Ciclo Profesional Común'' (CPC, "common professional cycle") and a Ciclo Profesional Orientado (CPO, "oriented professional cycle"). The CPC makes up the better part of the degree course, with 14 mandatory subjects. Once completed, a law student is given the title of "University Bachelor's degree, Bachelor in Law" (''Bachiller Universitario en Derecho''). The CPO specializes law students in a specific field of law: public law (either administrative law or international public law, or both), private law, criminal law, corporate law, labor law, labor and social security law, tax law, and Civil law notary, notary law. On

, the faculty offers degrees in English, German, French, Italian and Portuguese translation, in addition to "non-regular" languages of the student's choosing, granted there are available professors at the time. In addition, the faculty offers a number of specialization degrees, as well as magister degrees, doctorates and post-doctoral degrees in diverse fields.

Political and institutional life

Like the rest of the University of Buenos Aires's faculties, the UBA Faculty of Law operates under the principle of tripartite co-governance, wherein authorities are democratically elected and professors, students and graduates are represented in the faculty's governing bodies. The faculty is headed by a dean ( or ''decana''), who presides over the Directive Council (''Consejo Directivo''). The Directive Council is made up of eight representatives for the professors, four representatives of the student body, and four representatives of the faculty's graduates. Deans are elected by the Directive Council every four years, while elections to the council take place every two years. Since 2022, the dean of the Faculty of Law has been Dr. Leandro Vergara, with Dr. Silvia Nonna as vice dean.

Notable alumni

Out of the 17 Argentine presidents who have attended the University of Buenos Aires, 16 studied at the Faculty of Law: Carlos Pellegrini, Luis Sáenz Peña, José Evaristo Uriburu, Manuel Quintana, Roque Sáenz Peña, Victorino de la Plaza, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Marcelo T. de Alvear, Roberto Marcelino Ortiz, Roberto Ortiz, Ramón Castillo, Arturo Frondizi, Raúl Alfonsín, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Eduardo Duhalde, and Alberto Fernández. Quintana also served as List of rectors of the University of Buenos Aires, rector of the university, while Alberto Fernández taught courses on criminal law at the graduate level for many years before being elected to the presidency. The Faculty of Law also educated

, a jurist, diplomat and politician who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936 due to his efforts in ceasing hostilities during the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay; Saavedra Lamas was the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He eventually became rector of the University of Buenos Aires in 1941. A number of relevant jurists have earned their law degrees at the UBA Faculty of Law. Luis Moreno Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, earned his degree in 1978.Luis Moreno-Ocampo (2003). Retrieved 3 February 2009. ICTR, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda judge Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca is also a UBA alumna and former faculty, having taught courses on International Private Law from 2001. Several ministers of the Supreme Court of Argentina are UBA alumni as well, such as Enrique Santiago Petracchi, Enrique S. Petracchi, Carlos Fayt, Carmen Argibay, Elena Highton de Nolasco, and Carlos Rosenkrantz. Prominent legal philosopher Eugenio Bulygin earned his law degree and his PhD at the UBA Faculty of Law, where he also taught throughout his career. Teodosio César Brea, founder of the prominent Allende & Brea law firm, graduated UBA and taught courses at the Faculty of Law as well. Valeria Vegh Weis, criminologist, criminal attorney, and university professor, was also educated at UBA.

Argentine presidents educated at the Faculty of Law

File:Retrato de Carlos Pellegrini.jpg, Carlos Pellegrini, 1890–1892 File:LSaenzpeña.jpg, Luis Sáenz Peña, 1892–1895 File:JEUriburu.jpg, José Evaristo Uriburu, 1895–1898 File:Foto quintana.jpg, Manuel Quintana, 1904–1906 File:Roque Saenz Pena.jpg, Roque Sáenz Peña, 1910–1914 File:Vdelaplaza.jpg, Victorino de la Plaza, 1914–1916 File:Foto yrigoyen - presidente -presidenciagovar.jpg, Hipólito Yrigoyen, 1916–1922 and 1928–1930 File:Marcelo T. de Alvear, ca. 1915.jpg, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Marcelo T. de Alvear, 1922–1928 File:Robertomortiz.jpg, Roberto María Ortiz, Roberto Ortiz, 1938–1942 File:Ramoncastillo.jpg, Ramón S. Castillo, 1942–1943 File:Arturo Frondizi.jpg, Arturo Frondizi, 1958–1962 File:Raúl Alfonsin (cropped).jpg, Raúl Alfonsín, 1983–1989 File:Adolfo Rodriguez Saá.JPG, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, 2001 File:Eduardo duhalde presidente.jpg, Eduardo Duhalde, 2002–2003 File: Alberto Fernández 2019 (cropped).jpg, Alberto Fernández, 2019–2023

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