The University of Montenegro Faculty of Law ( Montenegrin: Pravni fakultet Univerziteta Crne Gore ''Правни факултет Универзитета Црне Горе''), also known as the Podgorica Law School, is one of the educational institutions of the

University of Montenegro The University of Montenegro ( cnr, Универзитет Црнe Горe / Univerzitet Crne Gore) is a national public university of Montenegro. Its central administration and majority of constitutive faculties are located in the country's cap ...

. The Faculty is

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's leading

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History

The Faculty of Law was established on October 27, 1972. It officially became part of the

on April 29, 1974, when the ''Agreement on Association into the University of Titograd'' (today's University of Montenegro) was signed with the representatives of the

Faculty of Philosophy A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...

, the

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, the

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, the Maritime Studies College from

Kotor Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative c ...

and three independent scientific institutes from

Titograd Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

. Its main building is located in

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

and is shared with the University's Faculty of Political Sciences. Affiliations in

Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje ( cnr, Бијело Поље, ) is a town in northeastern Montenegro on the Lim (river), Lim River. It has an urban population of 15,400 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern M ...

and

Budva Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kno ...

function within the Faculty. The

law school was established in 2010. The Faculty of Law in

was opened the same year, at the ''Academy of Knowledge'' ( Montenegrin: ''Akademija znanja'' / ''Академија знања'').

Organization

The faculty organizes undergraduate, postgraduate specialist and master studies.

Undergraduate studies

Undergraduate studies are organized on the following study groups of the Faculty: * ''

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'' * ''

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and

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Postgraduate specialist studies

Postgraduate specialist studies are organized at the following courses of studies: * ''Civil Legal'' * ''Criminal Legal'' * ''International Legal'' * ''Business Legal'' * ''Judiciary'' * ''Constitutional Political'' * ''Legal-Historical''

Notable alumni

Svetozar Marović Svetozar Marović ( sr-cyr, Светозар Маровић; born 31 March 1955) is a Montenegrin lawyer and politician who served as the last head of state and head of government of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 until Montenegro's declaratio ...

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Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

(2003-2006) *

Slavko Perović Slavko Perović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Славко Перовић; born 2 August 1954) is a Montenegrin politician. He is best known as a co-founder and former leader of Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG), former party that was fighting for in ...

- founder of the

Liberal Alliance of Montenegro Liberal Alliance of Montenegro ( cnr, italic=no, Liberalni savez Crne Gore - LSCG; Либерални савез Црне Горе - ЛСЦГ) was a Montenegrin separatist, liberal and anti-war political party, active between 1990 and 2005. The ...

Miodrag Vlahović Miodrag Vlahović ( cyrl, Миодраг Влаховић) (Born 1930) is a politician from Montenegro served as President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro (within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from May 198 ...

- Montenegrin ambassador to the

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(2006-2010) *

Boro Vučinić Boro Vučinić ( sr-cyrl, Боро Вучинић; born 1954 in Titograd) is the former head of the Montenegrin National Security Agency, as well as the former Minister of Defense and the former Minister of Urban Planning of Montenegro. As Minist ...

- head of the Montenegrin

National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collecti ...

(2012–present) *

Željko Šturanović Željko Šturanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Штурановић; 31 January 1960 – 30 June 2014) was a Montenegrin politician who was the Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2006 until his resignation in 2008. Early life Šturanović was ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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(2006-2008) *

Draginja Vuksanović Draginja ( sr, Драгиња) is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Draginja Adamović (1925–2000), Serbian poet * Draginja Babić (1886-1915), Serbian doctor * Draginja Vlasic (1928–2011), Serbian painter * Dra ...

- president of the

Social Democratic Party of Montenegro Social Democratic Party of Montenegro ( cnr, Социјалдемократска партија Црне Горе, Socijaldemokratska partija Crne Gore), or just the Social Democratic Party, abbr. SDP is a nationalist and social democratic polit ...

References

External links

Official website
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