Undergraduate studies of law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law last for four years. During that period of time students are required to take 32 mandatory classes (out of which five depend on the stream of studies they have opted for at the second year of studies), 2 elective courses, 2 legal skills (out of 4 that are being offered) and to complete an internship (all together amounting to 240 ECTS), in order to receive an LL.B. degree. For the full list of offered courses per year and accompanying number of credits see table below.
The language of instruction is Serbian, although lectures in English can be provided to visiting students. Course syllabi are linked to the course titles in the table below.
Courses and ECTS (60 per year)
First year |
Lectures per week/ESPB |
|
Mandatory Courses | ||
F | Introduction to Law |
6/12 5/10 4/8 |
S | Constitutional Law |
7/11 3/7 4/6 3/6 |
Second year |
||
Mandatory Courses | ||
F | Civil Law – General Part and Property Law |
7/12 3/8 4/10 |
S | Criminal Law |
7/12 3/8 4/6 |
Criminology (JAS)*
Economic Law (BLS) Diplomatic and Consular Law (ILS) Canon Law (LTS) |
2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 |
|
Third year |
||
Mandatory Courses | ||
F | Law on Criminal Procedure |
5/9 3/7 7/11 |
Criminalistics (JAS) |
2/3 2/3 2/3 2/3 |
|
S | Public International Law |
5/9 5/8 5/8 |
Administrative Procedure Law (JAS)
Competition Law (BLS) Human Rights (ILS) |
2/3 2/3 2/3 2/3 |
|
Elective courses: | ||
Autonomous Law
Law of Cooperatives and Non-Profit Organizations International Humanitarian Law The Policy of Suppressing Crime |
2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 |
|
Fourth year |
||
Mandatory Courses | ||
F | Commercial Law |
5/9 4/8 4/8 |
Corporate Criminal Liability and Misdemeanor Law (JAS)
Insurance Law (BLS) |
2/3 2/3 2/3 2/3 |
|
Skills: | ||
Legal Clinic |
2/2 2/2 |
|
S | Law on Civil Procedure |
6/10 5/10 |
Forensic Medicine (JAS) |
2/3 2/3 2/3 2/3 |
|
Skills: | ||
Case Study and Moot Court |
2/2 2/2 |
|
Practice in the Judicature and Administration or |
3 |
|
Elective courses: | ||
Judicial Organization Law |
2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 |
* JAS stands for Judicial-Administrative Stream of studies, BLS stands for Business Law Stream of studies, ILS stands for International Law Stream of studies, LTS stands for Legal Theory Stream of studies.
** F stands for Fall, S stands for Spring