Academic committee

The Academic Committee and its president are appointed by the Governing Board for the period of two years with the possibility of reappointment. It comprises at least four members, among whom there must be at least one representative of the Law course, one representative of the Law and Management of Real Estate course, as well as one representative of students.

The Academic Affairs Committee consists of:

President of the Academic Affairs Committee: Prof. Dr. Marko Novak

Associate Prof. Dr. Sara Ahlin Doljak, 

Associate Prof. Dr. Nana Weber, 

Associate Prof. Dr. Boštjan Kerbler, 

Patrik More, student.

The Academic Committee:

1. decides on the possibility of completing the studies in the undergraduate programme Law (1st cycle) on the basis of an article,
2. discusses and approves the topics of master’s theses and confirms the mentor or co-mentor,
3. appoints an Expert Committee for the evaluation and defence of the master’s thesis,
4. submits proposals to the Senate for the appointment of an Expert Committee to assess the suitability of the topic of the doctoral dissertation,
5. submits proposals to the Senate for the confirmation of the topic and the mentor or co-mentor of the doctoral dissertation,
6. submits proposals to the Senate for the appointment of an Expert Committee for the evaluation of the doctoral dissertation,
7. submits proposals to the Senate for the approval of the assessments of the Expert Committee for the evaluation of the doctoral dissertation and the appointment of an Expert Committee for defence,
8. decides on the enrolment of students in study programmes,
9. considers requests for transferring between study programmes,
10. considers requests for extension of the topic of master’s and doctoral theses,
11. on the basis of the student’s request, decides on enrolment of a student in the same year (repeat enrolment) and the enrolment of a student into a higher year, in the event that they have not fulfilled all the obligations determined in the study programme for the enrolment into a higher year (exceptional enrolment),
12. on the basis of the student’s request issues a reasoned opinion on faster advancement of a student,
13. on the basis of the student’s request decides on the application for taking higher year exams early,
14. on the basis of the student’s request decides on the application for the replacement of the elective course,
15. on the basis of the student’s request decides on the application criteria for issuing a special needs student status, student athlete status or student artist status,
16. on the basis of the student’s request deals with the requests for student status extensions,
17. on the basis of the student’s request decides on the recognition of obligations of official and unofficial education or practical training,
18. on the basis of the student’s request decides on the exemption from compulsory practical training.
19. on the basis of the student’s request decides on the application for the continuation of studies after more than two years of suspension,
20. on the basis of the student’s request decides on the application for recognition of obligations performed abroad on the basis of the Erasmus + exchange programme,
21. appoints a professor if the course does not have a specific co-performer who assesses the subject as part of a double assessment,
22. decides on a joint assessment if the assessments of the two assessors differ and if the assessors do not give a harmonized joint assessment,
23. appoints a professor, if the course does not have a specific co-performer who is present at the lecture of the course holder and takes short minutes of it,
24. keeps records of minutes on monitoring the implementation of courses,
25. performs other tasks related to the academic activities of the faculty if no other faculty body is competent for them.