The University of Turin, Faculty of Law

The University of Turin, Faculty of Law is the law school of the University of Turin (itself commonly referred to as UNITO www.unito.it). The law faculty traces its roots to the founding of the University of Turin, and has produced or hosted some of the most outstanding jurists, statesmen and women, and scholars in Italian and European history. Among its distinguished faculty and alumni are leading writers, philosophers and legal scholars.

Today, the Faculty of Law continues the tradition, with particular strengths in the fields of private law, EU law, comparative law and related fields.

The Faculty offers a number of degrees, starting with the laurea di giurisprudenza (equivalent to an LL.B.), laurea specialistica or laurea magistrale (postgraduate law degree, equivalent to an LL.M.) and several specialized LL.M. programmes. The Faculty also offers some brief degree courses (three years). In addition, the faculty offers the dottorato di ricerca or the traditional research Ph.D. degree. As a result of the Bologna Process, all of the UNITO Law degrees are fully comparable and transferrable across Europe, and graduates of the law faculty in fact practice in a number of leading jurisdictions across Europe.

The Dean of the Faculty is Gianmaria Ajani, full professor of private law and comparative law, and expert on Chinese law and the law of Eastern European countries. Dean Ajani is also the director of the LL.M. program in "Management of Development" a law and development program taught at the International Training Center of the ILO in Turin.