Programme Board

The Programme Board of the Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, is composed of 12 representatives working in practice and 10 representatives from the faculty:

  • Vesna Rijavec, PhD, Full Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Law,
  • Tomaž Keresteš, PhD, Full Professor, Vice-dean for Curricular Affairs,
  • Darja Senčur Peček, PhD, Full Professor, Vice-dean for Research and International Relations,
  • Saša Prelič, PhD, Full Professor, Vice-dean for Economic Affairs,
  • Asja Lešnik, Vice-dean for Student Affairs of the Faculty of Law,
  • Maja Habjanič, Secretary General of the Faculty of Law,
  • Matjaž Tratnik, PhD, Full Professor, Head of the The First Cycle university study programme "Law",
  • Renato Vrenčur, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the The Second Cycle master's study programme "Law",
  • Janja Hojnik, PhD, Full Professor, Head of the The Second Cycle master's study programme "European Legal Studies"
  • Aleš Ferčič, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Third Cycle doctoral study programme "Law"
  • Alenka Zadravec, Judge at the High Court of Maribor and President of the District Court of Maribor,
  • Andrej Ekart, PhD,  senior judge and vice president of the Slovenian Association of Judges,
  • Srečko Đurov, acting director of the City Administration in the Municipality of Maribor,
  • Suzana Horvat, Head of Compliance at Talum d.d.,
  • Marijan Papež, General Director of Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia,
  • mag. Evelin Pristavec Tratar, Directorate for Legislation on Organisation and for Justice Administration, Ministry of Justice,
  • Sonja Kralj, notary,
  • Janez Starman, President of the Slovene Bar Association,
  • Marko Ilešič, PhD, Judge at the Court of European Union,
  • Drago Šketa, State Prosecutor General,
  • Samo Červek, President of National Review Commission and
  • Beti Potparić, Head of the department for judicial administration and matters of common importance, District Court in Ljubljana.

The key goal of the Programme Board is to establish a successful link between the users, lawyers working in practice, and the faculty itself. Such a link leads to the exchange of information that improves the study programmes and teaching work. The board takes into account different suggestions for improvement of faculty’s graduates final competences. These suggestions ultimately affect the topics of final works and doctoral dissertations, help the students to get involved in different learning programmes and research projects, enlarge the number of experts that help educating the students, inform students of scholarship opportunities, lend a hand to constituting different overviews of employable students and advise students when looking for employment and cooperating with the Career Center of the Maribor Faculty of Law.