Department of Legal Sciences
About the Department
The Legal Sciences Department has been operating as a part of the Faculty of Law since the 2007/2008 academic year, providing instruction for all our law students. The speciality was established as a part of "Administrative and Political Sciences" in the year Varna Free University was founded, while later it became a part of the Faculty of Law. The existence and advancement of the Faculty are possible thanks to the efforts of Professors Doko Dokov, PhD, and Tamara Hinova, PhD.
Faculty of Law Building – Room "Б"1
Secretary: Dilyana Vladimirova
Faculty of Law Building – Room "Б"9
E-mail: pravo@vfu.bg
Reception day: Week days, 9:00 - 11:00; 14:00 - 15:00
Teaching Staff
| Tutor | Office Tel. No. | Office |
| Stankov, Boyan Rangelov, Prof., Sc.D | ||
| Kunchev, Yonko Dimitrov, Prof., Sc.D. | ||
| Borisov, Orlin Nikolov, Prof., Sc.D. | ||
| Traykov, Zdravko Dimitrov, VFU Professor, PhD | ||
| Valkanov, Valkan, VFU Professor, PhD | ||
| Stamboliev, Ognyan Hristov, Professor, PhD | ||
| Balabanova, Hristina Todorova, Professor, PhD | ||
| Milkova, Dimitrina Antonova, Professor, PhD | ||
| Naumova, Stefka Stefanova, Professor, PhD | ||
| Stoyanov, Ivan Georgiev, Professor, PhD | ||
| Tasev, Simeon Vladimirov, Professor, PhD | ||
| Ruschev, Ivan Ruschev, Professor, PhD | ||
| Mateeva, Ekaterina Ilieva, Professor, Sc.D. | ||
| Bliznashki, Georgi Petkov, Professor, PhD | ||
| Markov, Rumen Iliev, Professor, PhD | ||
| Tsankov, Veselin Hristov, Professor, PhD | ||
| Ilieva, Mariya Kostova, Professor, PhD | ||
| Kostadinov, Emil, Professor, PhD | ||
| Bilyarski, Ivan Aleksandrov, Assoc. Prof., Sc.D. | ||
| Mateeva, Yuliana Mladenova, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Markov, Marcho Penchev, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Strashimirova, Ana Vladimirova, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Radev, Orlin Stefanov, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Grozdanov, Anton Kirilov, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Koev, Stanislav Videv, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Siderova, Emiliya Lyubomirova, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Todor Kolarov, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Boyka Cherneva, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Zhivko Draganov, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Emiliya Stankova, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Boyko Rashkov, Assoc. Prof., PhD | ||
| Petrova, Mirosveta, Assist. Prof., PhD | ||
| Kalinova-Panova, Elisaveta Georgieva, Assist. Prof., PhD | ||
| Yanka Tyankova, Assist. Prof., Ph. D | ||
| Kovacheva, Galina Dimitrova, Ph.D. | ||
| Stoyanova-Toneva, Yordanka Angelova, Assist. Prof. | ||
| Angelova, Aleksandra Dobreva, Assist. Prof. | ||
| Dimitrov, Dimitar Stoyanov, Assist. Prof. | ||
| Petrova, Mariya Petrova, Assist. Prof. | ||
| Lilova, Emiliya Tsvetkova, Assist. Prof. | ||
| Nikolova, Galina Ivanova, Assist. Prof. | |
Specialities
Undergraduate MA Degree:
Law
The speciality of Law provides master’s education and access to the professional qualification of Jurist, giving graduates the chance to embark on a career in any sphere of law, including any legal bodies (courts of law, prosecutor’s offices, and investigating authorities), the bar, the notariate, and any legal executive institutions, and public and local self-governance administrations, as well as any trade, business and international partnership organisations, etc. The curriculum is based on Bulgarian and international experience in teaching future jurists, and is complied with the Bulgarian law. The course comprises three types of disciplines: compulsory, elective and optional. It provides access to a mandatory minimum knowledge set, giving students the opportunity to choose their preferred subspecialty. The curriculums in all disciplines comprising the course of study, as regards theoretical issues, legislation and law enforcement, are based on the principles of interdisciplinarity and comparative legal approaches. During their studies, students attend work placements at municipalities, prosecutor’s offices and courts of justice. Upon successfully passing all state exams, graduates are awarded a professional qualification in law after a compulsory work placement and examination at the Ministry of Justice, in accordance with the Bulgarian Judicial System Act.
Postgraduate MA Degree:
- Maritime law and Logistics
PhD Academic Degree:
- 05.05.06 Constitutional Law
- 05.05.08 Civil and Family Law
- 05.05.15 International Law and Relations
- 05.05.19 Forensic Science
- 05.05.20 Criminology