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Teen Academy
Teen Academy

Teen Academy inspires a passion for law

Between 30 June and 3 July, the Porto Campus hosted another edition of the Teen Academy, featuring the programme “Discovering Law”, which challenged...
July 9, 2026
Novos prazos
Applications

New Application Deadline for the First Cycle of Studies

Following the decision of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation to amend the timetable for the external assessment of secondary school...
July 6, 2026
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Negotiation, Mediation and Dispute Resolution

Applications open for the 16th edition of the Postgraduate Programme in Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution

Applications are now open for the 16th edition of the Postgraduate Programme in Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution , a Portuguese-taught...
June 29, 2026
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International Students

Applications now open for the International Studies Programme - a Master’s Degree in Law fully taught in English

Applications are now open for the International Studies Programme , a Master’s Degree in Law fully taught in English and focused on International Law,...
June 22, 2026
Diálogos-Luso-Brasileiros
Human Rights

Universidade Católica organises a Portuguese-Brazilian discussion on online violence, misogyny and women’s rights

On 5 June, the Faculty of Law – Porto School of the Portuguese Catholic University hosted the conference ‘Luso-Brazilian Dialogues on Digital Violence and...
June 19, 2026
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Internationalisation

Porto Faculty of Law welcomes delegation from Université Catholique de Lille

On 3 June 2026, the Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa welcomed a delegation from Université Catholique de Lille at the Foz Campus, as...
June 19, 2026
Faculty of Law and SRS Legal sign a cooperation agreement.
Agreements

Faculty of Law and SRS Legal sign a cooperation agreement

The Faculty of Law - Porto School signed a cooperation protocol yesterday with SRS Legal , strengthening its ties with law firms and expanding training...
June 19, 2026
Direito Sucessório e Processo Especial de Venda de Coisa Imóvel Integrada em Herança Indivisa
Direito Imobiliário

Catholic University Law School Hosts Debate on Streamlining the Division of Undivided Inheritances

On June 16, the Faculty of Law – Porto School of the Portuguese Catholic University hosted a colloquium dedicated to the topic of undivided estates and...
June 18, 2026
Professora Doutora Paula Ribeiro de Faria eleita juíza do Tribunal Constitucional
Institutional

Professor Paula Ribeiro de Faria elected as a judge of the Constitutional Court

Maria Paula Ribeiro de Faria, Full Professor at the Faculty of Law – Porto School of the Portuguese Catholic University, was elected as a judge of the...
June 16, 2026
Cerimonia-estudantes-internacionais
Erasmus and Exchange Students

Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Porto celebrates the experience of international mobility students

On 28 May, Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto held a ceremony dedicated to its mobility students. Organised with the support of IL@C, the event...
June 12, 2026
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Press

Faculty - Professor José Azeredo Lopes
July 7, 2026
Rádio Observador
International and European Law

Azeredo Lopes: ‘Israel has a decisive leverage’

Azeredo Lopes, a former defence minister, explains in detail how the Netanyahu government, focused on political survival, is working to prevent the normalisation of relations between the United States and Iran. Read the full story here .
07/07/2026 - 16:42
Rádio Observador
FQL
June 29, 2026
observador
International and European Law

US-Iran: 'I don't see any way these differences can be reconciled'

Francisco Quelhas Lima believes that the 60-day deadline for a nuclear agreement is unrealistic. According to the academic, the United States only wants to buy time and keep the strait open until the November elections. Listen to the full podcast here .
29/06/2026 - 11:12
observador
Manuel-Fontaine
June 18, 2026
Visão
Direito e Inteligência Artificial

Fasting in the Age of AI – proposals from the Encyclical ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ for education (and for each and every one of us)

Proper education for AI users is, of course, a key aspect. But this education should not be limited to knowing how to use AI; it should also include knowing when not to use AI – when we should practise an ‘AI fast’ The very recent Encyclical “Magnifica...
18/06/2026 - 12:35
Visão
Maria Isabel Tavares - Imprensa
June 12, 2026
RTP Notícias
Faculty

Acordo EUA-Irão

Intervenção de Maria Isabel Tavares, docente da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa no Porto. Um memorando de entendimento entre o Irão e os Estados Unidos abre um período de 60 dias para negociações sobre um acordo...
12/06/2026 - 16:48
RTP Notícias
Maria Isabel Tavares - Imprensa
June 11, 2026
observador
Faculty

"É possível uma invasão terrestre dos EUA a Kharg?"

Entrevista de Maria Isabel Tavares, docente da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Maria Isabel Tavares considera uma invasão terrestre da ilha de Kharg um cenário complicado de acontecer. Destaca ainda a...
11/06/2026 - 16:29
observador
Milena Silva Rouxinol - Imprensa
June 6, 2026
Público
Faculty

O nebuloso banco de horas

Artigo de opinião de Milena Silva Rouxinol, docente da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, em co-autoria com João Amado (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra), Teresa Moreira (Escola da Direito da...
06/06/2026 - 17:41
Público
Maria Isabel Tavares - Imprensa
June 5, 2026
Sic Notícias
Faculty

Análise da atualidade internacional

Intervenção de Maria Isabel Tavares, docente da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Análise dos comentadores da SIC Coronel Carlos Mendes Dias, Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Marcos Farias Ferreira, professor de Relações...
05/06/2026 - 17:36
Sic Notícias
Rita Lobo Xavier
June 2, 2026
CNN Portugal
Faculty

Heranças indivisas: novas soluções e novos conflitos

Artigo de opinião de Rita Lobo Xavier, docente da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Partindo de um diagnóstico amplamente consensual, o de que os principais bloqueios do sistema sucessório português se concentram...
02/06/2026 - 10:17
CNN Portugal
Milena Silva Rouxinol - Imprensa
May 23, 2026
Público
Faculty

"A precariedade não é uma lei da natureza"

Artigo de opinião de Milena Silva Rouxinol, docente da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, em co-autoria com João Amado (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra), Teresa Moreira (Escola de Direito da...
23/05/2026 - 10:35
Público
Maria Isabel Tavares - Imprensa
April 25, 2026
Sic Notícias
Faculty

Análise à guerra no Médio Oriente

Intervenção de Maria Isabel Tavares, docente da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. A falta de clareza sobre quem detém o mandato de negociação no Irão e a fragilidade do Paquistão como mediador são preocupações. A...
25/04/2026 - 11:59
Sic Notícias
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Events

Fundamental Concepts of Law
17
Sep
09:00
Conferences

Fundamental Concepts of Law: Legal Expectations

No ano em que se assinalam os 40 anos da aprovação do Código das Sociedades Comerciais e também os 20 anos sobre a sua maior reforma (2006), a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa organiza, nas suas duas escolas (de Lisboa e Porto), em
26
Oct
10:00
Católica Research Centre for the Future of Law

Symposium | The Catholic University: Four Decades of the Companies Act

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