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Announcements β€” Chair of Civil Law

Current information for students and doctoral candidates concerning examinations, office hours and class organisation at the Chair of Civil Law.

  • 01
    Exam papers from Civil Law: General Part and Property Law (resit session, 2 September 2026) will additionally be available for review during office hours of Prof. Mateusz Pilich on 23 September 2026 at 18:30, room 307, Collegium Iuridicum I.
  • 02
    Exam papers from Civil Law: Obligations (resit session, 11 September 2026) will be available for review during office hours of Dr Marcin Olechowski on 23 September 2026 at 10:00, room 405 (Collegium Iuridicum I). No application is required to exercise the right to review an exam paper β€” simply attend the office hours.
  • 03
    Exam papers from Civil Law: General Part and Property Law (resit session, 2 September 2026) will be available for review during office hours of Dr RafaΕ‚ Morka on 16 September 2026 at 8:00, room 427, Collegium Iuridicum I. No application is required to exercise the right to review an exam paper β€” simply attend the relevant office hours.
  • 04
    Taking the zero-session exams in Civil Law: General Part and Property Law and in Obligations requires prior completion of the exercises recorded in USOS. Completion of exercises is not, however, required to take the Family and Succession Law exam.
  • 05
    Rules of the written exam in Civil Law: General Part and Property Law from the 2025/26 academic year: single-choice test, four answers per question β€” one correct, 36 questions, followed by 4 case studies with written answers, total exam time β€” 72 minutes.
  • 06
    Rules of the written exam in Civil Law: Obligations: single-choice test, four answers per question β€” one correct, 36 questions, followed by 4 case studies with written answers, total exam time β€” 72 minutes.
  • 07
    Rules of the written exam in Family and Succession Law: single-choice test, four answers per question β€” one correct, 36 questions, followed by 4 case studies with written answers, total exam time β€” 72 minutes.
  • 08
    Scoring: Each correct test answer gives 1 point. For each case study, 0 to 6 points may be awarded. Inconsistent answers reduce the score down to 0. Commission exams will be oral.
  • 09
    In response to numerous questions, please be advised that civil-law exams in group 100 in the 2025/26 academic year may be taken during pre-session "sessions" and during the winter, summer and resit sessions. Oral exams are therefore permitted in the following periods: Family and Succession Law: 12.1–8.2, 20.2–1.3 Civil Law: General Part and Property Law, and Civil Law: Obligations: 23.5–28.6, 31.8–13.9. Exams taken outside these periods will not be valid, regardless of the result.
  • 10
    Examiners in Civil Law β€” Succession and Family Law strongly encourage students to consider enrolling in this course no earlier than the fourth year of studies, after passing the exam in Obligations. Knowledge of the law of obligations is highly desirable as the substantive foundation for the material covered in the Succession and Family Law course.
  • 11
    Please send editable master's thesis topic forms by email to the secretariat: pc@wpia.uw.edu.pl

Sample test questions and case studies