The University of Zagreb officially celebrated its 350th anniversary with a celebration that took place on November 3, 2019 at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. Many prominent members of the academic community, dignitaries and top state officials attended the ceremony. The President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, officially presented the dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Igor Gliha, PhD, with the Charter of the Republic of Croatia to commemorate more than one hundred years of existence of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.

In 2018 the  book of great significance for legal practice award was awarded to the book titled "Consumer Protection Against Irregular Contractual Terms - Principles and Standards of Protection in European Union Court Decisions" by full professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law Tatjana Josipović, Ph.D. The nomination was submitted by "Narodne novine", the publisher of the book. Professor Tatjana Josipović received the award from judge Damir Kontrec.

Professor Nina Vajić, a retired professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law and judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg in the period from 1998 to 2012, received the highest award of the Jadranko Crnić Foundation - Jadranko Crnić Award for lifelong contribution and outstanding achievements in the legal profession and promotion of the rule of law in the Republic of Croatia. The nomination for the award was submitted by the Croatian Association of Women in the legal profession.

"Capella juris", the choir of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb,  received a silver medal with a total of 88.7 points in the category of classical choirs with a traditional repertoire at the 5th Croatian Traditional Vocal Music Competition held on May 11, 2019 at the Concert and Congress Hall Vatroslav Lisinski.

Students Manuel Kralj, Dominik Kranjčec, Anamarija Vlašić and Dominik Žugaj represented the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law at the the Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in the field of International Commercial Arbitration, held from 12 - 18 April in Vienna. In a competition of 372 teams, our students were among the top 30 teams that won the honourable mention for Claimant.

Head of the Chair of Criminal Law Professor Davor Derenčinović, PhD was elected president of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) at the Group’s 34th plenary held from 18 to 22 March 2019 in Strasbourg. 

GRETA comprises leading experts coming from the countries signatories to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. 
The mandate of GRETA members runs four years, while the President and the Vice-Presidents are elected for a mandate of two years.