Welcome to FDUL! Founded in June 1913 on the initiative of Afonso Costa, President of the 5th Government of the Republic, the University of Lisbon School of Law opened its doors in December of that year, with a small body of professors – seven Ph.D. and undergraduate degree holders – and a school attendance of a few dozen students. As a legal person under Public Law, with its own cultural, scientific and educational autonomy, the University of Lisbon School of Law is fundamentally a space of freedom: the freedom to educate, research, pass on and disseminate the culture of law.