Education and work experience: Tatjana Josipović graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in 1985 (31 May) and received her master’s degree from the same Faculty within the Postgraduate study in Commercial Law on the topic: “Pobijanje dužnikovih pravnih radnji” (“Rebuttal of Debtor’s Legal Actions”) (19 October 1990), and her Ph.D. at the same Faculty entitled: “Sustavi publiciranja prava na nekretninama kao temelji zaštite povjerenja u pravnom prometu” (“Systems of Publication of Real Estate Rights as the Basis of Trust Protection in Legal Transactions”) (Her dissertation was defended on 12 July 1995, she received her Ph.D. degree on 16 February 1996). She passed her bar exam in 1987.
She worked as a trainee lawyer from 23 October 1985 to 29 September 1987 and as a court trainee from 18 November 1985 to 18 May 1986. She was employed at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb as an intern-postgraduate from 30 September 1987 to 6 November 1990, as an assistant from 7 November 1990 to 19 December 1995, as a senior assistant from 20 December 1995 to 22 October 1996, as an assistant professor from 23 October 1996 to 27 June 2000, as an associate professor from 28 June 2000 to 6 February 2004. From 17 February 2004, she was employed as a full professor, and as a tenured professor from March 2009.
Membership in professional organisations: Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA); European Law Institute; an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law; a regular member of the Croatian Academy of legal Sciences; Croatian Society for Civil Law Sciences and Practice; Civil Law Forum for South East Europe; Association for the Promotion of the Academy of European Law, Trier; Freunde des Hamburger Max-Planck-Institutes für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg; a member of the Common Core of the European Private Law (co-ownership, transfer of real estate ownership, real estate insurance).
Teaching activities: Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb: integrated graduate and undergraduate studies: Civil Law I and II, Civil Law – Contractual Obligations, Land Registry Law. Postgraduate specialist studies in civil law and family law sciences: Property Law, Inheritance Law, European Private Law, elective courses: Geodetic Law, Special Property Law Arrangements; Spatial Planning and Urbanism Law, Insurance of Claims under Property Law, Systems of Publication of Real Estate Rights, Land Registry Law. Doctoral studies in European Law: European Private Law. / University of Zagreb: Postgraduate specialist interdisciplinary studies of city management: Legal Aspects of City Management, Legal Regulation of Cultural Assets. / Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb: Postgraduate specialist study Legal and Economic Framework of Doing Business in the EU: European Business Law. / Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb: Fundamentals of Land Registry Law. Visiting professor: Wirtschaftsuniversität, Vienna (2002, 2010), Chuo University Tokyo (2010), Hokkaido University Sapporo (2010), Ryukoku University Kyoto (2010), Chonnam National University Gwangj (2010), Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo (2008), Law School, Tallinn University of Technology (2011), Faculty of Law, University of Zenica (2012); Judicial Academy (2011); summer school: “Central & Eastern European Law Summer Program” (Indiana University School of Law-Indianopolis / Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb): Real Estate Acquisition and Ownership in Central and Eastern Europe (Mlini, 2005, 2006, 2007), SEE Graduates EU Law Teaching & Research Academy at Saarbrücken, 1-13 July 20013, Saarbrücken; Universität Salzburg, Summer School Salzburg, 1-13 July 2013, IP European Private Law, Europäische Gerichtsbarkeit / European Jurisdiction.
Other activities: vice-dean, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (2003/04, 2004/05), head of the Department of Civil Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb; head of the Institute for Civil Legal Sciences and Family Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (2011 – ); head of Postdoctoral Studies in Civil Law and Family Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (2011 – ); chairwoman of the Committee for Statutory Issues of the University of Zagreb (2009 – ); a member of the Council of the Social and Humanistic Area (2009-2013); a member of the Scientific Area Council – Social Sciences (2013-2017); the head of the group for the chapter Rights of Business Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services and Freedom to Provide Services, a member of the Working Group for the Chapter Freedom of Movement of Capital in Negotiations for the Accession of the Republic of Croatia, arbitrator in Proceedings before the Permanent Selected Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (1997- ); member of working groups for the drafting of: Ownership and other Property Rights Act (1996, 2013), Land Registry Act (1996, 2011), Land Registry Rules of Procedure (1997), Inheritance Act (1998), Agricultural Land Act (1998/1999), Consolidation Act (2009), Services Act (2009), Maritime Property and Sea Ports Act (2011), Expropriation Act (2013), Land Databases Act (BZP, 2004); bar exam examiner, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia (2005, 2006); advisor on the project of land registry and cadastre reform (2005); a member of the Board of Directors of the South East European Law School Network (SEELS; a member of the working group for the creation of teaching materials for the education of judges and state attorneys on acquis communautaire within the Judicial Academy, Ministry of Justice (2008/2009); a member of the Croatian Notary Academy.
Training: Rechtswissenschatliche Fakultät, Karl-Franzens Universität, Graz: 1 October – 30 November 1992; Forschungsinstitut für mittel- und osteuropäisches Wirtschaftsrecht (FOWI), Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien: 9-23 Oktober 1995; Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, Lausanne 1-31 July 2007; Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg 1 May – 31 July 1997, 1 July – 31 October 2000, 1 July – 31 August 2002, 1 July -31 August 2003, 1 – 31 July 2004, 1-31 July 2006, 1 July – 31 August 2008, 1 – 25 December 2008, 1 – 31 March 2009, 1 – 31 May 2009, 1 – 31 September 2009, 1 – 31 July 2010, 1 – 31 July 2011, 1 – 31 July 2012, 1 – 31 July 2013; She participated in several international seminars and courses in the field of civil, commercial and European law.
