The Faculty of Law was founded in 1987 and is the most recent addition to the University of Troms . Its enormous popularity resulted in restricted admission from 1990. Private and common law research conducted at the Faculty of Law includes property, child, insurance and criminal law, legal procedures, inheritance law and law philosophy.
Special emphasis is placed on Saami law and maritime law.
The Faculty is authorised to grant Cand. 1999 August 3.