On 5 November, in Lisbon, the inauguration ceremony was held for the director of the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and its respective Schools: Lisbon School, Porto School and Católica Global School of Law, for the 2025-2028 term. José Moutinho remains as director of the Faculty of Law, Ana Taveira da Fonseca takes on another term at the helm of the Lisbon School, and Miguel Poiares Maduro continues to lead the Católica Global School of Law. As for the Porto School, Marta Portocarrero was sworn in as the new director.
Expressing her appreciation for the work done by previous teams, the President of Católica, Isabel Capeloa Gil, thanked the members of the new management teams for "their commitment to this great project, which is the Faculty of Law, the teaching of law, legal research, the work of translation, social impact and transfer that the Faculty of Law and its schools have represented throughout these almost 60 years of the Universidade Católica's existence‘. She also pointed out ’new challenges, always demanding", especially considering the disruption brought about by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Referring to law as a ‘core area of knowledge’ at Católica, Isabel Capeloa Gil also recalled ‘the very specific matrix of Christian humanism that law at Católica represents and the very strong example it sets as a school of excellence in training lawyers dedicated to the common good’.
‘I am sure that it will be another successful term in terms of our ultimate goal, excellence, innovation, doing everything in a new way, in terms of scientific research and teaching, but also with highly effective and high-level management,’ assured the director of the Faculty of Law in his speech, referring to the new directions. For the next three years, José Moutinho pointed out as priorities promoting the unity of the faculty and joint research projects, diversifying and consolidating the teaching staff, revisiting the student mobility programme and strengthening talent retention.
Ana Taveira, director of the Lisbon School, also reiterated that renewing the teaching staff will be one of the goals of this new term. At the same time, she indicated the ambition to maintain the high rating of the research carried out and to adapt the pedagogical model to AI, in particular the new degree programme that is being prepared, so that ‘students see added value in the university.’
