History of the Department of Civil Procedure

 

The Department of Civil Proceedings has been functioning since the beginnings of the Faculty of Law at the Catholic University of Lublin. The first lecturers to take the position of the Professor's deputy were fine legal practitioners: judge Władysław Modrzewski (1921 - 1923) and judge Władysław Łukaszewicz (1924 - 1929). Later on, this position was taken by ex-judge and barrister Antoni Pastuszka, PhD (1930 - 1952). During the Second World War The Faculty of Law (just as the whole University) was closed. The classes were conducted only as a part of Secret Teaching. Antoni Pastuszka was hiding from Gestapo. After the war he, once more, took the chair of the head of the Department, which he chaired until his premature death in 1952. At that time the communist authorities closed the Faculty of Law at KUL. After the re-establishment of the Faculty of Law in 1985, the classes in Civil Proceedings were conducted by famous lawyers from the Warsaw University: prof. Tadeusz Ereciński (1985-1990), prof. Jerzy Lapierre (1991- 1991), and prof. Teresa Misiuk-Jodłowska (1991 - 1998). However, the independent Faculty of Civil Proceedings did not function, and the classes in this subject were conducted as a part of the Department of Civil Law.

In 1998 the Department of Civil Procedure was re-established after 36 years, and the lectures were conducted from that year by Jan Turek, PhD (1998 - 2005) the lecturer at KUL. The chief education officer of the Chair was the head of the Department of Civil Law prof. Hab. PhD Henryk Cioch. In 2005 the chair of the Department of Civil Proceedings (Civil Procedure) was taken by the KUL professor, Piotr Pogonowski, Hab. PhD (born in 1973). He is the author of 5 monographs, a coursebook on execution and safety proceedings, and over 100 articles and other scientific monographs. Prof. Piotr Pogonowski is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of History at KUL. He held grants at the Catholic University of America, the Columbus School of Law in Washington, and the Institute of Max Planck in Hamburg.

 

From June 1, 2012, the head of the Department of Civil Procedure is dr hab. Joanna Misztal-Konecka, prof. KUL, also holding the position of a judge of the Supreme Court. The department currently employs: adjunct - dr Edyta Gapska and assistants - dr Kinga Dróżdż-Chmiel, dr Paulina Woś and dr Paweł Wrzaszcz. PhD students are associated with the cathedral: mgr Anna Haciuk, mgr Katarzyna Kajmowicz, mgr Karolina Klin, mgr Martyna Podolska, mgr Karolina Szydłowska, mgr Jolanta Turska and mgr Dominika Wójcik.