Meet the alumni

The figures who shape the history of law.

Our Faculty's graduates number in the tens of thousands. This section honours a select few whose careers and achievements have left a particular mark on the history of the Faculty and of Polish public life.

Arseniusz — Arseniusz
Russian Orthodox bishop.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jacek Bartosiak — Jacek Bartosiak
Polish lawyer, publicist, and popularizer of geopolitics.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jan Baszkiewicz — Prof. Dr habil.
Jan Baszkiewicz
Polish lawyer, historian, political scientist, historian of ideas.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Menachem Begin — Menachem Begin
Politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1979)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Alan Beroud — Dr
Alan Beroud
President of PKP S.A. (2024–2028)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Tadeusz Białek — Dr
Tadeusz Białek
President of the Polish Bank Association (2023–2029)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Adam Bień — Adam Bień
Polish politician of the peasant movement, lawyer, judge, member of the Polish Underground State authorities.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Adam Bodnar — Dr habil.
Adam Bodnar
Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (2015–2021)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jan Brzechwa — Jan Brzechwa
Poet, satirist and translator
WPiA UW Alumnus

Włodzimierz Chróścik — Włodzimierz Chróścik
President of the National Council of Legal Advisers (2020–2028)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Andrzej Czuma — Andrzej Czuma
Polish politician, lawyer, anti-communist opposition activist and political prisoner in the Polish People's Republic.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Ignacy Dąbrowski — Ignacy Dąbrowski
Lawyer, resistance activist.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jacek Dubois — Jacek Dubois
Polish lawyer and writer, advocate, member of the State Tribunal.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jerzy Dziewulski — Jerzy Dziewulski
Polish police officer, anti-terrorist, and politician.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Lech Falandysz — Prof.
Lech Falandysz
Deputy Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (1991–1995)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Aleksander Ferens — Aleksander Ferens
Polish local government official, a lawyer by education, Mayor of the Śródmieście District of Warsaw since 2019.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Czesław Foryś — Czesław Foryś
Polish athlete and athletics activist, long-time president of PZLA.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Katarzyna Gajowniczek-Pruszyńska — Katarzyna Gajowniczek-Pruszyńska
Dean of the Warsaw Bar Association (2025–2029)
WPiA UW Alumna

Lech Gardocki — Prof. Dr habil.
Lech Gardocki
First President of the Supreme Court of Poland (1998–2010)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Leszek Garlicki — Prof. Dr habil.
Leszek Garlicki
Judge of the ECtHR (2002–2012), Judge of the Constitutional Tribunal (1993–2001)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Małgorzata Gersdorf — Prof. Dr habil.
Małgorzata Gersdorf
First President of the Supreme Court of Poland (2014–2020)
WPiA UW Alumna

Jerzy Giedroyć — Jerzy Giedroyć
Publicist, politician, émigré activist
WPiA UW Alumnus

Maciej Glogier — Maciej Glogier
Polish lawyer, social activist, and local government official.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Arkadiusz Godel — Arkadiusz Godel
Polish fencer, foilist, Olympic and world champion.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Witold Gombrowicz — Witold Gombrowicz
Novelist, short-story writer and dramatist
WPiA UW Alumnus

Antoni Górski — Antoni Górski
Polish lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of Poland, from 2010–2014 chairman of the National Council of the Judiciary.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Henryk Goryszewski — Henryk Goryszewski
Polish politician, lawyer, academic teacher.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz — Prof. Dr habil.
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Mayor of Warsaw (2006–2018), President of the National Bank of Poland (1992–2000)
WPiA UW Alumna

Konstanty Gruszecki — Konstanty Gruszecki
Member of the Senate, secretary of the Chancellery of the Council of State from 1860–1868.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Bartosz Heller — Bartosz Heller
Polish journalist and sports commentator.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Leonid Hurwicz — Prof.
Leonid Hurwicz
Economist, Nobel Prize laureate (2007)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Hubert Izdebski — prof. dr hab.
Hubert Izdebski
Polish lawyer and academic teacher, legal counsel, professor of legal sciences, historian of ideas and law.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Czesław Marian Jankowski — Czesław Marian Jankowski
Polish lawyer, scout, scoutmaster, co-creator of scouting in the Congress Kingdom.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jacek Jastrzębski — Prof. UW, Dr habil.
Jacek Jastrzębski
Chair of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (2018–2028)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Barbara Z. Kielar — prof.
Barbara Z. Kielar
Polish translation studies scholar, doyen of legal translation theory, professor.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Janusz Kochanowski — Dr
Janusz Kochanowski
Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (2006–2010)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jadwiga Kokoszko — Jadwiga Kokoszko
Lawyer, underground activist during World War II, People's Guard partisan.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Halina Kunicka — Halina Kunicka
Polish singer.
WPiA UW Alumna

Ewa Łętowska — prof. dr hab.
Ewa Łętowska
Polish lawyer, specialist in civil and constitutional law.
WPiA UW Alumna

Jan Łopuszański — Jan Łopuszański
Polish politician, lawyer, academic teacher, publicist, Sejm member of the 10th, 1st, 3rd, and 4th terms.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Hanna Machińska — dr
Hanna Machińska
Polish lawyer, state official, and academic teacher, doctor of legal sciences.
WPiA UW Alumna

Czesław Miłosz — Czesław Miłosz
Poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1980)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jacek Moskwa — Jacek Moskwa
Polish print and television journalist, writer, Vatican specialist.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jan Olszewski — Jan Olszewski
Polish lawyer, politician, and publicist, attorney.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jerzy Osiński — Jerzy Osiński
Polish balloon pilot, publicist, journalist, editor-in-chief of aviation magazines.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jerzy Paciorkowski — Jerzy Paciorkowski
Lawyer, state activist of the Second Polish Republic; Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Lech Paprzycki — Lech Paprzycki
President of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court (1999–2016)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jerzy Pawłowski — Jerzy Pawłowski
Polish fencer, spy, and painter.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Aleksander Pik — gen. bryg.
Aleksander Pik
Major General of the Imperial Russian Army and Brigadier General of the Polish Army, lawyer.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Barbara Piwnik — Barbara Piwnik
Polish lawyer, judge.
WPiA UW Alumna

Bolesław Pohorecki — Bolesław Pohorecki
Polish lawyer, civil law specialist, President of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Second Polish Republic.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Danuta Przystasz — Danuta Przystasz
Polish lawyer, involved in the conspiracy during World War II.
WPiA UW Alumna

Emanuel Quirini — Emanuel Quirini
Major of Polish Army gendarmerie, victim of the Katyn massacre.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Janusz Rabski — Janusz Rabski
Attorney, politician, academic activist, novelist, member of the National People's Union.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Edward Rastawiecki — Edward Rastawiecki
Collector and art patron, member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Gustaw Roszkowski — prof.
Gustaw Roszkowski
Lawyer, professor of international law, and democratic politician.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jacek Jan Rulewicz — Jacek Jan Rulewicz
Polish lawyer and economist, specialist in cultural heritage protection.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Andrzej Rzepliński — prof. dr hab.
Andrzej Rzepliński
Polish lawyer, professor of legal sciences, academic teacher.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Marek Safjan — Prof. Dr habil.
Marek Safjan
Judge of the CJEU (2009–2024), President of the Constitutional Tribunal (1998–2006)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Dorota Safjan — dr
Dorota Safjan
Polish lawyer, academic teacher, Doctor of Law.
WPiA UW Alumna

Anna Sękowska — Anna Sękowska
Dean of the Warsaw Chamber of Legal Advisers (2025–2028)
WPiA UW Alumna

Josef Serlin — Josef Serlin
Israeli lawyer and politician, Minister of Transport in 1952, Minister of Health from 1952–1955.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Tomasz Sianecki — Tomasz Sianecki
Journalist
WPiA UW Alumnus

Henryk Sienkiewicz — Henryk Sienkiewicz
Writer, Nobel Prize laureate (1905)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Dariusz Standerski — dr
Dariusz Standerski
Polish economist and politician, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Digitization.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jerzy Stępień — Jerzy Stępień
Polish lawyer and politician, judge, legal counsel, Senator of the 1st and 2nd terms.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Anna Streżyńska — Anna Streżyńska
Polish lawyer, entrepreneur, and state official.
WPiA UW Alumna

Adam Strzembosz — prof. dr hab.
Adam Strzembosz
Polish jurist, judge, professor of legal sciences.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jakub Strzyczkowski — Jakub Strzyczkowski
Polish radio and television journalist.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Cezary Stypułkowski — Cezary Stypułkowski
Polish lawyer, banker, since 2024 CEO of Bank Polska Kasa Opieki.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jan Stypułkowski — Jan Stypułkowski
Attorney, local government official, and publisher of "Kurier Łódzki" and "Echo."
WPiA UW Alumnus

Danuta Waniek — dr hab.
Danuta Waniek
Polish politician and academic teacher, Habilitated Doctor of Humanities.
WPiA UW Alumna

Danuta Wawrzynkiewicz — Danuta Wawrzynkiewicz
Polish administrative specialist, official, advisor to the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński on [specific matters].
WPiA UW Alumna

Aleksander Wejnert — Aleksander Wejnert
Polish historian, Warsaw expert.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Marcin Wiącek — Prof. UW, Dr habil.
Marcin Wiącek
Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (2021–2026)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Edmund Wojciechowski — Edmund Wojciechowski
Lawyer in Warsaw, legal counsel for Społem, aesthete, and art collector.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Bogusław Wołoszański — Bogusław Wołoszański
Polish journalist, writer, and popularizer of history, author of historical books.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Eugeniusz Wyzner — Eugeniusz Wyzner
Polish diplomat, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Jerzy Zagórski — Jerzy Zagórski
Polish poet, essayist, and translator, co-founder of the "Żagary" group.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Konrad Zawadzki — Konrad Zawadzki
Polish press historian, Warsaw expert, lawyer, bibliographer, librarian, bibliophile.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Bohdan Zdziennicki — dr
Bohdan Zdziennicki
Polish lawyer, Doctor of Law, judge of the Supreme Administrative Court.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Władysław Żeleński — Władysław Żeleński
Polish lawyer, historian, and publicist, residing in France since the end of World War II.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Tadeusz Żenczykowski — Tadeusz Żenczykowski
Polish lawyer, political activist, and publicist.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Stanisław Zgliczyński — Stanisław Zgliczyński
Polish advocate, social activist.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Adam Zieliński — Prof. Dr habil.
Adam Zieliński
Commissioner for Human Rights (1996–2000), President of the Supreme Administrative Court (1982–1992)
WPiA UW Alumnus

Włodzimierz Zientarski — Włodzimierz Zientarski
Polish press journalist.
WPiA UW Alumnus

Kamil Zubelewicz — dr
Kamil Zubelewicz
Polish economist, Doctor of Economic Sciences, member of the Monetary Policy Council in the 2016–2022 term.
WPiA UW Alumnus