The Department of Civil Law was formed immediately after the establishment of the Faculty of Law in 1973 under the name of the Department of Civil Law and Family Law. In 1983 the Department was renamed as the Department of Civil Law and International Law owing to its fusion with the Department of International Law. After a period of time, in 1999 the International Law division was transformed into a separate department, and the Civil Law division has been given the official designation – the Department of Civil Law used to the present day.
At the beginning of its existence, associate professors and professors from the Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava assisted with teaching and scholarly activities of the Department. The new young generation of academics was fortunate to draw on the teaching and scientific experience and activities of their senior colleagues. At the outset of the existence of the Department of Civil Law and Family Law, several eminent lecturers of the Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava were engaged, such as assoc. prof. JUDr. Ján Lazar, CSc. from 1973 to 1975, prof. JUDr. Ján Bavorský, CSc. who was the Head of Department from 1975 to 1976 and assoc. prof. JUDr. Andrej Bajcura, CSc. during the period 1977-1981. Full-time teachers at the Department were JUDr. Štefan Ogurčák, JUDr. Katarína Kirstová, JUDr. Peter Vojčík, JUDr. Natália Mikšová (Richterová) and JUDr. Jozef Kravec.
From 1983 to 1993, the position of the Head of Department was held by JUDr. Štefan Ogurčák, CSc. and in 1994 assoc. prof. JUDr. Peter Vojčík, CSc. was appointed to act in this position. Former employees of the Department were also JUDr. Ján Klučka, JUDr. Natália Richterová, JUDr. Ján Varšo, JUDr. Igor Raáb, JUDr. Ivo Hlaváček, JUDr. Juraj Jankuv, JUDr. Ivana Salem, JUDr. Ján Mazák, JUDr. Ivana Kirešová and JUDr. Adrián Graban, PhD.
