The school is located in Sarajevo's downtown district next to the Latin Bridge and not far from Baščaršija, the city's historical and cultural center.

Mehmed Begović, a distinguished research professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law specializing in Yugoslav Sharia law was the driving power for establishing the school's program and organization (along with Gorazd Kušej from Ljubljana and Pavao Rastovčan from Zagreb).

Russian lawyer and historian Alexander Soloviev served as the first Dean of the Sarajevo Law School from 1947 to 1949.

[1] The law school is divided into five chairs: The Bachelor's program lasts four years carrying 240 ECTS credits.

The Degree of Graduate lawyer was also offered for those who enrolled before the Bologna reform.