The school is located on the university campus on the bank of the Danube river in the downtown district, on the opposite side of the Petrovaradin Fortress.

The Novi Sad Law School was established through a state legal act on July 20, 1955.

The law school is divided into nine units conducting teaching and research activities: The Publishing Center was established in 1991.

Candidates with secondary education are entitled to take admission test consisting of questions from Serbian literature and History.

The Novi Sad Law School offers a number of courses in English established through TEMPUS, a European student mobility program.