The excellent Law Library is located in the main University Hallward Library, located next to our building, and it has in excess of 60,000 volumes, as well as immediate access to a very wide range of electronic materials and resources.
The School also has excellent computing facilities. All students have access to computers within the University, with the Baker & McKenzie Computer Room providing access to computers exclusively for Law students.
Appropriate software for research and teaching purposes is provided as necessary and all Law modules use electronic learning systems (Blackboard and WebCT) to assist student learning.
A rolling programme of equipment upgrading and renewal ensures that the School remains at the forefront of IT provision.
In addition to the Law Library collection, the University of Nottingham houses a full European Documentation Centre, and also has an extensive Documents Division with holdings of UK official publications and official publications from important international organisations such as the United Nations, the OECD, etc.
The Law and related collections are housed in the Hallward Library but students have access to all of the other 10 libraries that form the Information Services libraries network, including specialist libraries in medicine, business, science and engineering, education and computing, etc.
Teaching and learning in Law are heavily underpinned by access to and use of key online commercial databases including LexisNexis Professional, WestlawUK, All England Direct, Halsbury's Laws Direct, The Law Reports, The Weekly Law Reports and others.
In addition, you will have access to hundreds of electronic law journals in full text and almost 9,000 journals across all subject disciplines.
The School of Law aims to provide excellent teaching in an effective teaching / learning environment. We have always valued excellence in teaching, allied to a strong research base. In order to enable all our students to be directly assisted in their learning and to have effective interaction with their law teachers, the School of Law provides three main types of teaching: small tutorial groups, seminar groups and lectures.
The small tutorial groups (usually of a maximum of 8 students) generally take place within Law lecturers' offices, which are large enough to accommodate such groups, or tutorial rooms within the Law School Building.
Seminars occur within special seminar rooms, some of which are in the Law School building and others in other University buildings. In particular, through the generous support of Eversheds solicitors, there is an excellent, high quality seminar room in the Law School building, which is designed for law seminars.
The School uses two large lecture theatres, within the Law School Building, and other lecture rooms throughout the University. Almost all of these rooms are equipped with advanced teaching / learning aids. In addition, all Law modules use electronic learning systems of Blackboard or WebCT to assist student learning.