The School of Law is consistently ranked amongst the top Law Schools in the UK and it is among the leading centres for legal research and teaching in the world.
Many of the School’s academic staff have very high international reputations in their fields and all of them are active scholars and teachers. With a full-time academic staff of more than 40, an excellent administrative staff of about 15 and a total student population of about 900, including those studying for first degrees in Law, the Masters of Law and PhDs, the School of Law is a dynamic place of research, teaching and learning.
The School is rated as ‘internationally outstanding’, Grade 5A, for its research and as ‘Excellent’ for its teaching quality. Well-established research centres in the fields of human rights, environmental law, treaty law and public procurement enhance the research culture of the School. The School enjoys important professional relationships with international institutions; leading firms in the City of London and the provinces; private industry and consultancies; and non-governmental organisations. We have significant links with other universities, such as Melbourne, Queensland, Texas, Fudan, the National University of Singapore and Hong Kong; ERASMUS/SOCRATES links with a number of European universities, such as Giessen, Brest, Gent, Genoa, Valencia, Rovaniemi, Göttingen, Leiden, Almeria, Oslo and Copenhagen; and links with other universities worldwide, such as Cape Town, Ghana, Pécs, Lagos State and the University of Nigeria.
Since its introduction in 1987, our LLM programme has continued to grow in popularity and prestige. Offering a wide and diverse range of over 50 options, the programme now attracts some 150 to 180 candidates each year, from more than 50 countries, confirming its status as one of the leading and most exciting LLM programmes available.