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UCL Faculty of Laws
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Established1826
DeanDame Hazel Genn DBE QC FBA
Students1096
Location
Endsleigh Gardens, London
Websitewww.ucl.ac.uk/laws
File:Logo laws.gif

The University College London Faculty of Laws is one of the world’s premier law schools. It has a world-class reputation and is currently the top ranked law school in the UK.[1] It is renowned for the quality of its teaching and for its cutting edge legal research.[2]

As a member of the Russell Group, the Faculty receives a high number of applications from students at both undergraduate and graduate level. Due to the large number undergraduate applications, candidates are required to undertake the National Admissions Test For Law (LNAT)[3] as part of the admissions procedure.

There are a number of high quality journals which are published by the Faculty including Current Legal Problems, Current Legal Issues, and the UCL Jurisprudence Review. In addition, the Faculty hosts a number of public lectures each week (including the Current Legal Problems series) on a wide range of legal topics. These lectures are delivered by eminent academics from major universities around the world, senior members of the judiciary, and leading legal practitioners. The lectures are free and are well attended.

History

The Faculty of Laws is one of the oldest law schools in England. It was established in 1826 as one of the faculties of UCL. It was the first law school in England to offer a systematic university education to men and women (irrespective of religious beliefs and social backgrounds). The Faculty’s first professor was the noted legal philosopher, John Austin (legal philosopher) (Professor of Jurisprudence). Andrew Amos, a successful barrister, became the first Professor of English Law (and later Professor of Medical Jurisprudence).

Present Day

The Faculty of Laws has a student body comprising over 450 undergraduates, 350 taught graduates, and some 40 research students.[4] The Faculty currently offers a number of different undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Academic Reputation

The UCL Faculty of Laws is regarded by some as "the best law faculty in the UK."[5] It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in the world.

The Faculty was placed joint 1st in the UK for the proportion of its research activity in the top two star categories (75% 4*/3*) in the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).[6] The quality of teaching at UCL Laws is world-class. In 2009, the Independent University Guide ranking it joint first alongside with Oxford University.[7]

On a recent peer-review assessment conducted by the Sunday Times, the Faculty recorded perfect scores for teaching and reasearch quality, confirming its reputation as UCL’s most outstanding department and the UK’s most respected law school.[8]

In 2009, the Faculty enjoyed a 100% graduate employment rate, compared to 99.7% at Oxford, 98% at Cambridge and 97% at LSE.[9] Many graduates go on to pursue legal careers in magic circle law firms and leading barristers’ chambers.[10]

Admissions

Undergraduate Admissions

With an average annual acceptance rate of less than 1 in 20, undergraduate admissions is one of the most selective in the UK. The Faculty admitted 195 students from over 3,000 applications in 2008, up from 146 in 2007.

With an international reputation rivalled only by Oxford and Cambridge,[16] competition for places is fierce. Entry standards are high with the standard currently a minimum of three A grades at A level[17] and a high LNAT score. There are no places available through the UCAS clearing process[18].

Graduate Admissions

UCL Law Faculty admits approximately 350 students each to its graduate LLM course every year.[19] The one-year (full-time) and two-year (part-time) LLM are extremely competitive with students applying from over 100 countries.

Location

The Faculty of Laws is based at Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens. It is a few minutes’ walk from the main UCL campus. The facilities at Bentham House include many teaching rooms, a courtroom for moots, a spacious student lounge, a coffee bar and two computer cluster rooms.

UCL Law Society

The vast majority of students become members of the UCL Law Society upon matriculation. The Law Society is led by the President and 15 other officers who are (apart from the First Year Representative) elected in March towards the end of the academic year. The Law Society organises a wide range of events for members including competitions in mooting, debating, negotiation and client interviewing. There is also a strong focus on career development with regular events with leading law firms and barristers’ chambers such as Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy and Linklaters.

Professors

The Faculty has 55 full-time academic staff, including 29 professors, many visiting professors and distinguished judicial and other visiting academic staff. The current list of professors include:

  • Eric Barendt - Professor of Media Law
  • Robert Chambers - Professor of Property Law
  • Ian Dennis - Professor of English Law
  • Alison Diduck - Professor of Law
  • Ronald Dworkin - Bentham Professor of Jurisprudence
  • Joerg Fedtke - Professor of Comparative Law
  • Ian Fletcher - Professor of International Commercial Law
  • Michael Freeman - Professor of English Law
  • Dame Hazel Genn DBE QC - Professor of Empirical Legal Studies
  • Stephen Guest - Professor of Legal Philosophy
  • Jeffrey Jowell QC - Research Professor of Public Law
  • Valentine Korah - Emeritus Professor of Competition Law
  • Sir Hugh Laddie QC - late Professor of Intellectual Property Law
  • Maria Lee - Professor of Law
  • Andrew Lewis - Professor of Comparative Legal History
  • John Lowry - Professor of Law
  • Richard Macrory CBE - Professor of Environmental Law
  • Riz Mokal - Professor of Law and Legal Theory
  • Hiroshi Oda - Professor of Japanese Law
  • Dawn Oliver - Professor of Constitutional Law
  • James Penner - Professor of Property Law
  • Pascoe Pleasence - Professor of Empirical Legal Studies
  • Philip Rawlings - Professor of Law
  • Rick Rawlings - Professor of Public Law
  • Catherine Redgwell - Professor of International Law
  • Philippe Sands QC - Professor of Law
  • Philip Schofield - Professor of History of Legal and Political Thought
  • Joanne Scott - Professor of European Law
  • Robert Stevens - Professor of Commercial Law
  • Robert Sullivan - Professor of Law
  • Tim Swanson - Professor of Law and Economics
  • William Twining - Emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence
  • Lord Woolf - former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Visiting Professors

Alumni

Judiciary

Other

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8727
  2. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article4765366.ece
  3. ^ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/media/library/LNAT
  4. ^ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/faculty/
  5. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/good_university_guide/article526344.ece
  6. ^ http://www.rae.ac.uk/results/qualityProfile.aspx?id=38&type=uoa
  7. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-degrees/law-758545.html
  8. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London_Law_Faculty#cite_note-timesonline.co.uk-0
  9. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London_Law_Faculty#cite_note-independent.co.uk-5
  10. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London_Law_Faculty#cite_note-independent.co.uk-5
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