Strathclyde Law School

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The Law School was established in 1964 and now operates within the faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde. The Law School has recently expanded to newly-designed accommodation in the Lord Hope Building (named after David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead). The new Law School accommodation was officially opened by the Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini QC in February 2007.

Post-graduate courses, including the Diploma in Legal Practice, are available from the Glasgow Graduate School of Law (GGSL). The GGSL is a joint collaboration of the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow University. The GGSL is based on the University of Strathclyde John Anderson campus in the Lord Hope Building.

1 Courses Offered
2 Centres Of Excellence
3 Heads of Department
4 Current Teaching Staff
5 The Law Clinic
6 Alumni
7 Internal Links
8 External Links
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[edit] Courses Offered

Undergraduate
LLB (Honours and Pass)
LLB in Law and a Modern Language
LLB Part-time
LLB Graduate Entry (2 years Accelerated Course)

Post-Graduate
Diploma in Legal Practice (at the Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
Professional Competence Course (at the Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
Intra UK Transfer Test (at the Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
LLM/PgDip in Construction Law
LLM/PgDip in IT and Telecommunications Law
LLM/PgDip in IT and Telecommunications Law (Online Distance Learning)
LLM/PgDip in Commercial Law
LLM/PgDip/PgCert in Human Rights Law
MSc/PgDip/PgCert in Criminology and Criminal Justice

[edit] Centres Of Excellence

The Centre for Sentencing Research
The Centre for Human Rights Law

[edit] Heads of Department

Period
1964 - 1976	Issac Miller
1976 - 1985	Campbell Burns
1985 - 1990	Joe Thomson
1990 - 1994	Robert Burgess^[1]
1994 - 2000	Alan Paterson
2000 - 2001	Kenneth Miller
2001 - Present	Kenneth Norrie

[edit] Current Teaching Staff

Professorial Staff
Professor John Blackie - Professor of Private Law
Professor Jenny Hamilton - Professor of Commercial and Financial Services Law
Professor Neil Hutton - Professor of Criminology
Professor Ian Lloyd - Professor of Information Technology Law
Professor Kenny Miller - Professor of Employment Law
Professor Donald Nicolson - Professor of Law
Professor Kenneth Norrie - Professor of Law
Professor Alan Paterson - Professor of Law
Professor Mark Poustie - Professor of Environmental and Planning Law
Professor Pete Robson - Professor of Housing and Social Welfare Law
Professor Barry Rodger - Professor of Competition and International Private Law
Professor Noel Whitty - Professor of Human Rights Law

Readers in law
Dr. Simon Halliday - Reader in Administrative and Public Law

Senior Lecturers
Dr. Bryan Clark - Senior Lecturer in Company Law
Alison Cleland - Senior Lecturer in Family Law
Catherine Colston - Senior Lecturer in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law
Dr. Claire McDiarmid - Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law
Jean McFadden CBE - Senior Lecturer in Local Government and Public Law
Therese O'Donnell - Senior Lecturer in Public International Law
Dr. Laura Piacentini - Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Jenifer Ross - Senior Lecturer in Discrimination and Employment Law
Jane Scoular - Senior Lecturer in Legal Theory and Legal Process
Cyrus Tata - Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Sociology of Law

Lecturers
Dr. Sylvie Da Lomba - Lecturer in European Union Law
Dr. Mary Ford - Lecturer in Property Law, Legal Theory and Legal Methods
Konstantinos Komaitis - Lecturer in Computer Law
Dot Reid - Lecturer in the Law of Obligations and Property Law

Visiting Staff
Professor T. St. John Bates - Professor of Law
Professor Charles Hennessy QC - Professor of Legal Practice
Dr. Janeen Carruthers - Lecturer in International Private Law
Dale McFadzean - Lecturer in Administrative and Public Law
Dawn McKenzie - Lecturer in the Law of Banking and Finance
Phil Donegan - Lecturer in Tax Law

Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Professor Ross Harper CBE
Emeritus Professor Akos Toth

[edit] The Law Clinic

The University of Strathclyde Law Clinic was set up in October 2003 and remains the first and only University-run Law Clinic in Scotland. The Law Clinic offers free legal advice and help to patrons of Glasgow and the surrounding area who cannot afford a solicitor or do not qualify for legal aid. Dealing with mainly Employment and Small Claims issues, the Clinic has branched out in recent years into Planning, Environmental, and Landlord and Tenant areas of law, helping a vast amount of clientelle along the way.

The current Law Clinic offices are located on Level 3 of the Lord Hope Building, on the University of Strathclyde John Anderson campus.

The current Law Clinic Director is the founder, Professor Donald Nicolson.

[edit] Alumni

Elish Angiolini QC, Lord Advocate
Lord Bracadale, Senator of the College of Justice, Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
Dougie Donnelly Journalist and Broadcaster for the BBC
Annabel Goldie, MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
Paul Laverty, Screenwriter
Paul G. McBride QC
Ann McKechin, MP for Glasgow North
Francis McMenamin QC
Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin
Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland