| UCL Faculty of Laws | |
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| Established | 1826 |
| Dean | Dame Hazel Genn DBE QC FBA |
| Admin. staff | 150 |
| Students | 1,096 |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | UCL Faculty of Laws |
The UCL Faculty of Laws is one of the 10 constituent faculties of University College London (UCL).[1] It is one of the world’s premier law schools, renowned for the quality of its teaching and its cutting-edge legal research.[2][3][4] The Faculty was established in 1826 and was the first law school in England to admit students regardless of their religion, and the first to admit women on equal terms with men.
The Faculty has a student body comprising over 450 undergraduates, 350 taught graduates and around 40 research (MPhil/PhD) students and offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees.[5] It publishes a number of journals, including Current Legal Problems, Current Legal Issues, and the UCL Jurisprudence Review.
Notable alumni of the Faculty include Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (leader of the Indian independence movement and "Father of the Nation"), Chaim Herzog (President of Israel 1983–1993), Sir Ellis Clarke (President of Trinidad and Tobago 1976-1986), Lord Woolf (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 2000-2005), Lord Goldsmith QC (Attorney General for England and Wales 2001-2007) and Terry Davis (Secretary General of the Council of Europe 2004–2009).
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The Faculty was established in 1826 and is one of the oldest law schools in England. 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 (Professor of Jurisprudence). Andrew Amos, a successful barrister, became the first Professor of English Law (and later Professor of Medical Jurisprudence).
In November 2010 the Faculty launched the UCL Judicial Institute, the first specialist academic centre for research and teaching about the judiciary to be established in the UK.[6]
The Faculty is based at Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, a few minutes’ walk from the main UCL campus. The facilities at Bentham House include teaching rooms, lecture halls, a courtroom for moots, a student lounge, a coffee bar and two computer cluster rooms.[5]
The Faculty was placed joint first 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.[3] It is home to a number of associated research centres and institutes:[7]
The Faculty receives an average of around 2,500 applications for approximately 140 undergraduate places each year.[8] The minimum entry requirements are three A grades at A-level and a high LNAT score.[9] All candidates to whom an offer is contemplated being made who are identified as requiring particular consideration are interviewed.[9] There are no places available through the UCAS clearing process.[8]
The Faculty admits approximately 350 students to its graduate LLM course each year.[5] The one-year (full-time) and two-year (part-time) LLM are extremely competitive with students applying from over 100 countries.
The minimum entry requirements for the MPhil and PhD are a bachelor's degree with a first or high upper second honours together with an LLM with an average grade of 65% (ideally with evidence of first class ability).[10]
The Faculty publishes a number of journals, including Current Legal Problems, Current Legal Issues, and the UCL Jurisprudence Review.
The Faculty hosts a number of free 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 Faculty is regarded by many to be "the best law faculty in the UK".[11] In 2009 the Independent University Guide ranked the quality of teaching at the Faculty joint first in the UK alongside the University of Oxford.[12] During a recent peer-review assessment conducted by The Sunday Times, the Faculty recorded perfect scores for teaching and research quality, confirming its reputation as one of UCL’s most outstanding departments.[2]
In 2009, the Faculty enjoyed a 100% graduate employment rate, compared to 99.7% at the University of Oxford, 98% at the University of Cambridge and 97% at the London School of Economics.[12] Many graduates go on to pursue legal careers at 'Magic Circle' law firms and leading barristers’ chambers.[12]
The 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 barristers’ chambers and law firms.
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:
Visiting Professors
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