School of Law, Oxford Brookes University

School of Law Oxford Brookes University

Type	School of Law
Established	1970
Parent institution	Oxford Brookes University
Head of School	Prof. Mark O'Brien
Location	Oxford, England
Campus	Headington Hill
Website	law.brookes.ac.uk

The School of Law is the law school of Oxford Brookes University. It is based in Oxford, United Kingdom. The School of Law is the joint third placed University Law School in England and Wales for student satisfaction in the 2016 National Student Survey, gaining 97% student satisfaction,^[1] and the School also has again been rated as one of the world's top University Law Schools in the QS World University Rankings.^[2] The School was also ranked 16th in the 2016 Guardian Good University guide, gaining legal media coverage for outranking several 'Russell Group' Law schools. The School of Law is part of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Courses

The School of Law at Oxford Brookes University offers a range of undergraduate, postgraduate masters and doctoral level degree study.

• The LLB Honours in Law
• The LLB Honours in Commercial Law
• The LLB Honours in Criminal Justice

All providing qualifying law degree routes. Students can opt to move from the LLB (Hons.) Law to the LLB (Hons.) Commercial Law or the LLB (Hons.) Criminal Justice at the end of their first year of study.

Depending upon the degree route chosen, Oxford Brookes's undergraduate law degrees offer around twenty optional modules from which to choose, derived from the specialisms of staff. The School of Law has a Pro Bono Scheme - its student directors have twice been shortlisted for the Attorney General’s National Student Pro Bono Awards for ‘Best Contribution by an Individual Student’.

The following LLM degrees also are offered:

• International Law
• International Trade and Commercial Law
• International Human Rights Law
• International Economic Law
• International Law, Globalisation and Development

The School of Law also offers LLM by research and PhD degrees, a specialised LLM in Legal Practice, and the Graduate Diploma in Law, for intending barristers and solicitors with non-Law degrees.

International Partners

Oxford Brookes University School of Law has partnerships with Brickfields Asia College, Malaysia, and with KDU University, Malaysia, and study abroad opportunities with a range of European and International Universities.

Rankings

Oxford Brookes University's School of Law is joint third placed University Law School in England and Wales (joint sixth placed out of all 115 Universities/ FE Colleges in the United Kingdom that offer Law degrees) in the 2016 National Student Survey, with 97% student satisfaction rates. Law courses provided by Oxford Brookes also are ranked in the top 150-200 bracket of the QS World University Subject Rankings.^[3] The Law School was also 16th placed Law School in the 2016 Guardian Good University guide, gaining legal media coverage for outranking several 'Russell Group' Law schools.^[4] The Law School was also in the top 30 of institutions for the study of undergraduate law in the 2015 Times/ Sunday Times Good University Guide, with Law courses placed at 28th out of 100 UK university law schools - again higher than several Russell Group law schools.^[5][6] Moreover, The University has been successful historically in various national and international mooting competitions, in 2015 winning both the ESU Essex Court National Competition and the Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Mooting Competition, meaning the national Magna Carta moot - to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta - will be between two Oxford Brookes teams.^[7]

Staff

The School of Law's academics, researchers and practitioners specialise in various legal areas, including criminal law and criminal justice, commercial and company law, public law, equalities law, law and religion, human rights law, european union law, information technology law, land law, environmental law, international trade law, legal skills, communication skills for lawyers and criminal evidence. It also has a specialism in the law of the Caribbean, and hosts the Small Jurisdiction Service. Various staff are part of externally funded research projects. A member of Law school staff was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the UK Higher Education Academy in 2015,^[8] while another Professor has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Ministry of Defence's Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors ^[9] The late Professor Sir David Yardley, Chairman of the Commission for Local Administration in England 1982 - 1994, was a Head of Department and latterly was visiting Professor of Law.

Oxford Brookes Law Society

The school has a student run society called The Oxford Brookes Law Society that organises a variety of events such as the Annual Christmas Ball, visits to the Old Bailey and the Royal Courts of Justice, trips to the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights, along with talks from leading lawyers and others.

Notable alumni

• Graham Francis Defries - Lawyer and Cartoonist
• Jonathan Djanogly - Lawyer, Conservative Member of Parliament, former Shadow Attorney-General, and Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, 2010-12

See also

• Oxford Institute of Legal Practice
• Oxford Brookes University

References

External links

• Official website