School of Law, University of Leeds

School of Law, University of Leeds We are one of the leading law schools in the UK, and have been educating students for over a century.

We are one of the leading law schools in the UK, and have been educating law students for over a century. We attract exceptionally well qualified students but remain committed to ensuring that students from all sections of society have the opportunity to study our established and respected programmes. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise awarded our School an outstanding rating that reflected the international quality of our research. We host four research centres that both supervise research students and support research-based postgraduate taught programmes. All our teaching is inspired by our four main research centres: Business Law; Criminal Justice; European Law and Legal Studies; and International Governance. The direct link from the School’s research centres to undergraduate teaching ensures that the teaching is relevant, focused and delivered by leaders in the field. Our new £12m purpose-built building provides students with the very best in facilities and complements the high quality of teaching and student experience which you will find within its walls.

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The Liberty Building, University Of Leeds
Leeds
LS3 1DB

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Undergraduates The School of Law is recognised as one of the leading UK law schools. Our annual intake of around 250 undergraduates means we can offer a broad range of optional modules in a friendly and informal atmosphere. We offer five degree courses, each with a route to 'qualifying law degree' status. LLB Law LLB Law (graduate programme) LLB Law with French Law LLB Law with Hispanic Law LLB Law with German Law LLB Law with International Legal Studies LLB Law with European Legal Studies Postgraduates We offer comprehensive legal training at postgraduate level, alongside successful programmes in criminal justice and criminology. Our school has a cosmopolitan atmosphere, and we attract staff and students from a range of countries. The School of Law fosters and promotes research in all major fields of legal study. International Students Our cosmopolitan atmosphere at the School of Law attracts more than a hundred international students every year. Our students come from around the world: South East Asia, Africa, the Gulf, the Indian sub-continent and North America. At present, we have around 165 international undergraduates, sixty-five international taught postgraduates and thirty international research students. Research Our national and international research standing represents our excellence. We recognise the growing internationalisation of research agendas in legal, socio-legal, and criminal justice studies. Our School adopted a strategic focus on Global Law and Justice as a unifying theme and a driver for further research development in 2006. We run lively programmes of seminars and colloquia, host visiting scholars and work with policy makers. Research Centres We concentrate our research work into four research centres. Centre for Business Law and Practice (CBLP) Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (CCJS) Centre for Innovation and Research in Legal Education (CIRLE) Centre for Law and Social Justice (CLSJ)

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