University College London Law Faculty

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The Faculty of Laws of University College London is one of the foremost law schools in the United Kingdom, it is situated in the Bloomsbury area of central London. The law faculty was one of the first faculties of UCL to be founded.

1 present day
2 Entrance Requirements
3 Specialisms
4 Research Institutes and Centres
5 Professors
6 Alumni
7 External links

[edit] present day

The law faculty is among the best law faculties in the United Kingdom, consistently ranked as one of the top 5 in the UK and the top 20 in the world, according to the Times it is "tipped by insiders as the best law faculty in the United Kingdom". The faculty is well known for embracing modern legal methods and forms of education more readily than many other law faculties. The faculty is also heavily involved in cutting edge legal research, receiving large amounts of funding in areas such as satellite imaging. As with UCL in general there is a rivalry with the law faculty at Kings College London, intensified by the fact that the latter is regularly thrashed in sporting events organised between the two faculties. UCL is also one of the founding members of the National Admissions Test For Law (LNAT) consortium and requires all undergraduate to take the LNAT before admission to study law.

[edit] Entrance Requirements

The law faculty has among the most stringent selection methods of any law school, and indeed any degree course in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Specialisms

Antitrust, Regulation & Competition Law
Commercial and Corporate
Comparative and Foreign
(European, Russian and CIS, and Japanese Law)
English Private and Criminal Law
Environmental Law
European Law
International Business and Trade Law
Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
Public International Law
Public Law
Socio-Legal Studies

[edit] Research Institutes and Centres

Institute of Global Law

The Institute was created 2000 and acknowledges the impact of law across national boundaries and the importance of deepening inquiry into comparative approaches to both law and legal study. The Institute is a very active teaching and research centre and additionally provides an outstanding legal resource through its translated cases and statutes from Germany, France and several other jurisdictions

Centre for Commercial Law

The newly created Centre for Commercial Law aims to promote excellence in the research and teaching of international commercial law. Through its published work and the many projects undertaken for UK, EC and international agencies, the primary aim is to contribute to the critical understanding of the socio-economic and political dimensions of commercial transactions and regulatory regimes. One of the most important aspects of the Centre’s role is to bridge the gap between academic law and its practical application.

Centre for Law & the Environment

The Centre was established in 2001 in order to provide a focal point for the Faculty of Law’s rapidly expanding interests in the field of the environment and law. The central aims of the Centre are to advance research and teaching, and to explore the role of law in rising to contemporary environmental challenges. The centre also runs a number of events throughout the year for both students, academics and practitioners.

Centre for International Courts & Tribunals

The Centre was established in 2002 and functions as the London home of the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT), which was established in 1997 by FIELD in London and the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.

Centre for Law and Governance in Europe

The Centre is a research and teaching centre in every area of EU law and governance. Scholars within the Centre have a wide variety of interests. These range from the constitutional law of the EU (including new approaches to EU governance), Internal Market Law, European Social Policy and Employment Law, Competition Law and Policy, Intellectual Property Law, Immigration Law, European Private Law (especially Contract Law and Consumer Protection), Environmental Law, Regional Development Policy, External Relations, Agriculture, EU Development Policy, and EU/WTO relations.

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

The Centre for Social-Legal Studies was established in 1995. The main emphasis in the work of the centre is focused upon empirical research investigating the operation and effects of law within the context of the social, economic and political environment. The work of the centre is concerned with the role and function of law, the enforcement of law, compliance with law, resistance to law, the use and experience of law, the impact of law and the character of law itself. See information about the Centre's current research projects - Inqiury on Empirical Research in Law; Evaluation of Automatic Referral to Mediation; and Tribunals and Ethnic Diversity.

The London Shipping Law Centre

The Centre was established in 1993 and is an Industry Forum, based at University College London, for continued education, exchange of ideas, research in shipping law, interaction with the new generation in shipping, and the development of professional links. It is for the benefit and the promotion of interests of all the sectors of the shipping industry. Download the shipping law events for 2005-06