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* [[James Goss (judge)|James Goss]] (University) - [[Justice of the High Court]] (Queens Bench Division)
* [[James Goss (judge)|James Goss]] (University) - [[Justice of the High Court]] (Queens Bench Division)
* [[Anthony Hughes, Lord Hughes of Ombersley|Anthony Hughes]] (Van Mildert) - [[Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]]; former [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]; Vice-President of the Criminal Division of the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales]]<ref>‘HUGHES, Rt Hon. Sir Anthony (Philip Gilson) ’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U21072, accessed 5 April 2013]</ref>
* [[Anthony Hughes, Lord Hughes of Ombersley|Anthony Hughes]] (Van Mildert) - [[Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]]; former [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]; Vice-President of the Criminal Division of the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales]]<ref>‘HUGHES, Rt Hon. Sir Anthony (Philip Gilson) ’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U21072, accessed 5 April 2013]</ref>
* [[Andrew McFarlane (judge)|Andrew McFarlane]] (Collingood) - [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] Judge, [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]<ref>‘McFARLANE, Rt Hon. Sir Andrew (Ewart)’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U25622, accessed 5 April 2013]</ref>
* [[Andrew McFarlane (judge)|Andrew McFarlane]] (Collingwood) - [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] Judge, [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]<ref>‘McFARLANE, Rt Hon. Sir Andrew (Ewart)’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U25622, accessed 5 April 2013]</ref>
* [[Robert Strother Stewart]] (Hatfield & Armstrong) - Justice of the Supreme Court of the [[Gold Coast Colony]] and Member of the West African Court of Appeal.
* [[Robert Strother Stewart]] (Hatfield & Armstrong) - Justice of the Supreme Court of the [[Gold Coast Colony]] and Member of the West African Court of Appeal.
* [[Caroline Swift]] (St Aidan's) - leading counsel to the Inquiry in the [[Shipman Inquiry]] and [[Justice of the High Court]] (Queens Bench Division)<ref>[http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=13300 Burke's Peerage - Preview Family Record]</ref>
* [[Caroline Swift]] (St Aidan's) - leading counsel to the Inquiry in the [[Shipman Inquiry]] and [[Justice of the High Court]] (Queens Bench Division)<ref>[http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=13300 Burke's Peerage - Preview Family Record]</ref>

Revision as of 21:22, 9 November 2017

54°46′30″N 1°34′29″W / 54.775082°N 1.574678°W / 54.775082; -1.574678

Durham University
Durham Law School
Established1969
DeanThom Brooks
Address
Durham University
Palatine Building
Stockton Road
Durham
DH1 3LE
,
Durham
,
England, UK
AffiliationsUniversity of Durham
Websitewww.dur.ac.uk/law/

Durham Law School is the law school of Durham University. Durham is ranked joint 40th in the world for law by the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject.[1]

Durham Law School graduates currently sit on the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, in government and in Parliament as well as other leading roles. Small group teaching in tutorials taught in academic staff offices and seminars are a central part of the School's award winning legal education and unique for most law schools. Durham Law School has particular research strengths in the areas of Public Law & Human Rights, Commercial & Corporate Law, EU & International Law and Biolaw.

Thom Brooks is Dean of Durham Law School.

Programmes Offered

Durham Law School offers a three year LLB degree and a four year LLB with Year Abroad degree.[2] They are both Qualifying Law Degree programmes for the purpose of practicing as a barrister or solicitor in England and Wales. Durham's law students rank among the very best in the UK for employability.[3] The School offers a wide diversity of modules covering virtually every key area of law with particular strengths in public law, human rights, commercial and corporate law, EU law, international law and biolaw (including medical law) as well as comparative law, family law and jurisprudence.

Taught postgraduate LLM degree programmes include a general Master of Laws LLM, LLM in Corporate Law, LLM in European Trade and Commercial Law, LLM in International Trade and Commercial Law and LLM in International Law and Governance.[4]

Research postgraduate degree programmes include a one-year Master of Jurisprudence MJur and PhD in Law.[5] Durham Law School has a staff common room and a postgraduate student suite that each have panoramic views of Durham Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Durham Castle is a college of the University.

Reputation

Durham Law School has been ranked as the 3rd best Law School in the UK by the Complete University Guide for 2016,[6] behind Cambridge and Oxford respectively, as well as 3rd in the UK for the quality and impact of its research, according to the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014.[7] It was ranked joint 4th in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in terms of the proportion of research activity ranked at the highest 4* level,[8] and was one of only five UK law schools to be awarded the top grading of 5*A in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).[9] The School achieved the top rating of "Excellent" for its teaching in its last inspection by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and is consistently rated as one of the very top UK law schools in various league tables.[10][11][12] The UK's Supreme Court has more Durham Law School graduates than any other non-Oxbridge university.[13]

Durham Law School has been named the most impressive law school building in the world. The findings were published in 2014 by Best Choice Schools who selected the 50 most impressive law schools in the world.[14][15]

Research

Durham Law School

Research centres and groups

Durham Law School supports a range of institutes, centres and groups open to academic staff and law students. These include: the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (CCLCJ), the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (Durham CELLS), the Durham European Law Institute (DELI), the Centre for Gender Equal Media (GEM), Gender and Law at Durham (GLAD), the Human Rights Centre (HRC), the Institute of Commercial and Corporate Law (ICCL), Islam, Law and Modernity (ILM) and Law and Global Justice at Durham (LGJ).[16]

Major areas of research

Notable individuals

Notable academics

The following notable individuals are or have been academics of Durham Law School:

Notable alumni

Judiciary

Politics

Media

References

  1. ^ "Law". 2 March 2017.
  2. ^ "LLB Law (M101) - Course Information - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "Durham Law School : Career Options and Employability - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
  4. ^ "Durham Law School : LLM - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
  5. ^ "Durham Law School : PhD/MPhil/MJur - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
  6. ^ "Law - Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2016".
  7. ^ "Durham Law School : Durham Law School – World-Class Research and Teaching - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
  8. ^ "RAE 2008: law results". the Guardian. 18 December 2008.
  9. ^ "2001 Research Assessment Exercise" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Law - Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2016".
  11. ^ "Times Good University Guide Law Rankings 2015". 23 September 2014.
  12. ^ Osborn, Matt; Franklin, Will. "University league tables 2016". the Guardian.
  13. ^ "Is Doxbridge a thing?". Legal Cheek. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Durham Law School – Most Impressive Law School Building in the World - Cundall". www.cundall.com.
  15. ^ "The 50 Most Impressive Law School Buildings in the World". www.bestchoiceschools.com.
  16. ^ https://www.dur.ac.uk/law/research/centres/
  17. ^ "Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk.
  18. ^ "Durham Law School – Postgraduate Study Opportunities" (PDF).
  19. ^ Who's who, Durham University, retrieved 4 March 2011
  20. ^ Judicial Appointments Commission, Juicial Appointments Commission, archived from the original on 25 April 2010, retrieved 4 March 2011 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ ‘HUGHES, Rt Hon. Sir Anthony (Philip Gilson) ’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 5 April 2013
  22. ^ ‘McFARLANE, Rt Hon. Sir Andrew (Ewart)’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 5 April 2013
  23. ^ Burke's Peerage - Preview Family Record
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