UCL Faculty of Laws

UCL Faculty of Laws
Established1827
Parent institution
University College London
DeanProfessor Eloise Scotford
Academic staff
90
Undergraduates650
Postgraduates390
Location
Bentham House, London, United Kingdom
Websitewww.ucl.ac.uk/laws

The UCL Faculty of Laws is the law school of University College London (UCL), a member institution of the federal University of London. It is one of UCL's 11 constituent faculties and is based in London, United Kingdom.[1]

With a history dating back to 1827, the faculty was the first law school in England to admit students regardless of their religion, the first to admit women on equal terms with men, the first to award a law degree to a woman, Eliza Orme, and appointed one of the first three female law professors in the UK, Valentine Korah, who pioneered the study of competition law in Europe.[not verified in body]

The faculty currently[when?] has a student body comprising around 650 undergraduates, 350 taught graduates and around 40 research (MPhil/PhD) students and offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees.[2] It publishes a number of journals, including Current Legal Problems and the UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence. It is the only university in the UK to hold a legal aid contract, which forms part of its Integrated Legal Advice Clinic (iLAC).[3]

  1. ^ "The Academic Units of UCL". UCL Academic Services. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  2. ^ "About UCL Laws". UCL Faculty of Laws. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  3. ^ UCL (13 July 2022). "UCL Integrated Legal Advice Clinic recognised with Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award". UCL News. Retrieved 15 September 2024.