Applying to the School of Law

The School of Law has a well-established reputation for its doctrinal, empirical and theoretical research, particularly in the fields of:

The ethos which drives our common endeavours is straightforward and long-established: we aim to enable excellence. This ethos embraces our entire research community, from PhD students to professors.

The School of Law, therefore, makes offers to only the very best students and our entrance requirements are stringent.  You would be expected to have a first class, or upper second class Honours degree in law or a related subject or an overseas qualification of equivalent standard, and a suitable English language qualification.  Most applicants to the progamme also have a Masters level degree.

It may take up to three months to make a decision about your application once all supporting documents are received; we select our students with care and your application is likely to be considered by several members of the academic staff.