The Law School (formerly the Department
of Law) is part of the Business School at the
University of Huddersfield and was officially
launched by the Right Honourable Baroness
Hale of Richmond in June 2008.
Our commitment to ongoing course
development to meet the needs of tomorrow's
professionals is demonstrated in new course
areas such as the BA(Hons) Law and
Criminology degree and a Foundation Degree
in Para-Legal Studies which will be available
from 2008. This continues Huddersfield's
tradition of being at the forefront of legal
education.
The School was one of the first new providers
to be validated to run the Legal Practice
Course from 1993.
From 2008 we offer a radical and innovative
new four year degree course combining the
traditional law degree with the final stage for
qualifying as a solicitor, normally completed
through the Legal Practice Course (LPC). At
the end of the four years students achieve their
LLB(Hons) plus a Master of Law and Practice
('M Law and Pract'). We are only the second
University in the country to be authorised to
offer this course by the Solicitors Regulation
Authority and this is the first time the SRA
has approved such radical reform since 1992.
Partners in Law
The University of Huddersfield Law School
has formed a partnership with nine legal
firms of national and international repute that
operate in the Yorkshire region.
The partnership will build closer links
between the legal profession and the Law
School through activities such as mentoring
and guest lectures. This will offer our students
excellent, first-hand experience of the
profession and help to inform their studies.
The partners will also offering advice on
the ways in which the University can help
to meet the continuing training needs of the
profession.
Experienced staff, excellent facilities
Our teaching team is well experienced and
over half of the academic team are solicitors
or barristers with recent legal practice
experience, creating a strong practice base
in our taught provision. As well as academic
rigour we aim to develop practical legal
skills to enhance our graduates' employment
prospects.
Postgraduate opportunities in law
Our courses are designed to offer an
academically challenging curriculum
which will cater for law graduates, non-law
graduates, practising lawyers and practitioners
in the commercial and health care sectors.
The School has launched a new suite of LLM
programmes in 2008 with specialist routes in
International Law and Commercial Law. We
recognise that in the 21st century, students
need to be equipped to understand and operate
in the global market.
Practising lawyers can also benefit from the
opportunity of further academic study or to
enrol on individual LLM modules in order
to enhance their Continual Professional
Development (CPD) portfolio.
Non-law graduate can enrol on our
professionally regulated Graduate Diploma
in Law in order to pursue a legal career and
work towards qualified status as a solicitor or
barrister.
We also run an established Legal Practice
Course for law graduates delivered full and
part-time and validated by The Law Society.
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