Strathclyde Law School

The Law School was established in 1964 and now operates within the faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde. The Law School has recently expanded to newly-designed accommodation in the Lord Hope Building (named after David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead). The new Law School accommodation was officially opened by the Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini QC in February 2007.

The Law School is one of the top Law School's in Scotland and one of the most highly regarded in the UK.

Post-graduate courses, including the Diploma in Legal Practice, are available from the Glasgow Graduate School of Law (GGSL). The GGSL is a joint collaboration of the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow University. The GGSL is based on Strathclyde Campus in the Lord Hope Building.

Courses Offered

Undergraduate
LLB (Honours and Pass)
LLB in Law and a Modern Language
LLB Part-time
LLB Graduate Entry (2 years Accelerated Course)

Post-Graduate
Diploma in Legal Practice (at the Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
Professional Competence Course (at the Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
Intra UK Transfer Test (at the Glasgow Graduate School of Law)
LLM/PgDip in Construction Law
LLM/PgDip in IT and Telecommunications Law
LLM/PgDip in IT and Telecommunications Law (Online Distance Learning)
LLM/PgDip in Commercial Law
LLM/PgDip/PgCert in Human Rights Law
MSc/PgDip/PgCert in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Centres Of Exellence

Centre for Sentencing Research Centre for Human Rights Law

Heads of Department

Period
1964 - 1976	Issac Miller
1976 - 1985	Campbell Burns
1985 - 1990	Joe Thomson
1990 - 1994	Robert Burgess
1994 - 2000	Alan Paterson
2000 - 2001	Kenneth Miller
2001 - Present	Kenneth Norrie

Current Teaching Staff

Professorial Staff
Professor John Blackie
Professor Jenny Hamilton
Professor Neil Hutton
Professor Ian Lloyd
Professor Kenny Miller
Professor Donald Nicolson
Professor Kenneth Norrie
Professor Alan Paterson
Professor Mark Poustie
Professor Pete Robson
Professor Barry Rodger
Professor Noel Whitty

Readers in law
Dr. Simon Halliday

Senior Lecturers
Dr. Bryan Clark
Alison Cleland
Catherine Colston
Dr. Claire McDiarmid
Jean McFadden CBE
Therese O'Donnell
Dr. Laura Piacentini
Jenifer Ross
Jane Scoular
Cyrus Tata

Lecturers
Dr. Sylvie Da Lomba
Dr. Mary Ford
Konstantinos Komaitis
Dot Reid

Visiting Staff
Professor T. St. John Bates
Professor Charles Hennessy
Dr. Janeen Carruthers
Dale McFadzean
Dawn McKenzie
Phil Donegan

Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Professor Ross Harper CBE
Emeritus Professor Akos Toth

Alumni

Elish Angiolini QC, Lord Advocate
Annabel Goldie MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
Ann McKechin MP for Glasgow North
Margaret Mitchell (Scottish politician) MSP for Central Scotland
Pauline McNeill MSP for Glasgow Kelvin
Lord Bracadale (Alastair P. Campbell) Senator of the College of Justice
Francis McMenamin QC

The Law Clinic

In October 2003 the Law School set up what remains the first and only University-run Law Clinic in Scotland. The Law Clinic offers free legal advice and help to patrons of Glasgow and the surrounding area who cannot afford a solicitor or do not qualify for legal aid. Dealing with mainly Employment and Small Claims issues, the Clinic has branched out in recent years into Planning, Environmental, and Landlord and Tenant areas of law, helping a vast amount of people along the way.

Current Law Clinic offices are located on Level 3 of the Lord Hope Building, on the University of Strathclyde John Anderson campus.

The current Law Clinic Director is founder Professor Donald Nicolson.

Internal Links

University of Strathclyde
Legal education in the United Kingdom
Scots Law

External Links

The Strathclyde Law School [1]
The Glasgow Graduate School of Law [2]
University of Strathclyde [3]
University of Strathclyde Law Clinic [4]