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 Schools in Scotland and one of the most highly regarded in the UK. It was rated as the top Law School in Scotland with a 5* rating during the last Research Assessment Exercise (2001).

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 the University of Strathclyde John Anderson 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 Excellence

The Centre for Sentencing Research
The 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 of Evidence, the Law of Obligations, and Private Law
Professor Jenny Hamilton - Professor of Commercial Law and Financial Services Law
Professor Neil Hutton - Professor of Criminology
Professor Ian Lloyd - Professor of Computer Law and Information Technology Law
Professor Kenny Miller - Professor of Employment Law
Professor Donald Nicolson - Professor of Evidence, Legal Methods, Legal Theory, and Professional Ethics
Professor Kenneth Norrie - Professor of Family Law and the Law of Delict
Professor Alan Paterson - Professor of Legal Process Studies, Professional Ethics, Legal Services and Access to Justice
Professor Mark Poustie - Professor of Environmental Law and Planning Law
Professor Pete Robson - Professor of Housing Law, Law Film and Popular Culture, and Social Welfare Law
Professor Barry Rodger - Professor of Competition Law and International Private Law
Professor Noel Whitty - Professor of Human Rights and Public Law

Readers in law
Dr. Simon Halliday - Reader in Administrative Law and Public Law

Senior Lecturers
Dr. Bryan Clark - Senior Lecturer in Business Law, Commercial Law and Company Law
Alison Cleland - Senior Lecturer in Contract Law and Family Law
Catherine Colston - Senior Lecturer in Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law
Dr. Claire McDiarmid - Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law
Jean McFadden CBE - Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law, Local Government Law, and Public Law
Therese O'Donnell - Senior Lecturer in Human Rights Law and Public International Law
Dr. Laura Piacentini - Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Jenifer Ross - Senior Lecturer in Discrimination Law and Employment Law
Jane Scoular - Senior Lecturer in Gender Law, Legal Process Studies and Legal Theory
Cyrus Tata - Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Sentencing, and Sociology of Law

Lecturers
Dr. Sylvie Da Lomba - Lecturer in European Union Law and Human Rights Law
Dr. Mary Ford - Lecturer in Legal Methods, Legal Theory, Medical Law and Ethics, and Property Law
Konstantinos Komaitis - Lecturer in Computer Law
Dot Reid - Lecturer in the Law of Obligations and Property Law

Visiting Staff
Professor T. St. John Bates - Professor of Law
Professor Charles Hennessy QC - Professor of Legal Practice
Dr. Janeen Carruthers - Lecturer in International Private Law
Dale McFadzean - Lecturer in Administrative Law, Local Government Law, and Public Law
Dawn McKenzie - Lecturer in the Law of Banking and Finance
Phil Donegan - Lecturer in Tax Law

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]