A degree from the Faculty of Law at this prestigious university, part of the 'Oxbridge' duo (along with Oxford) of Britain's oldest universities, is bound to stand a student in good stead with employers. The Faculty has around 750 undergraduates at any one time, who can make use of the university's independent law-oriented library, the Squire Law library, with its extensive resources.
Courses available include the B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) along with LLM (Master of Laws) and Ph.D opportunities and MPhil courses in areas such as criminological research.
Faculty of Law
University of Cambridge
10 West Road
Cambridge
CB3 9DZ
011-44-1223-330033
law.cam.ac.uk
Like Cambridge, Oxford's prestigious and historical reputation ensures that a law degree from this university is eye-catching on a student's resume. The University ranked highly on the Guardian's University Guide 2010, coming in at second place, and the Faculty, which is spread over 30 of Oxford's colleges, has a student-to-staff ratio of seven-to-one.
Oxford's law courses differ somewhat from those offered elsewhere in the U.K.. For example, the faculty at Oxford teaches not only in lectures but in tutorials, too, a teaching method that is personalized to each student. The university also boasts one of the largest law faculties in the U.K.
Faculty of Law
Oxford University
St Cross Bldg
10 Saint Cross Road
Oxford
OX1 3UL
011-44-1865-271491
law.ox.ac.uk
The Law School at this university was another leader on "The Guardian " newspaper University Guide 2010, scoring highly on the "satisfied with teaching" section of the guide, with 87 percent of law students here reportedly happy with the school's standard of teaching.
An undergraduate degree from Edinburgh University allows access into the Scottish legal profession and following a conversion course, the English legal profession also. The school focuses on supplying students with analytical skills and knowledge of the underlying principles of law, as well as continuing its own research on the frontier of legal studies.
School of Law
University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL
011-44-1316-502008
law.ed.ac.uk
Almost 200 years old, the School of Law here is one of the larger university law departments in Britain. As part of the Russell Group, representing many of the U.K.'s top academic institutions, King's College enjoys international prestige, and the School of Law has academics working across the spectrum of legal research in order to bring up-to-date legal thinking to students. The School features its own research centres including the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics.
The School received a high "students satisfied with feedback" figure in "The Guardian" newspaper University Guide 2010, scoring 80 per cent.
School of Law
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
011-44-2078-365454
kcl.ac.uk/schools/law/