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Here are three very useful lists of UK Law Schools and Colleges:
All Law Schools will now have an Internet component but the ones described below have generally made a particular feature of their Internet access.
Rate Your Law School is a new site published by Consilio and Law in a Box, which gives law students studying in UK universities the opportunity to rate their law schools on a number of different dimensions - pre-enrolment, enrolment, the course itself, the support provided, the quality of student life, and so on. This gives students a chance to say what they feel about the service they receive and will in due course provide useful information to prospective law students in choosing their course.
Most of the courses on this page are UK courses, but here is one Irish one
Hibernia College in Dublin, is an international provider of online
programmes at undergraduate and graduate level. It is accredited by the Irish Government's qualifications awarding
body for third-level educational and training institutions outside the university sector, the Higher Education
and Training Awards Council. Hibernia College provides all of its courses
online, using state of the art technology for both synchronous and asynchronous course delivery.
In particular, Hibernia College offers a preparatory course for The Law Society of Ireland's Final Examination Part One
(Entrance Examination). The course is studied exclusively over the internet, so is particularly suitable for
people who want to practice in Ireland but are currently living elsewhere. The subjects covered are
Constitutional, Contract, Criminal, Tort, Company, Equity and Trusts, EU, and Property.
BPP Law School is a leading provider of professional legal education in the UK with over 4,000 students based nationally across 4 sites based in Leeds, London (Holborn and Waterloo) and Manchester. Both full time and part time courses as well as distance learning courses. The courses use a unique mix of academic and practitioner lecturers, course materials prepared in partnership with numerous law firms, and innovative pro bono projects.
The College of Law is the largest provider of postgraduate legal training in the UK and has trained more than half of all UK solicitors. They specialise in courses for law and non-law graduates and also provide a comprehensive range of training and professional development programmes for trainees and qualified lawyers. They provide a nationwide coverage, with full-time courses available at four branches in Central London, Chester, Guildford and York. In 2006 their new state-of-the-art London centre will open, further enhancing the services they offer.
Semple Piggot Rochez was the first provider in the world to deliver a full law degree over the Internet, complete with virtual tutorials, online transmission of course material, net radio broadcasts, an online conference forum and access to Butterworths and Lawtel. This course, for the University of London (External programme) LLB degree, began in September 1997.
The University of Cambridge Board of Continuing Education - Legal Studies, provides a varied programme of courses for legal professionals of which some are aimed at students and prospective students:
De Montfort University and Informa Distance Learning offer a Master of Laws (LLM) in Business Law. The course is a 2 1/4 year Distance Learning Course, starting in October 2001. The course covers Business Law in the UK, EC and internationally, European Community Law and the different Business Regulatory Regimes in the UK and EC, Business Taxation; Insolvency Law; Consumer Law; EC Competition Law; and much else.
ILAWS is the newly formed Institute for Law and the Web at Southampton University. They offer combined research and teaching strength in intellectual property law, IT law, Internet law, and public sector digital law. The site is a framework for their research and PhD programme and will include full text publications at a later stage, in particular the UK's leading IT law journal, the Computer Law and Security Report. There is also a blog from Lilian Edwards, Professor of Internet Law, called Pangloss, at http://blogscript.blogspot.com. The International Center for Legal Studies ("ICLS") specializes in teaching the core LL.B subjects for the University of London's External Programme in Laws. It presents online lectures, subject bulletin boards, essay assignments, year long tuition, lexis-nexis, tutors (UK Barristers, US Lawyers, and teachers - including from the University of London) and financial aid to ALL qualified students. ICLS was founded by George Pappas B.Sc(Econ)Hon, LL.B(Hon), LL.M - Graduate of the University of London External Programme in laws and founder of The Malet Street Gazette. There is a sample criminal law lecture on the site.
The University of Hertfordshire's LLM programme offers students the opportunity to develop an expertise in both established and rapidly developing areas of law, ranging from e-commerce, commercial and international law to that of medical law. It is suitable for recent graduates wanting to acquire specialist knowledge, before starting their careers, as well as practising solicitors who want to complement their work with further study. In addition, the Faculty offers a part-time Legal Practice Course.
University of Manchester Law School offer a MA/Posgraduate Diploma in Health Care Ethics and Law by distance learning. The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy at the University of Manchester has provided an interdisciplinary postgraduate programme in Health Care Ethics and Law since 1987. The distance learning option for the course does not require any attendance. Students are taught through learning texts and gain access to reading via study packs and electronic library access. Online tutorials are provided through email and other web based media.
Middlesex University Business School is launching an online version of its well known CPE/Postgradiate Diploma in Law programme from September 2001 and is now recruiting students. After a decade of offering the CPE by conventional methods Middlesex is now giving students the opportunity to take the course by electronic means, along with some face to face teaching, over one or two years. For further information contact Dr Maureen Spencer.
University of Northumbria Legal Services Unit organises short courses for solicitors and arranges conferences covering all aspects of the legal profession. The Unit has recently expanded and now runs a full programme of courses in Leeds and Newcastle. The School of Law is also validated to run the Bar Vocational Courses.
The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) and its associated body ILEX Tutorial College (ITC) is a major provider of legal education through a series of local colleges and also through distance learning, with courses designed to allow students to study while continuing in their full-time employment. Another associated training site is Ilex Paralegal Training.
elawstudent.com is a small company developing law courses and in particular, so far, an 'A' Level Law software programme (GCSE law and the core subjects for the first year of the LLB degree will follow later in the year). In the meantime, barrister Richard Priestley is making his database of significant edited transcripts of case judgments available to anyone interested. The user should click on the Quick Search button on the hame page and then search by keyword (e.g. negligence) or by name or part of name.
Ten percent is a Legal Recruitment company who also offer courses for law students. The courses are in June and July of 2001 and are "An introduction to paralegal work", "preparing for interviews", "IT and how to capitalise from it", and "setting up your own dot.com" (with particular emphasis for lawyers).
Training by Design (Global) Ltd draws on a history of Legal, IT, Management, Administrative and Accounting expertise to develop training packages suited to the needs of businesses today. The courses are regularly reviewed to ensure that the changes in legislation and developments in best-practice processes are reflected. Courses offered include CPD to fully accredited paralegal training and all aspects of management including HR and strategy and also Lexcel. TbD Global provides updates on law and explains the impact that new regulations and case law is likely to have. Their undergraduate mentoring programme, in which they provide free support through those 'difficult' times for up to 20 suffering students each year, has been oversubscribed for two years in a row.
Comments or queries? delia@venables.co.uk
Courses for Law Students