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Revision as of 15:47, 20 October 2012
| The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London | |
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| Parent school | King's College London |
| Established | 1831 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Timothy Macklem |
| Location | London, UK |
| Enrollment | 1,035 |
| Faculty | 94 (Full- and part-time) |
| Website | kcl.ac.uk/law |
The Dickson Poon School of Law (also known as King's College London School of Law) is one of the nine Schools of Study of King's College London. It is situated on the Strand in Central London at Somerset House, close to city firms and the four Inns of Court. It is recognized as one of the top five law schools in the United Kingdom and one of the world's top twenty law faculties.[1][2][3]
The School receives a high number of applications from students at both undergraduate and graduate level. Due to the large number undergraduate applications, candidates are required to undertake the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT) as part of the admissions procedure.
The current Head of School is Professor Timothy Macklem, who took over from Professor Lord Plant of Highfield in 2008.
History
The School of Law was established at King's College in 1831 is one of the oldest law schools in England. In 2012, the School was renamed to The Dickson Poon School of Law following the donation of £20 million to the College from Hong Kong philanthropist Dickson Poon (CBE).
The School was originally located in the buildings adjacent to the Strand and Embankment along the River Thames. It was announced on 7 December 2009 that the School would relocate to the East Wing of Somerset House (an example of Neoclassical architecture), designed by Sir William Chambers in late 18th century on the site of an earlier Tudor palace. Negotiations for the new lease are said to have taken some 180 years.[4] The move was completed in 2011-2012, and in February 2012 the refurbished East Wing was officially opened by the Patron of the College, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.[5]
Renaming to The Dickson Poon School of Law
The School was named after Hong Kong philanthropist Dickson Poon, who gave a personal gift of £20 million to King's College London. It is thought to be the largest ever donation to a British or European law faculty.[6]
The donation will go towards future developments in the law school, with special focus on transnational law.[7]
Teaching programmes
The School's research degree programmes (MPhil and PhD) are overseen by Head of Research, Professor Penny Green and the Director of Graduate Research Studies, Dr Cian Murphy. The School is has over 100 doctoral researchers. The School has hosted the annual International Graduate Legal Research Conference since 2007.
Taught graduate programmes include full-time and part-time LLM, MSc and MA programmes, as well as distance learning courses for legal practitioners.
In addition to the three-year undergraduate LLB, the School offers a number of joint programmes with partner institutions around the world including the United States (Columbia University), France (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Germany (Humboldt University), Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong) and Australia (Monash University).
Research Centres
The School contains a number of Research Centres:
- Centre of European Law
- Centre of Medical Law and Ethics (CMLE)
- Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution
- International State Crime Initiative (ISCI)
- The Centre for Technology, Law, Ethics and Society (TELOS)
- The Centre of British Constitutional Law and History
- The Trust Law Committee
The School is also one of the ten international law schools that are members of the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS).
Publications
Many academic staff at King's are editors and contributors to standard and practitioner texts such as Chitty on Contracts, Benjamin's Sale of Goods and Underhill and Hayton: Law Relating to Trustees. The School publishes the scholarly King's Law Journal, as well as the King's Student Law Review.
Notable academic staff
The School has 60 full-time academic staff, including 33 professors, many visiting professors and distinguished judicial and other visiting academic staff.
Present
- Professor Keith Ewing
- Professor Anthony Guest CBE, QC, FBA
- Professor Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG, QC
- Professor Jeremy Horder
- Professor Timothy Macklem
- Professor John Phillips
- Professor Lord Raymond Plant of Highfield
- Professor Genevra Richardson, FBA
- Baroness Vivien Stern
- Emeritus Professor John Uff, CBE, QC
- Professor Jan Dalhuisen (Visiting Professor)
- Professor Richard Hooley
- Professor Ravi Tennekoon
- Professor C.G.J. (Robin) Morse
- Professor Martin Hunter (Visiting Professor in International Arbitration Law)
- Professor Roger Brownsword
- Professor Richard Whish
- Professor Eva Lomnicka
- Professor David Llewelyn
- Professor Paul Matthews
- Dr Federico Ortino
- Dr Eva Steiner
- V.V. Veeder Q.C. (Visiting Professor)
- Toby T. Landau Q.C. (Visiting Professor)
Former
- Professor Conor Gearty, Rausling Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics
- Professor Adam Tomkins, John Millar Professor of Public Law, University of Glasgow
- Professor John Gardner, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
- Professor Charles Mitchell, Professor of Law, University of Oxford (Jesus College)
- Professor Andrew Ashworth CBE, Vinerian Professor of English Law, University of Oxford (All Souls) (formerly Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at King's College London School of Law)
- Professor Professor Lionel Bently, Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property, University of Cambridge
- The Honourable Mr Justice (Professor) David Hayton, the only non-Caribbean judge of Caribbean Court of Justice
- Professor Alan Norrie, Warwick University (former Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice)
Notable alumni
- Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus
- Glafkos Klerides, President of Cyprus
- France-Albert René, President of the Seychelles
- Sir Lynden Pindling, Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- Godfrey Binaisa, President of Uganda
- Lord Edmund-Davies, Law Lord
- Lord Justice Robin Auld
- The Right Honourable The Lord Carlile of Berriew, QC
- The Hon Sir David Foskett, High Court Judge (2007-)
- Sir Jeremy Sullivan PC, Lord Justice of Appeal since 2009
- Sir David Penry-Davey, High Court judge
- Wayne Martin QC, Chief Justice of Western Australia
- Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, President of the UN General Assembly (1962-63); president of the International Court of Justice (1970-73)
- Abdul Koroma, Judge of the International Court of Justice
- Philippe Couvreur, Registrar of the International Court of Justice
- Michael Ashikodi Agbamuche Attorney General & Minister for justice of Nigeria (Sept 1994-1997).
References
- ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012 - Law". London: Quacquarelli Symonds. July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Guardian University Guide 2011: Law". London: The Guardian. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Guardian University Guide 2010: Law". London: The Guardian. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "King's and Somerset House join forces". London: King's College London. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "The Queen opens Somerset House East Wing". London: King's College London. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "King's College London gets £20m donation for law school". London: BBC. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "£40m Investment Programme for School of Law". London: King's College London. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
