Strathclyde Law School

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

Postgraduate 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.

Professor Kenneth Norrie was awarded Scottish Law Lecturer of the Year 2007 at the Law Awards of Scotland. The Law School received more nominations than any other Law School in the Scottish Law Lecturer of the year 2007 awards with Professor Kenneth Norrie, Professor Barry Rodger, and Professor Pete Robson all nominated.

Contents 1 Courses Offered 2 Centres Of Excellence 3 Heads of Department 4 Current Teaching Staff 5 The Law Clinic 6 Mooting 7 Alumni 8 See also 9 External links 9.1 Notes

[edit] 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

[edit] Centres Of Excellence

The Centre for Sentencing Research
The Centre for Human Rights Law

[edit] Heads of Department

Period
1964 - 1976	Isaac Miller
1976 - 1985	Campbell Burns
1985 - 1990	Joe Thomson
1990 - 1994	Robert Burgess[1]
1994 - 2000	Alan Paterson
2000 - 2001	Kenneth Miller
2001 - 2007	Kenneth Norrie
2007 - Present	Mark Poustie

[edit] Current Teaching Staff

Professorial Staff
Professor John Blackie - Professor of Private Law
Professor Simon Halliday
Professor Jenny Hamilton
Professor Neil Hutton - Professor of Criminology
Professor Ian Lloyd - Professor of IT Law
Professor Kenny Miller - Professor of Employment Law
Professor Donald Nicolson - Professor of Law
Professor Kenneth Norrie*
Professor Alan Paterson - Professor of Law
Professor Mark Poustie - Professor of Law
Professor Pete Robson - Professor of Social Welfare Law*
Professor Barry Rodger*

Senior Lecturers
Dr. Bryan Clark - Senior Lecturer in Company Law
Catherine Colston - Senior Lecturer in IT/IP Law
Dr. Claire McDiarmid
Baillie. Jean McFadden CBE - Senior Lecturer in Constitutional Law
Therese O'Donnell - Senior Lecturer in Public International Law
Dr. Laura Piacentini - Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Jenifer Ross
Jane Scoular
Cyrus Tata - Senior Lecturer in Law

Lecturers
Dr. Sylvie Da Lomba
Dr. Mary Ford
Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis - Lecturer in IT Law
Dot Reid
Elaine Webster

Visiting Staff
Professor T. St. John Bates - Professor of Law
Dr. Janeen Carruthers - Lecturer in International Private Law
Phil Donegan - Lecturer in Tax Law
Professor Charles Hennessy, Solicitor-Advocate
Dale McFadzean
Dawn McKenzie - Lecturer in the Law of Banking and Finance
Aidan O'Donnell

Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Professor Akos Toth

*Professor Norrie, Professor Rodger, and Professor Robson were all nominated for Scottish Law Lecturer of the year 2007 by The Firm Magazine.

[edit] The Law Clinic

The University of Strathclyde Law Clinic was set up in October 2003 and is the first, and remains the 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 clientele along the way.

The 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 the founder, Professor Donald Nicolson.

[edit] Mooting

Strathclyde Law School has a very active mooting society. The society organises an internal competition and competes in various Scottish and UK external competitions, including the Alexander Stone Moot and the English Speaking Union Competition.

Strathclyde also have an annual competition against Glasgow University Law School in the Sheriff Moot, organised by Glasgow Sheriff Court. Strathclyde are the current holders of this competition, having won in April 2007.

The Mooting Society's current President is Emma L Boffey and Vice-President is Jennifer McPake.

Dr Mary Ford is the Staff Mooting Contact.

[edit] Alumni

Elish Angiolini QC, Lord Advocate
Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, Senator of the College of Justice, Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
Dougie Donnelly Journalist and Broadcaster for the BBC
Annabel Goldie, MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
Paul Laverty, Screenwriter
Paul G. McBride QC
Ann McKechin, MP for Glasgow North
Francis McMenamin QC
Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin
Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland

[edit] See also

University of Strathclyde
Legal education in the United Kingdom
Scots Law

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes