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LSE Law School is the Law School of the London School of Economics. It was founded in 1919 with the appointment of H. C. Beveridge as Professor of Law. The current Dean of LSE Law School is David Kershaw. It is one of the LSE's largest departments, with over 60 academic staff. [1]

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LSE Law School is located on Lincoln's Inn Fields in the Cheng Kin Ku Building (abbreviated as CKK, formerly the New Academic Building, NAB), named in honour of LSE donor Vincent Cheng’s father. [2]

History

The teaching of law at the LSE dates back to its foundation in 1895, when commercial and industrial law was one of the nine courses offered. In 1906 it became part of the intercollegiate faculty of law of the University of London, along with departments in University College London and King's College London; this would continue for undergraduate courses into the 1960s. H. C. Gutteridge was appointed as the first full-time professor of law, the Sir Ernest Cassel professor of industrial and commercial law, in 1919. He led an expansion of the school from one full-time professor, five part-time lecturers and two other party-time teachers in 1924 to a full-time staff of ten, with four professors, two readers and for lecturers, in 1934, forming the largest law department of any London college. [3] [4] [5]

Academic profile

Teaching

LSE Law School offers undergraduate (LLB, BA Law and Anthropology), taught postgraduate (LLM, Executive LLM), and research (PhD) degrees. [6] It also offers a joint LLB/JD (Juris Doctor) degree with Columbia Law School at Columbia University in the US. [1]

Research

LSE Law School has traditionally maintained close academic ties with the Modern Law Review, and hosts its annual Chorley Lecture, named in honour of Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley.

Reputation and rankings

LSE Law School is ranked #7 globally in the 2024 QS World University subject ranking for law and legal studies, [7] #3 in the 2023 Guardian UK universities ranking for Law, [8] #3 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for law (UK), [9] and #4 in the Complete University Guide subject ranking for law.

Notable alumni

LSE Law School has graduated a number of notable alumni, including Cherie Blair, Shami Chakrabarti, Eugenia Charles, John Compton, Jean Corston, Linda Dobbs, Audrey Eu, Lord Tony Grabiner, Makhdoom Ali Khan, Mia Mottley, Dorab Patel, P. J. Patterson, Mónica Feria Tinta, and Veerasamy Ringadoo. [10]

Current and former professors at LSE Law School include Julia Black, Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley, Hugh Collins, Ross Cranston, Paul Davies, A. V. Dicey, Neil Duxbury, Judith Freedman, Conor Gearty, Laurence Gower, Christopher Greenwood, Rosalyn Higgins, Lady Higgins, Jeremy Horder, Derry Irvine, Emily Jackson, Otto Kahn-Freund, David Kershaw, Nicola Lacey, Niamh Moloney, David Hughes Parry, Thomas Poole, Henry Slesser, Stanley Alexander de Smith, Cedric Thornberry, Sarah Worthington, Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, Glanville Williams and Michael Zander.

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