The teaching of law at LSE dates back to the university's founding in 1895, although the Law School itself was formally established in 1919 with the appointment of H. C. Gutteridge as Professor of Law. It is one of the largest departments at LSE, with more than 60 academic staff. The current dean is Professor David Kershaw.
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.[1]
History
In 1895, the year in which LSE was established, commercial and industrial law were among the nine courses offered at the university.[2] In 1906, LSE's law faculty became part of the intercollegiate faculty of law of the University of London, alongside the law schools of University College London and King's College London, which continued into the 1960s for undergraduate courses. H. C. Gutteridge was appointed as the first full-time Professor of Law at the LSE Law School and Sir Ernest Cassel, was appointed subsequently as Professor of Industrial and Commercial law. Cassel led the expansion of the school from one full-time professor, five part-time lecturers and two other part-time teachers in 1924 to a full-time staff of ten, with four professors, two readers and four lecturers, in 1934, forming the largest law department of any University of London college. Among those appointed to the school were such influential figures as Lord Wright, a judge who sat on the House of Lords, A. V. Dicey, Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford, and Dr L. F. L. Oppenheim.[3][4][5]
The LLB in Laws program is considered to be one of the most selective courses at the LSE, with one out of 17 applicants offered each place, representing an acceptance rate of 5.8%.[16]
Reputation
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranks the LSE Law School #6 in the world for Law and Legal Studies.[17] In the United Kingdom, QS regards the school as being second only to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, placing the school in the third place in the UK effectively.[18]
References
↑ Science, London School of Economics and Political (2023-06-14). "A gift to strengthen our financial future". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
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