Welcome to Lancaster University Law School

Undergraduate Study

We offer 4 LLB degree schemes all leading to a qualifying law degree for professional purposes.

You can study for: LLB Single Honours in Law : LLB Joint Honours in Law and Criminology : LLB Law (International) or LLB European Legal Studies.

To find out more visit our undergraduate pages.

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Postgraduate Study

We offer a wide range of postgraduate study opportunities including taught LLM, MA, Degrees; a postgraduate diploma and research degrees (MPhil/PhD)

For more information visit our postgraduate study pages.

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Find out what our students say about postgraduate study.

Scholarships for Overseas LLM and PhD Students

The Law School is pleased to offer:

3 fees only scholarships for full-time overseas LLM Students

2 fees only scholarships for full-time overseas PhD students

The deadline for applications is 22 June 2012. For further details of our postgraduate programmes and funding please see our Postgraduate pages.

Research Excellence

We have an outstanding reputation for our research which has a strong interdisciplinary focus. In the 2008 RAE 90% of our research was rated as of international standing.

Our main research areas are Law and Society, International & European Law, Business Law, & Human Rights

Research Centres, Groups and Networks

Centre for Law and Society

Centre for Bioethics and Medical Law

Human Rights Forum

International Human Rights Obligations Network

British Association for Canadian Studies Legal Studies Group

Law and Systems Theory Network (LaSTNet)

Visit our research pages to find out more.

News and Events

Latest News

Professor Steven Wheatley Joins Law School, 22 May 2012

The Law School is delighted to announce that Steven Wheatley, Professor of International Law, joins the School on June 1, 2012. Steven joins the Schoo ...Read more»

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4 July 2012, Sixth Form Conference

Professor Steven Wheatley joins the Law School from June 1st. 

The Law School is delighted to announce that Steven Wheatley, Professor of International Law, joins the School on June 1, 2012.  Steven joins the School from the University of Leeds. He has published widely on the issues of human rights, democracy and the rights of minorities. He is the author of Democracy, Minorities and International Law (CUP, 2005) and The Democratic Legitimacy of International Law (Hart, 2010). Steven will further strengthen the Law School's expertise and research capacity within international law and international human rights law.

Law School Sixth Form Conference and Essay Competition

We would like to invite you to the inaugural Lancaster
University Law School Sixth Form Conference, to be held on Wednesday 4th July 2012. The Conference is primarily intended for students who are at the end of their first year of sixth form and who are contemplating studying law at University – but all students with an interest in law are welcome. The Conference will provide useful insights into the challenges and excitement of studying law
at degree level.

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