University

University of Aberdeen School of Law

The School of Law at the University of Aberdeen backtracks to the University's establishment in 1495.[1] Today, it is one of the best doctoral level schools in Scotland, surrendering around two hundred and fifty understudies every year, and in addition more than forty overall trade students.[1] The School offers both understudy and taught and examine postgraduate degrees, and besides the Diploma in Legal Practice and Professional Competence Course.[2]

The Head of the School of Law is Ms Anne-Michelle Slater.

Substance [hide]

1 History

2 Today

3 Courses

4 International Exchange

5 Aberdeen Student Law Review

6 Notable graduated class

7 References

8 External affiliations

History[edit]

The chronicled setting of the School of Law started with the foundation in 1495 of King's College, Aberdeen, the grade school in Aberdeen, by William Elphinstone, then Bishop of Aberdeen and himself a past true blue aide. In 1860, King's centered with Aberdeen's other school, Marischal College, to shape the present University.

Today[edit]

Today, the School of Law has around one thousand understudies considering understudy and postgraduate exercises, and houses two examination focuses: the Center for Property Law and the Civil Law Center. The School was evaluated the eighth best division in the UK, and first in Scotland, in The Times' Good University Guide 2010,[3] paying little respect to the way that it place nineteenth in the UK and second in Scotland in The Guardian's table the same year.[4] In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the School submitted 35.7 FTE staff, the third-most astonishing number of true blue examination staff in Scotland, after Glasgow (37.95) and Edinburgh (48.74). Five of the School's examination sections were evaluated the most basic 4*, the same number as Dundee and Stirling, however behind Glasgow's fifteen, Strathclyde's twenty and Edinburgh's thirty. The School satisfied thirty 3*, forty-five 2* and twenty 1* submissions.[5]

Courses[edit]

Understudy

Single man of Laws (LL.B.): open as a two-year resuscitated degree for graduates in different solicitations, and as a refinements degree, including choices for joint respects with French, German, Spanish or Gaelic language, Accountancy, Economics, Management or Music.[6]

Postgraduate

Taught degrees[7]

Expert of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial Law

LL.M. in European Law

LL.M. in European and International Law

LL.M. in Criminal Justice

LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law

LL.M. in International Commercial Law

LL.M. by Distance Learning in International Business Law

LL.M. in Sustainable Development and Law

LL.M. in International Law

LL.M. in Criminal Justice and Human Rights

LL.M. in Human Rights and Criminal Justice

LL.M. in Human Rights

LL.M. in Oil and Gas Law

LL.M. in Private International Law

LL.M. in International Law and Globalization

Research degrees[8]

LL.M. by examination

Expert of Philosophy (M.Phil.)

Star of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Aberdeen Summer Program

Plus, the School of Law plays host to the yearly Aberdeen Summer Program in co-operation with the University of Baltimore School of Law and University of Maryland School of Law. The course separates relationship of U.S. moreover, U.K. law, and is taught by Scottish and American guides. Twenty American law understudies joined in the 2008 structure, and thirty-two American law understudies are selected in the 2009 program.[9]

Overall Exchange[edit]

In the midst of years 2 and 3 of the LLB (with a dialect or European Legal Studies) course, understudies are permitted to put essentialness considering in another nation, taking in its individual authentic structure and conceivably its tongue. Current choices open to understudies unite the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, Aarhus Universitet in Denmark, the University of Helsinki in Finland, the University of Auvergne, Pierre Mendès-France University and Lumière University Lyon 2 in France, the Universities of Freiburg, Marburg and Regensburg in Germany, Maastricht University in the Netherlands, the University of Bergen in Norway, Universidad de Deusto and Universidad de Sevilla in Spain, and the Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape Town in South Africa.

Aberdeen Student Law Review[edit]

The Aberdeen Student Law Review (ASLR)[10] is an understudy run instructive law survey developed in 2010.[11] The ASLR is all things considered directed, framed, changed and peer-concentrated on by Students and Alumni of the University of Aberdeen. It is maintained by Stronachs LLP who likewise give a prize to the best comfort to the review.[12] The Hon. Ruler Woolman goes about as Honorary Editor and Patron of the ASLR.

Striking alumni[edit]

Alistair Carmichael: Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland (2001–present), Secretary of State for Scotland 2013–15

Alistair Darling: Chancellor of the Exchequer 2007–10

The Hon. Woman Dorian: Senator of the College of Justice (2005–present), Lord Justice Clerk 2016–present

Murdo Fraser: Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament and MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (2003–present)

George Grub: Professor of Law at the University (1881–91)

The Rt Hon. Ruler Marnoch: Senator of the College of Justice (1990–2005)

Straight to the point Mulholland QC: Lord Advocate (2011-), Solicitor General (2007–2011)

Nicol Stephen: Former pioneer of the Scottish Liberal Democrats

John West: Depute Provost of Aberdeen (2007-)

The Hon. Ruler Woolman: Senator of the College of Justice (2008–present)

References[edit]

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Bounce up ^ Watson, Roland; Elliott, Francis; Foster, Patrick. "School Rankings League Table 2010". The Times (London). Recovered 22 June 2009.

Bounce up ^ "School guide 2010: Law". London: The Guardian. 12 May 2009. Recovered 22 June 2009.

Hop up ^ "RAE 2008 : Quality profiles - Law". Research Assessment Exercise. Recovered 22 June 2009.

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Hop up ^ "The Taught Master of Laws Degree". School of Aberdeen School of Law. Recovered 22 June 2009.

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