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Law at Keele

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Innovative, unique and internationally recognised - Law at Keele stands out from the crowd

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About Keele Law School

Keele Law School has a distinctive profile in U.K. legal education, delivering excellent teaching and research within the UK’s largest integrated campus university. In addition to equipping students with the skills needed to analyse legal doctrine and legislation, the School is committed to locating the study of law within social, political, historical and comparative contexts. To this end, the study of law at Keele involves an engagement with other disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. This approach to undergraduate study expresses an ethos of interdisciplinarity that has characterised Keele University since its inception in 1962.

Keele Law School offers a range of pathways, from single honours Law, to non-qualifying dual honours programmes involving Law with a wide range of possible combinations (from Human Resources to Music). Whichever pathway you choose, you will develop your legal skills and knowledge through a deep understanding of the location of law in its social, political and economic context, working with leading internationally recognised academics. The Law course at Keele will appeal both to prospective lawyers and to those wishing to follow other careers and we have seen our graduates achieve successes in the legal professions and many other careers, including the police, teaching and film production. Keele alumni include partners of leading national law firms, QCs, a recent President of the Law Society and a High Court Judge. Three Keele alumni (Michael Mansfield QC, Rosemary Whitfield-Jones, and Fiona Woolf CBE) were included in The Lawyer 's 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame as "qualified lawyers who have been pioneers, either in the law or the practice of it."

Learning Culture

Keele Law School is proud of its innovative and dynamic learning culture which is characterised by optimism and vitality. The School is committed to maintaining and augmenting an established reputation for democratic procedures and non-hierarchical structures, as well as a relaxed and friendly atmosphere that typifies studying and living on Keele Campus.

Research Excellence

Academics within Law at Keele have been recognised in the latest Research Assessment Exercise as producing world leading research. 50% of all research submitted by Keele Law academics was rated as being World Leading (4*) or Internationally Excellent (3*) and 85% of all work as being of, at least, a quality that is Internationally Recognised (2*). This places us within the top 25 Law Schools in the country. The diverse research at Keele encompasses critical, socio-legal and doctrinal work, and more information about current and future projects can be found on individual staff profiles and on the Research pages. Students coming to Keele will learn about Law from internationally recognised academics who are at the forefront of the discipline.