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School of Law

Postgraduate Research Degrees

The Keele School of Law has a distinctive profile in theoretical socio-legal and empirical research. Staff are engaged in exploring diverse methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches to legal analysis, and publish in a wide range of journals and books. The School of Law also produces excellent work relying upon more traditional doctrinal research methods. For a full list of staff research interests, areas of postgradute supervision and publications, see Law Academic Staff.

We are particularly proud of the quality of the published work which former Keele postgraduate students have produced in recent years, including papers in Psychology, Evolution and Gender, Social & Legal Studies, Education and Law, the Web Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, the Journal of Medical Ethics, and the British Tax Review, as well as chapters in edited books.

For more information about Research Degrees at Keele, including how to apply, please see the Postgraduate Research web pages.

Law PhD students are required to take the following Law Research Training module: 'Introduction to Socio-Legal Research Methods and Skills' and are encouraged to take one or both of the other two law research training modules offered by the School of Law: 'Innovation and Creativity in Socio-Legal Research'; 'Socio-Legal Theory.' Each of these modules is worth 20 credit points. PhD students are required to complete 60 credit points of research training in addition to their dissertation. Non-law social science modules can also be taken to meet this requirement.

There are a number of core research clusters in the School of Law:

  • Theoretical Socio-Legal
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Property, Planning and Space
  • Environment and Regulation
  • Enforcement and Implementation of Law
  • Social Welfare, Social Policy and Health Care
  • Criminal Justice and Criminology
  • The Legal Profession
  • Health Care Law and Ethics
  • Legal History

Interested? Questions?

Prospective research students are encouraged to contact Dr Ruth Fletcher in the first instance to discuss possibilities for postgraduate research in Law at Keele.

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