Kent Law School
University of Kent
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Consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in the UK, Kent Law School offers and a variety of LLB and LLM degrees with an international and contemporary focus.
With teaching described as excellent in the most recent national teaching quality review and with a Research Assessment (RAE) rating of 5, Kent Law School offers high quality legal education with an emphasis on placing the study of law within a wider political, social and economic context.
International Character and Location
Kent Law School has the second most international students of any law school in the UK (The Times Good University Guide 2007). Part of the University of Kent, Kent Law School offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Kent's 300 acre Canterbury campus overlooking the famous Cathedral city, and postgraduate courses only at it's smaller campus in the heart of Europe in Brussels.
Based down in the far south-east of England, the Canterbury campus is a short distance from both London (1 ½ hours by train) and Continental Europe (Paris 2 hours, Brussels 1 ½ hours by Eurostar from nearby Ashford station).
Undergraduate Degrees
Kent Law School offers a variety of single and joint honours law degrees, including:
- Law LLB
- English and French (or Spanish, German or Italian) Law LLB
- European Legal Studies LLB
- Law and Psychology (dual professional qualification)
- Law and Accounting (dual professional qualification)
- Law and Business
Postgraduate Degrees
Taught LLM Programmes (Research LLM, Phil and PhD programmes are also available):
- Criminal Justice
- International Law with International Relations*
- Environmental Law and Policy
- European Law
- International Commercial Law
- Medical Law and Ethics
- International Economic Law**
- Public International Law*
- International Mobility, Globalisation and the Law (Transmanche)
- Law
- Combined Title
* Brussels and Canterbury
** Brussels only
Kent Law Clinic
Kent Law School has its own on-site Law Clinic which enables students to get actively involved in real legal cases bought to the Clinic by members of the general public. Students have full conduct of cases and work under the close supervision of the fully qualified legal staff in the Clinic. The Clinic works on a pro-bono basis for clients and has received numerous awards and accolades for its contribution to legal justice over the many years it has been running.
Facilities and environment
In addition to a large, well stocked paper library, Kent Law School has an impressive electronic law library and makes good use of technology to complement traditional teaching and learning. Of note are the award-winning electronic database LawLinks, and the ability to download and listen again to undergraduate lectures. Postgraduate students have their own common room areas (equipped with wireless internet access) and from dedicated support from application to graduation from the Postgraduate Office.
The Law School also has an active social life with four undergraduate student societies, good links with many prominent UK firms, a postgraduate academic and social group, and extra-curricular weekly postgraduate student-staff seminars.
Student Quotes:
Undergraduate
'Studying at Kent Law School is fulfilling... it has bought out my potential as a person and my stay so far has been worth every penny. As I look forward to future challenges I know that Kent Law School is equipped to make me the lawyer I want to be'
Zemaye Moyinoluwa Oibo Ahme
Undergraduate LLB student from Nigeria
Postgraduate
"Would I recommend Kent Law School to others? Yes, a thousand times. I would recommend KLS to anybody who wishes to gain all round and interdisciplinary insights into law and to study in a friendly and intelligent environment."
Madhumanti Mukherjee
A student from India, Madhumanti graduated with LLM in International Law and International Relations and is now doing a PhD.
Contact
Undergraduate:
Daniel Lee
Communications and Admissions Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1227 824889
E-mail: d.r.lee@kent.ac.uk
Postgraduate:
Postgraduate Office
Tel: +44 (0)1227 823405
E-mail: kls-pgoffice@kent.ac.uk
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Contact for Further Information |
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Graduate Admissions Office |
| Address: |
Kent Law School
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 7NS
UK |
| Tel: |
+44 (0)1227 823405 |
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+44 (0)1227 827442 |
| URL: |
http://www.kent.ac.uk/law/ |
| Email: |
kls-pgoffice@kent.ac.uk |
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