Nottingham Law School
With over 50 years' experience supporting students, we are one of the UK's largest and most established law schools. Delivering first-class teaching, fantastic facilities and flexible courses, we support legal professionals at every stage of their careers.
We pride ourselves on our dynamic and personal Law School community, creating many fantastic opportunities for our students. The Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre, our unique and ground-breaking teaching law firm, provides a number of pro bono activities. Other school community activities include mooting, volunteering, work experience, overseas placements, summer schools, guest lectures, careers skills workshops, professional and networking lunches, prize giving ceremonies and much more.
Our courses are accredited or approved by a range of professional bodies, including the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board, Intellectual Property Regulation Board and Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, and our extensive links with the legal and other professions both at home and overseas, reflect and inform the design of our course portfolio and ensure that we continue to lead the way in legal education.
Latest News
Families of children with special educational needs offered appeal support from NLS Legal Advice Centre
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Law students secure more than £5m for the Nottinghamshire community
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Expert blog: Andrew Carnegie and the Great Philanthropic Misunderstanding
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Misogyny research pioneers hail new police action to record harassment of women
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Expert opinion: Misogyny against women and girls is everyone’s responsibility, and government responses do not go far enough
Tue 16 Mar 2021
New Executive Dean appointed at Nottingham Law School
Fri 24 Apr 2020
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May
The new route to qualification for solicitors
Online,
04
Jun
The Past and Future of the International Law of High Seas Piracy
Online,
17
Jun
Annual Conference on the intersection of Corporate Law and Technology
Online,
21
Apr
Journey towards a PhD in Law
MS Teams,
23
Mar
NLS Ian Hutton Memorial Moot 2021
Online,
26
Apr
IP strategy for FinTech start-ups and SMEs
Online,
Our Research Groups and Centres
Informing Dispute Resolution (Best) Practice in the Civil Justice and Insolvency Practitioner Fields
Researchers at NTU have influenced debate and impacted on practice in dispute resolution frameworks over a number of years.
Centre for Advocacy
Centre for Advocacy
The Centre for Advocacy builds upon Nottingham Law School's expertise in the design and delivery of advocacy training and aims to promote and develop the study of the practice and training of advocates.
Insolvency Law and Practice in Certain African States and the UK
Research by the Centre for Business and Insolvency Law is helping to increase investor confidence and economic stability through its influence on law-making in Africa and on legal practice in the UK.
Centre for Business and Insolvency Law
Centre for Business and Insolvency Law
The Centre for Business and Insolvency Law (CBIL) was founded in 2012 and brings together expertise in legal and business practice, both nationally and internationally, addressing important challenges and contributing to debates.
Centre for Legal Education
Centre for Legal Education
Nottingham Law School's Centre for Legal Education drives the Law School's excellence and innovation in academic and professional legal education.
Centre for Rights and Justice
Centre for Rights and Justice
The Centre for Rights and Justice (CRJ) was established in 2013. It is an inclusive Centre with a diverse membership, bringing together research, practice and scholarship, in the broad areas of human rights and criminal justice.
Intellectual Property Research Group
Intellectual Property Research Group
Intellectual property rights are property rights in something intangible and they reward innovation and creative activity. The Intellectual Property Research Group is led by Janice Denoncourt and aims to lead research in this field within the East Midlands region.
Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution
Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution
The mission of the Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution is to be at the vanguard of public and academic debate about mediation
Mapping the Changing Face of Cross-Examination
Mapping the Changing Face of Cross-Examination
This exciting new project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, analyses the impact of recent changes in law and policy on the conduct of cross-examination of vulnerable and intimidated witnesses in criminal trials.
Health Law and Ethics Group
Health Law and Ethics Group
The Group is led by Dr Austen Garwood-Gowers whose main areas of interest are medical use of the human body (especially organ transplantation but also medical research and bio-banking) and health related dignity and rights issues.
Our latest publications
Interrogating the criminalisation of same-sex sexual activity: a study of Commonwealth Africa
Development of the transferable skill set of Irish undergraduate law students through simulated client interviews
National Plan for Sport and Recreation: written evidence. Lords Select Committee
Gaps in the protection of athletes gender rights in sport—a regulatory riddle
Evaluation of "Citizens at the Heart: a Citizen Centred Approach to Tackling Hate Crime" project report
Evaluation of "Citizens at the Heart: a Citizen Centred Approach to Tackling Hate Crime" project - executive summary
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