Nottingham Law School is a law school in the UK with over 100 full-time lecturers and 400 students. It is an academic and professional institution, part of Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Trent University is a public teaching and research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as a new university in 1992 from the existing Trent Polytechnic , however it can trace its roots back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design...

, situated in the East Midlands

East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...

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Nottingham Law School provides a range of undergraduate LLB and postgraduate LLM degrees. The School also provides professional legal education including the Graduate Diploma in Law conversion course, the Legal Practice Course

Legal Practice Course

The Legal Practice Course also known as the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practiceis the vocational stage for becoming a solicitor in England and Wales. The course is the successor to Law Society Finals and is more vocational in its syllabus. The LPC can be taken in many different formats including...

, for intending solicitors, and the Bar Professional Training Course

Bar Professional Training Course

The Bar Professional Training Course is a graduate course that is completed by those wishing to be called to the Bar, i.e. to practise as a barrister in England and Wales...

 for intending barristers.

The Law School has been given the top 'Excellent' rating by the Law Society

Law society

A Law Society in current and former Commonwealth jurisdictions was historically an association of solicitors with a regulatory role that included the right to supervise the training, qualifications and conduct of lawyers/solicitors...

 and comparable ratings by the Bar Standards Board

Bar Standards Board

The Bar Standards Board regulates admission to the Bar for barristers in England and Wales. In addition, it responds to complaints from the public regarding behavior and adequacy of representation by members of the Bar and conducts disciplinary proceedings. The most serious of these are conducted...

 of England and Wales every year since its inception. It also has a significant reputation for research, particularly in insolvency

Insolvency

Insolvency means the inability to pay one's debts as they fall due. Usually used to refer to a business, insolvency refers to the inability of a company to pay off its debts.Business insolvency is defined in two different ways:...

 and international criminal justice, with 60% being judged as of international standard in the most recent 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

For the LPC, it offers three different routes: the standard, the commercial and the corporate.

Sport

The School has a highly successful football team which is a constant force in the Nottingham Sunday League Division One. Although there was a dip in form last season (mainly due to the poor managerial skills of Luke Jennison), the team appears to be in good shape for this season.

Other sports include a rugby union team, a basketball team and a netball team. Their kits have been subject to numerous thefts, especially the much sought-after "23" basketball jersey.

Notable alumni

Chuka Umunna

Chuka Umunna

Chuka Harrison Umunna is a British Labour Party politician and employment lawyer. He has been the Member of Parliament for Streatham since 2010. After less than 18 months in Parliament, he was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary by Labour Leader Ed Miliband on 7 October 2011...

, Labour MP for Streatham

Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)

Streatham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

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