Faculty mission statement

The Faculty of Law provides higher education with a professional perspective in the discipline of law at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The Faculty is concerned to further the intellectual development and professional skills of students by initiating and encouraging critical analysis of legal institutions, legal theories and reasoning, principles and practices; their utilisation and their impact upon the rights and obligations of individuals, government, business, professional practice and the interests of a wider society. It is committed to the furtherance of scholarship and research into legal issues and practices; to participation in discussion and debate concerned with legal theory, legal procedures, the rule of law and the effectiveness of the legal system in societies; and to the dissemination and publication of its contribution in these areas.

The Faculty is concerned to initiate and respond to critical developments and challenges, in particular those posed by new technologies, and their interpretation and application in legal contexts; and to familiarise academic staff, members of the profession and students with the changing technological environment, and equip them to utilise new methods and tools for information gathering, storage, retrieval and analysis.

The Faculty provides specialist law teaching in diverse Law programs in order to build upon skills, knowledge and expertise in the discipline of law, and in other professional disciplines that need to understand the legal implications and environment of their professional practice.

The emphasis is upon practical legal education and the enhancement of legal practice. It provides formal training and professional qualifications on behalf of the relevant admitting authority to applicants seeking admission to practise as legal practitioners.