Kings College London - The Dkson Poon School of Law
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The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world.* The School was established in 1831, and has played an integral role in the life of King's since the university was formed almost 200 years ago. It has one of this country's most distinguished research and teaching reputations - staff are active in research and among the leading international experts. This helps us to continue to push the boundaries of academic thought and to innovate across disciplines.
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- 2. The Dickson Poon School of Law
- 3. The Dickson Poon School of Law 2015-16 Academic and professional staff
- 4. Gifts • Dickson Poon £20m donation (which is part of a £40m investment programme) – Up to 25 UG scholarships will be awarded for the 2016-17 academic year – PhD Scholarships – Posts: Chairs, Lectureships, Distinguished Visitors, Rising Stars – Transnational Legal Institute • Mark Yeoh £7m donation for the PPL programme – Up to four scholarships will be awarded law for the 2016-17 academic year – Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law – Posts: Chair, Lectureships
- 5. Latest news • 17th in the world for law (2015 QS World University Rankings) • 1st in research in the UK (Times Higher Education REF ranking 2014 ) • Magna Carta 800 Anniversary • Shakespeare 400 Anniversary
- 6. About • One of the UK’s premier law schools - tradition of teaching excellence dating back to 1831 • Internationally respected, leading academics from across the legal profession • Unrivalled location in the heart of legal London – The Royal Courts of Justice – The Inns of Court – The Law Society – Top international law firms
- 7. In the heart of legal London
- 8. • In December 2009, King’s College London acquired the East Wing • Law moved in January 2012 • Queen’s visit 29 February 2012 • Arguably London’s (and the UK’s) finest 18th century (Georgian) building Somerset House East Wing
- 9. The world of law at King’s • The 2015-16 student body: – 48 countries represented across the first year undergraduate cohort – 62 countries across the LLM programme – Out of our current undergraduate students (years one to five) just under 30% are registered on outgoing dual degree or study abroad programme • Portraits of a Global Law School
- 10. • Special lectures and events: – Dean David Caron’s Transnational lecture Series – Lord Judge’s (former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales) Lectures to all Law students – Winter Party & Legal Walk Student life
- 12. Careers • LLM Careers Development Programme • Legal Week & the Law Fair
- 13. LLM Programme • Students must complete 180 credits – A writing project (40 credits) • dissertation OR • research module OR • practice module – Choose 140 credits from our range of taught modules • Modules are full (40 credits) or half (20 credits) • Module descriptions are listed under www.kcl.ac.uk/llm
- 14. LLM Programme • Tailored LLM or one of EIGHT specialist LLMs: – Competition Law (Prof. Alison Jones) – European Law (Prof. Takis Tridimas) – Intellectual Property & Information Law (Prof. Tanya Aplin) – International Financial Law (Prof. Ravi Tennekoon) – International Business Law (Prof. Ravi Tennekoon, Prof. Djakhongir Saidov) – International Tax Law (Prof. Jonathan Schwarz) – International Dispute Resolution (Dr. Holger Hestermeyer) – Transnational Law (Prof. Peer Zumbansen)
- 15. Other Postgraduate Programmes at King’s • MA in Medical Ethics and Law • MA in Medical Law • MSc in Mental Health, Ethics & Law • MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution • MA in Global Ethics and Human Values • MA in Global Justice New (Online) • Distance Learning Programmes – PG Diploma/MA in EU Law – PG Diploma/MA in EU Competition Law – PG Diploma/MA in Economics for Competition Law – PG Diploma/MA in UK, EU and US Copyright
- 16. New Global Justice MA 100% Online This new degree allows students to study the urgent ethical issues of our globalising world including climate change, war, terrorism, poverty, inequality, trade, justice and human rights, all online. The course spans across 3 terms Entry criteria: • Aptitude tests, plus • English language requirements • 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each sub-section • Degree 2:1 Honours degree in relevant discipline (e.g. philosophy, politics, economics, history, social science) or 2:2 honours degree and either master’s degree at merit in a relevant discipline (e.g. philosophy, politics, economics, history, social science), or substantial relevant professional experience (with e.g. international aid agency, developing world NGO). Start date: September 2016
- 17. Faculty • Academic staff at The Dickson Poon School of Law – Full time members of staff teaching within their area of expertise – No PhD students! • Visiting staff – Legal practitioners from the bar, law firms, public institutions – Academic staff from other institutions The main hall of the Inner Temple for one of The Dickson Poon School of Law events
- 18. Further Support • Dedicated LLM Administrator: Daniël Hogers • General Information sessions • Small group sessions for large modules • Dissertation support (supervisor, workshops etc.) • Support from the Library & the English Language Centre • Careers service
- 19. LLM Scholarships • The Yeoh Tiong Lay LLM Scholarship Programme – Covers cost of tuition and a £10,ooo contribution to living costs – Four scholarships available • The Bosco Tso and Emily Ng Scholarship – Covers cost of tuition and a contribution to living costs – One scholarship available • The Norman Spink Scholarship Fund – £10,000 towards tuition fees – One scholarship available
- 20. For further info visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/law Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10446103?trk=t yah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2Cclicked EntityId%3A10446103%2Cidx%3A2-1- 2%2CtarId%3A1458043205459%2Ctas%3Adickson% 20poon%20school%20 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDicksonPoonSchoolo fLaw/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel @kcl_law
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- Currently there are over 60 full time academic staff members and over 15 professional service members at that School. The School is in the process of filling the following roles: 4x Lectureship in Law (deadline 2 March 2014) Chair for Global Competition Law and Policy (deadline 7 March 2014) Chair for the Study of Women and Global Justice (deadline 2 March 2014) Chair of Politics, Philosophy and Law (deadline 23 March 2014) Professor of Transnational Law & Director of the Dickson Poon Transnational Law Institute (deadline 2 March 2014)
- DP Gift March 2012: King’s College London is embarking on a £40million programme of investment in the School of Law. This ambitious initiative has been made possible by a personal gift of £20 million from Mr Dickson Poon CBE, a well-known Hong Kong-based philanthropist. His remarkably generous gift is the largest donation from an individual in the College’s history, and the largest ever to a British or European law faculty. The School will be renamed The Dickson Poon School of Law in recognition of Mr Poon. The £40 million investment strategy will establish the School of Law as a leader in the field of transnational law – thinking beyond particular national jurisdictions and seeking global solutions to the world’s legal challenges – in order to pioneer a new standard of legal education for the 21st century and translate research findings that guide legal reform, policy development and commercial practice. With its new home in Somerset House East Wing, The Dickson Poon School of Law will become a dynamic international centre for legal research, bridging the worlds of higher education, policy and business. The donation will also be used to drive a worldwide recruitment campaign for eight new Distinguished Chair positions and a further seven ‘rising stars’, in order to establish the School as an unrivalled centre for legal research. Up to 75 students a year will benefit from an Ivy League-style scholarship programme, of which 15 places will be reserved for students currently resident in Hong Kong and mainland China. Yeoh Gift 05/2013: King’s College London has received a donation of £7 million to set up a new research-based Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law (the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for PPL). The gift, from the family of Malaysian alumnus Mark Yeoh, will further build King’s reputation as a dynamic international centre for legal teaching and research in the heart of London. The donation is the largest from a Malaysian family to any UK university and will provide for three new academic posts (a Chair and two Lectureships) and 16 Yeoh Tiong Lay LLM scholarships (tution and £10000 stipend per). Mark Yeoh graduated from King’s College London with an LLB (Hons) in 1987. He is currently Director of Wessex Water Ltd, which is owned by the Yeoh family’s YTL Corporation – one of Malaysia's largest companies with interests in construction, utilities, hotels, property development and technology. Other Scholarships Bosco Tso and Emily Ng Scholarship Programme: The generous gift, from alumnus Mr Bosco Tso, has been established to support students who wish to study law at King’s. The winner will be selected on the basis of a personal statement as well as demonstrable financial need. Applicants must have a confirmed place to study the one year LLM Law programme at King’s in September 2014. The scholarship is open to all applicants and is worth £22,500. Each scholarship will cover full tuition fees plus a living allowance. For 2014-15 one scholarship will be available. The King's Nigerian Law Scholars Fund is a fund to help students from Nigeria to undertake the one year LLM Law programme at King’s. The scholarships are worth £25,000 and are intended to help towards the cost of your tuition fees for the year, as well as living costs whilst you are studying.
- The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world - ranking in the top 10 in the UK and 16th worldwide*. -*Guardian University Guide 2014: Law -*2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject -*NSS 2013: 88% overall satisfaction amongst our law students. The School was established in 1831, and has played an integral role in the life of King's College London since the College was formed almost 200 years ago. First Introductory Law lecture at King’s by JJ Park on 1 November 1831. It has one of this country's most distinguished research and teaching reputations - staff are active in research and among the leading international experts. This helps us to continue to push the boundaries of academic thought and to innovate across disciplines. Located in the heart of the British legal and political world and surrounded by major global law firms, The Dickson Poon School of Law offers you invaluable interaction with the wider legal community and opportunities to establish links with your peers and a wider professional network. *Global solutions to the world’s legal challenges
- The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world - ranking in the top 10 in the UK and 16th worldwide*. -*Guardian University Guide 2014: Law -*2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject -*NSS 2013: 88% overall satisfaction amongst our law students. The School was established in 1831, and has played an integral role in the life of King's College London since the College was formed almost 200 years ago. First Introductory Law lecture at King’s by JJ Park on 1 November 1831. It has one of this country's most distinguished research and teaching reputations - staff are active in research and among the leading international experts. This helps us to continue to push the boundaries of academic thought and to innovate across disciplines. Located in the heart of the British legal and political world and surrounded by major global law firms, The Dickson Poon School of Law offers you invaluable interaction with the wider legal community and opportunities to establish links with your peers and a wider professional network. *Global solutions to the world’s legal challenges
- Unrivalled location in the heart of legal London (see previous slide) The Royal Courts of Justice The Law Society The Inns of Court Top international Law firms *Also see The old Bailey *Also see Waterloo Campus
- The Dickson Poon School of Law In December 2009, King’s College London signed an agreement with the Somerset House trust to acquire the East Wing of Somerset House, one of London's most beautiful and iconic buildings. From the moment it opened its doors to students in 1831, King's College set its sights on acquiring the neighbouring East Wing - an ambition that has lasted 180 years. The relationship between the College and the Crown offices that occupied the East Wing were sometimes difficult. Moved in January 2012. Queen’s visit 29 February 2012. Arguably London’s (and the UK’s) finest 18th century building (commissioned by George III (1760-1821) Statue in courtyard: George III (1760-1821) & the ‘Thames’ (sculptor John Bacon) Statue in main stairs: George III (1760-1821) Courtyard: London Fashion Week, concerts/films, ice-skating, special exhibitions East Wing renovations carried out over the past 220 years have been stripped out and the wing has been restored Facts about Somerset House...did you know? The site was once a Saxon port Law was first taught here more than 600 years ago Somerset House was home to the future Elizabeth I A famous peace treaty between England and Spain - The Treaty of London – was signed at Somerset House in 1604 Oliver Cromwell lay in state here following his death in 1658 The world's first taxi rank was located in the street outside The Royal Society was based here from 1780 to 1857 and was also home to the Royal Academy of Arts, the Geological Society and the Society of Antiquaries The structure of DNA was discovered beneath the College car park next to the East Wing King's has sought many times to acquire the East Wing – the last major campaign took place in the early 1970s A 700-year old legal tradition From at least 1294, court inquisitions and assizes were heard in the open air at the ancient stone cross that was located opposite the modern entrance to Somerset House. The area's legal connections were cemented with the building of the Inn of Chancery called the Strand Inn on the site of the College's car park and the East Wing. The Inns of Chancery trained legal professionals including clerks, solicitors and barristers alongside the larger and more famous Inns of Court. They also served as dining clubs and lodgings for lawyers. The earliest evidence for the Strand Inn comes from the reign of Henry V (1413-1422), though like the other Inns of Chancery, it was probably much older. The Inn was destroyed when the Protector Somerset built his new palace in the 1540s. Legal education resumed when King's College opened its doors in 1831 and the East Wing is now the new home to The Dickson Poon School of Law.
- School core messages: -Law and Technology, Transnational Law and Transnational Justice -The School’s transnational/international staff, student and alumni composition and varied international links The School is truly international in scope at the micro level, and more broadly at the macro level, it is a very prestigious destination for students and potential partners around the world Many of the most pressing problems in the world today, as well as many of the most exciting opportunities, have proven to be beyond the grasp of particular nations and the laws they enact, whether individually or in collaboration All the evidence suggests that we are now at the threshold of a new era, one which will require a dramatic change in our ways of thinking about how best to shape, through law and through private endeavour, some of the most fundamental of human activities, in trade, finance, resources, communication and governance and the concerns those activities give rise to in terms of integrity, sustainability, transparency and accountability Transnational law offers a totally new and innovative approach to legal thinking. The successor to international and national law – it takes a truly interdisciplinary approach that transcends jurisdictions, domains and cultures to solve the problems that face today’s fundamentally changed world The Transnational Legal Institute at The Dickson Poon School of Law will play a leading role in the way we research, approach and solve global legal problems. It will bring together the world’s leading transnational thinkers, researchers and practitioners in the centre of Legal London Transnational lawyers pursue an approach to law that is interdisciplinary and innovative. They look for solutions that draw on an intricate knowledge of multi-jurisdictional legal, economic and cultural practices in relation to a wide range of issues such as corruption, environmental protection and world trade *Also see: Reading Transnational Law – Report on Reading Group Report (Internal Only)
- The law school offers a variety of events and lectures all year round which our students have full access to. These events range special guest speakers that are invited in to give talks to our students and staff, research event series from our academics, visiting lectures or special guests and high profile speaking events. The law school also put on end of year balls, Christmas winter parties for our students as well other special events such as the legal walk which happens every year to raise money for legal aid.
- We have a variety of societies here at the law school that students can join. These are: Law society Post graduate society Anglo French Anglo German Bar society PPL Lawyers without borders Legal research society
- The law school has several events hosted via our careers department for law. As part of legal week a multitude of talks are given from members of well known law practices as well as a chance for students to network with law firms and find out more about careers and internships.
- The new degree is built on the model of the successful face-to-face MA in Global Ethics & Human Values. Using new technology the online degree will bring first-rate instruction to bright university graduates worldwide, training them to think rigorously about global issues such as war, human rights, inequality and climate change. Students will be able to: view online lectures from a world-leading team of academics. They will interact in online seminars and discussion forums led by Interactive Instructors. They will interact with each other across a range of online modalities, from news groups to chat rooms. The course will encourage students actively to share their experiences and views across borders, so giving them international sensitivities and helping them to build international networks that can further their future careers. Audience: The programme is designed for those who have studied philosophy, politics, economics, history or social science; for those in government, an international aid agency or an NGO; for those involved in corporate social responsibility in the commercial sector; and for those with other relevant experience.
- The Yeoh Tiong Lay LLM Scholarship Programme Made possible by the generous gift from the family of alumnus Dato' Mark Yeoh. The scholarship will cover the cost of tuition fees for the year, and also provide a £10,000 contribution to living costs. Four scholarships are available for the 2015-16 academic year. One scholarship is reserved for Malaysian residents only, otherwise they are open to all applicants. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources/other/yeoh2015.aspx The Bosco Tso and Emily Ng Scholarship Made possible by the generous gift from alumnus Mr Bosco Tso. The scholarship will cover the cost of tuition fees and provide a contribution to living costs. One scholarship is available the 2015-16 academic year. Open to all applicants. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources/other/bosco2015.aspx The Dickson Poon Undergraduate Law Scholarship Programme Made possible by the generosity and support of Dr Dickson Poon. Up to 75 undergraduate scholarships worth from £18,000 to £36,000. Open to all students who apply to study on our LLB programme. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/Dickson-Poons-Gift/ug-scholarships-2014/index.aspx NB Other funding options are available on the college website