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The Faculty of Laws of University College London is a law school
Law school

A law school is an institution specializing in legal education....
 situated in the Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury may refer to:* Bloomsbury, an area in central London.* the Bloomsbury Group, an English literary group active around from around 1905 to the start of World War II....
 area of Central London
Central London

The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London"....
.

Faculty of Laws is a founding faculty of University College London
University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
 and was founded in 1826. It was the first to offer a systematic university education in common law
Common law

Common law refers to law and the corresponding Legal systems of the world developed through legal opinion of courts and similar tribunals , rather than through statute law or Executive ....
 in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 predating even Oxbridge
Oxbridge

Oxbridge was originally a fictional composite of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of superior intellectual or social status, emphasising the apparent "difficulty" of gaining admission....
. John Austin
John Austin (legal philosopher)

John Austin was a noted British jurist and published extensively concerning the philosophy of law and jurisprudence.Austin served with the British Army in Sicily and Malta, but sold his officer's commission to study law....
, a pupil of Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was an England jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was the brother of Samuel Bentham. He was a political radical, and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law....
, became the first Professor of Jurisprudence and Andrew Amos, a successful barrister and respected Recorder
Recorder (judge)

In the Courts of England and Wales, a Recorder is a barrister or solicitor of at least 10 years standing who is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor to hold part-time judicial office....
, became the first Professor of English Law and later Professor of Medical Jurisprudence.

law faculty is consistently ranked as one of the top law faculties in the UK.






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The Faculty of Laws of University College London is a law school
Law school

A law school is an institution specializing in legal education....
 situated in the Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury may refer to:* Bloomsbury, an area in central London.* the Bloomsbury Group, an English literary group active around from around 1905 to the start of World War II....
 area of Central London
Central London

The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London"....
.

History

The Faculty of Laws is a founding faculty of University College London
University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
 and was founded in 1826. It was the first to offer a systematic university education in common law
Common law

Common law refers to law and the corresponding Legal systems of the world developed through legal opinion of courts and similar tribunals , rather than through statute law or Executive ....
 in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 predating even Oxbridge
Oxbridge

Oxbridge was originally a fictional composite of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of superior intellectual or social status, emphasising the apparent "difficulty" of gaining admission....
. John Austin
John Austin (legal philosopher)

John Austin was a noted British jurist and published extensively concerning the philosophy of law and jurisprudence.Austin served with the British Army in Sicily and Malta, but sold his officer's commission to study law....
, a pupil of Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was an England jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was the brother of Samuel Bentham. He was a political radical, and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law....
, became the first Professor of Jurisprudence and Andrew Amos, a successful barrister and respected Recorder
Recorder (judge)

In the Courts of England and Wales, a Recorder is a barrister or solicitor of at least 10 years standing who is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor to hold part-time judicial office....
, became the first Professor of English Law and later Professor of Medical Jurisprudence.

Present day

The law faculty is consistently ranked as one of the top law faculties in the UK. According to The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
, it is "tipped by insiders as the best law faculty in the United Kingdom" . The faculty is well known for embracing modern legal methods and forms of education more readily than many other law faculties. The faculty is also heavily involved in cutting edge legal research and has an exceptional reputation for jurisprudence
Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal philosophers, hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions....
 and legal theory. It also publishes the UCL Jurisprudence Review
UCL Jurisprudence Review

The Jurisprudence Review is an annual collection of essays in jurisprudence published by University College London Law Faculty.The Jurisprudence Review was established in 1994 by Professor Stephen Guest as an annual forum for the publication of the best writing in legal theory produced by UCL students....
, which is the first academic student law journal in the United Kingdom.

The faculty currently offers a 3-year LLB programme, a 4-year LLB with Advanced Studies programme, a 4-year LLB with Another Legal System progamme (involving a year spent in a foreign university) and two 4-year double degree programmes with Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League. David Schizer is the dean....
 and University of Cologne
University of Cologne

The University of Cologne is one of the oldest University in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany....
. It also has exchange links with many law schools around the world.

UCL is one of the founding members of the National Admissions Test For Law
LNAT

The LNAT or National Admissions Test for Law, is an admissions aptitude test that was adopted in 2004 by eight United Kingdom university law programs as an admissions requirement for home applicants....
 (LNAT) consortium and requires all applicants to undergraduate law programmes to take the LNAT.

Specialisms


  • Antitrust, Regulation & Competition Law
  • Commercial and Corporate
  • Comparative and Foreign (European, Russian and CIS, and Japanese Law)
  • English Private and Criminal Law
  • Environmental Law
  • European Law
  • International Business and Trade Law
  • Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
  • Public International Law
  • Public Law
  • Socio-Legal Studies
  • Maritime Law


Research Centres


  • Institute of Global Law
  • The Jevons Institute for Competition Law & Economics
  • Centre for Commercial Law
  • Centre for Empirical Legal Studies
  • Centre for Law & the Environment
  • Centre for Law & Governance in Europe
  • Centre for International Courts & Tribunals
  • The London Shipping Law Centre


Professors

  • Eric Barendt - Professor of Media Law
  • Robert Chambers - Professor of Property Law
  • Ian Dennis - Professor of English Law
  • Alison Diduck - Professor of Law
  • Ronald Dworkin
    Ronald Dworkin

    Ronald Dworkin, Queens Counsel, British Academy is an United States legal philosopher, currently professor of Jurisprudence at University College London and the New York University School of Law, and former professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford....
     - Bentham Professor of Jurisprudence
  • Joerg Fedtke - Professor of Comparative Law
  • Ian Fletcher - Professor of International Commercial Law
  • Michael Freeman - Professor of English Law
  • Dame Hazel Genn
    Hazel Genn

    Dame Hazel Gillian Genn, Order of the British Empire, Queen's Counsel, Fellow_of_the_British_Academy#Fellowship is a leading authority on civil justice whose work has had a major influence on policy-makers around the world, and is currently Dean of the Faculty of Laws, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London....
     DBE QC
    Queen's Counsel

    Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male Monarch, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"....
     - Professor of Empirical Legal Studies
  • Stephen Guest
    Stephen Guest

    Stephen Guest, Barrister and Barrister and Solicitor , is a Professor of Legal Philosophy at the University College London Faculty of Laws....
     - Professor of Legal Philosophy
  • Jeffrey Jowell QC
    Queen's Counsel

    Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male Monarch, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"....
     - Research Professor of Public Law
  • Valentine Korah - Emeritus Professor of Competition Law
  • Sir Hugh Laddie QC
    Hugh Laddie

    Sir Hugh Ian Lang Laddie was a United Kingdom High Court of Justice judge, lawyer, professor, and a specialist in intellectual property law. He was considered one the leading English judges and academics in the field of intellectual property law....
     - late Professor of Intellectual Property Law
  • Maria Lee - Professor of Law
  • Andrew Lewis - Professor of Comparative Legal History
  • John Lowry - Professor of Law
  • Richard Macrory CBE
    CBE

    CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for Commander of the British Empire, a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Calgary Board of Education, public school board for the city of Calgary, Alberta...
     - Professor of Environmental Law
  • Riz Mokal - Professor of Law and Legal Theory
  • Hiroshi Oda - Professor of Japanese Law
  • Dawn Oliver - Professor of Constitutional Law
  • James Penner - Professor of Property Law
  • Pascoe Pleasence - Professor of Empirical Legal Studies
  • Philip Rawlings - Professor of Law
  • Rick Rawlings - Professor of Public Law
  • Catherine Redgwell - Professor of International Law
  • Philippe Sands
    Philippe Sands

    Philippe Sands is a United Kingdom Queen's Counsel at Matrix Chambers, and is Professor of International law at University College London.Sands is notable for authoring a book, Lawless World , where he accuses US President George W....
     QC
    Queen's Counsel

    Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male Monarch, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"....
     - Professor of Law
  • Philip Schofield - Professor of History of Legal and Political Thought
  • Joanne Scott - Professor of European Law
  • Robert Stevens - Professor of Commercial Law
  • Robert Sullivan - Professor of Law
  • Tim Swanson - Professor of Law and Economics
  • William Twining - Emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence
  • Lord Woolf - former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales


Visiting Professors
  • Daniel Alexander QC
  • Anthony Aust
  • Antonio Bavasso - Antitrust Group, Allen & Overy
    Allen & Overy

    Allen & Overy is a leading global law firm with approximately 5,500 staff and 31 offices worldwide. It is part of the so-called Magic Circle , the five London-based law firms perceived to be in a class of their own....
  • Tom Burke
  • Richard Calnan - Partner, Norton Rose
    Norton Rose

    Norton Rose Group is a leading international law firm with its head office in London. It offers business law services from 20 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia....
  • Winston Chu
    Winston Chu

    Winston Chu received his secondary school education at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a very eminent all male Jesuit secondary school in Hong Kong, after which he furthered his studies in the United Kingdom....
  • Michael Crystall QC
    QC

    QC can stand for:* QualiEd College, a famous secondary school in Hong Kong* Queens College, City University of New York, a college* Quartz Composer, a node based visual programming language...
  • Frederique Dahan
  • Eileen Denza
  • Alejandro Escobar - Partner, Latham & Watkins
    Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP is a global law firm. It is one of the largest law firms in the world, currently employing more than 2,000 attorneys in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia....
  • David S. Evans - Vice Chairman, LECG
    LECG

    LECG Corporation is a holding company of firms that testifies on behalf of corporations, produces studies for industry and government, and provides advice to many companies in the U.S....
     Europe
  • Hεkan Friman
  • Cyril Glasser - Consultant Sheridans
  • Vera Gowlland-Debbas
  • Ron Harmer
  • Judge Frederic Jenny
  • John Kallaugher - Head of Competition Law, Latham & Watkins
    Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP is a global law firm. It is one of the largest law firms in the world, currently employing more than 2,000 attorneys in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia....
  • Antonio Parra
  • Graham Penn - Partner, Sidley Austin
    Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin LLP, formerly known as Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, is one of the oldest law firms in the world. It is the sixth-largest U.S.-based corporate law firm with over 1,800 lawyers, annual revenues of more than one billion dollars, and offices in 16 cities worldwide, with the most recent addition of Sydney, Australia, in May...
  • Ned Swan
  • Robert Volterra - Partner, Latham & Watkins
    Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP is a global law firm. It is one of the largest law firms in the world, currently employing more than 2,000 attorneys in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia....
  • Edward Walker-Arnott - former Senior Partner, now consultant, Herbert Smith
    Herbert Smith

    Herbert Smith LLP is a London-headquartered law firm, with an Asia practice, plus offices and representation in the Middle East and Europe. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and today has 240 partners and 1,300 fee-earners....
  • Elizabeth Wilmshurst
    Elizabeth Wilmshurst

    Elizabeth Wilmshurst, fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House and Professor of International Law at University College London, is best known for her role as Deputy Legal Adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom on the eve of the Iraq war in 2003....


Alumni

The following are some notable graduates of the faculty:
  • Ghazi Abdul Rahman Algosaibi — Saudi Arabian politician; former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Bahrain
    Bahrain

    The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
     (1984 to 1992); Ambassador to United Kingdom and Ireland (1992-2002)
  • A.S. Anand — former Chief Justice of India (1998-2001)
  • Justice Gabriel Bach — Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel
    Supreme Court of Israel

    The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem....
  • Sir John Baker
    John Baker (legal historian)

    Sir John Baker, Queen's Counsel British Academy Royal Historical Society Burgon Society is the Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge and a leading English legal historian....
     QC FBA — legal historian; Downing Professor of the Laws of England
    Downing Professor of the Laws of England

    The Downing Professorship of the Laws of England is one of the senior List_of_Professorships_at_the_University_of_Cambridge in law at the University of Cambridge....
    , University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge

    The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
  • Peter Birks
    Peter Birks

    Peter Birks Fellow of the British Academy was the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford from 1989 until his death and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford....
     QC FBA — legal academic; former Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford
    University of Oxford

    The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
  • Dame Margaret Booth
    Margaret Booth (judge)

    Dame Margaret Myfanwy Wood Booth, Order of the British Empire is a retired United Kingdom judge.In January 1979, she became the third woman to be appointed as a High Court judge....
     — former High Court Judge
    High Court judge

    A High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest Judiciary of England and Wales in the courts of England and Wales....
     (Family Division)
  • Sir Ellis Clarke
    Ellis Clarke

    Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke, Trinity Cross, Order of St Michael and St George was the second and last List of Governors-General of Trinidad and Tobago of Trinidad and Tobago and the first President of Trinidad and Tobago....
     — Last Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago
    List of Governors-General of Trinidad and Tobago

    This page lists Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago from 1962 when the islands gained independence as a Commonwealth realm until 1976 when a republic was proclaimed....
     (1973-1976); First President of Trinidad and Tobago
    President of Trinidad and Tobago

    The President of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of state of Trinidad and Tobago, and the commander in chief its armed forces. The office was established when the country became a republic in 1976, before which the head of state was Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
     (1976-1986)
  • Herbert Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy
    Herbert Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy

    Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy was a United Kingdom politician and Master of the Rolls from 1907 until 1918....
     — former Master of the Rolls
    Master of the Rolls

    The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the third most senior judge of England and Wales, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales second....
     (1907-1918)
  • Justice Samuel Azu Crabbe
    Samuel Azu Crabbe

    Samuel Azu Crabbe was a barrister, solicitor and jurist. He was the fifth Chief Justice of Ghana since it became an independent nation. He has also been a president of the National Olympic Committee of Ghana....
     — former Chief Justice of Ghana (1973-1977)
  • Terry Davis — current Secretary General of the Council of Europe
    Secretary General of the Council of Europe

    The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is appointed by the Parliamentary Assembly on the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers for a period of five years....
  • Lord Dear
    Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear

    Geoffrey James Dear, Baron Dear, Queen's Police Medal, Deputy Lieutenant is a retired United Kingdom police officer. He was described by the broadcaster Robin Day as "the best known and most respected police officer of his generation"....
     — former Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary
    Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary

    Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland are two separate bodies in the United Kingdom with statutory responsibility for the inspection of police forces....
     (1990-1997)
  • Taslim Elias
    Taslim Olawale Elias

    Taslim Olawale Elias was a Nigerian jurist. He was the President of the International Court of Justice. He also modernized and extensively revised the laws of Nigeria....
     — Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
    Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

    The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Nigeria is the head of the judicial branch of the government of Nigeria, and presides over the country's Supreme Court of Nigeria....
     (1972-1975); Judge of the International Court of Justice
    International Court of Justice

    The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands....
     (1976-1991); President of the International Court of Justice
    International Court of Justice

    The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands....
     (1982-1985)
  • Baroness Flather
    Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather

    Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather is a teacher and United Kingdom politician.She has been a life peer for the Conservative Party since the 11 June 1990 as Baroness Flather, of Windsor and Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire....
     — British politician and first Asian woman to receive a peerage
  • Daniel Fung SC — former Solicitor-General of Hong Kong
  • Mahatma Gandhi
    Mahatma Gandhi

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha?resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence?which led India to Indian independence movement and inspired movements for civi...
     — Indian Nationalist and Spiritual Leader
  • Edwin Glasgow CBE QC — Counsel in the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
    Bloody Sunday Inquiry

    The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry, was established in 1998 by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair after campaigns by families of those killed and injured in Derry on Bloody Sunday for a second inquiry....
  • Lord Goldsmith QC — former Attorney General for England and Wales
    Attorney General for England and Wales

    Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the the Crown in England and Wales....
     (2001-2007)
  • Lord Hart
    Garry Hart, Baron Hart of Chilton

    Garry Hart, Baron Hart of Chilton, Suffolk, is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. From 1998 to 2007, he was Expert and then Special Adviser to the Lord Chancellor, first Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg and then Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton....
     — former Special Adviser to the Lord Chancellor
    Lord Chancellor

    The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom....
     (1998-2007)
  • Chaim Herzog
    Chaim Herzog

    Chaim Herzog served as the sixth President of Israel , following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces ....
     — former President of Israel
    President of Israel

    The President of the State of Israel is the head of state of Israel. The position is largely a ceremonial Figurehead role, with executive real power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister of Israel....
     (1983-1993)
  • Hassan Bubacar Jallow
    Hassan Bubacar Jallow

    Hassan Bubacar Jallow is a Gambian lawyer, politician, and jurist and has been the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda since 2003....
     — current Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
    International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

    The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , or the Tribunal p?nal international pour le Rwanda , is an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nations Security Council in order to judge those people responsible for the Rwandan genocide and other serious violations of the international law performed in the te...
     (2003-present);former Attorney-General, Minister of Justice and Judge of the Supreme Court of Gambia
  • Sir George Jessel
    George Jessel (jurist)

    Sir George Jessel , a United Kingdom judge, was born in London....
     — English jurist; first Jewish Solicitor General for England and Wales
    Solicitor General for England and Wales

    Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General for England and Wales, whose duty is to advise the The Crown and Cabinet of the United Kingdom on the law....
     (1871-1873); first Jewish regular member of the Privy Council; first Jewish judge in UK; Master of the Rolls
    Master of the Rolls

    The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the third most senior judge of England and Wales, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales second....
    (1873-1883)
  • Joshua Jeyaretnam
    Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam

    Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam ; more commonly known as "J.B. Jeyaretnam" or "J.B.J.") was a Singaporean politician. He was the first opposition party candidate to be elected a Member of Parliament in Singapore, 16 years after the country gained independence....
     — Singapore politician and former leader of the Workers' Party of Singapore
    Workers' Party of Singapore

    The Workers' Party of Singapore is one of the largest opposition parties in Singapore, with 1 of the 84 elected seats in the current session of Politics of Singapore#Parliament....
  • Lord Jones — British politician and businessman; Minister of State for Trade
  • — former Vice-President of Court of Appeals (Hong Kong) and first ethnic Chinese High Court Judge (Hong Kong)
  • Sir Gavin Lightman QC — High Court Judge
    High Court judge

    A High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest Judiciary of England and Wales in the courts of England and Wales....
     (Chancery Division), England
  • Julie Maxton
    Julie Maxton

    Julie Maxton is a New Zealand lawyer and academic, now holding the position of the Registrar at the University of Oxford.Born in Scotland, she studied at University College London, Canterbury University, and the University of Auckland....
     - Registrar of the University of Oxford
    University of Oxford

    The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
     (first woman in 550 years)
  • Leonard Sainer
    Leonard Sainer

    Leonard Sainer, British, enjoyed two very successful careers, as a solicitor and a retailer.He was born 12 October 1909 and died 30 September 1991....
     — Solicitor and retailer
  • Baroness Scotland PC QC — current Attorney General for England and Wales
    Attorney General for England and Wales

    Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the the Crown in England and Wales....
     (2007-present); first black woman to be appointed Queen's Counsel
    Queen's Counsel

    Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male Monarch, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"....
  • Sir Thomas Scrutton
    Thomas Edward Scrutton

    Sir 'Thomas Edward Scrutton' was an England legal text-writer and judge.Thomas Edward Scrutton was born in London, UK. He studied at the University College London Law Faculty, and after an outstanding academic career developed a busy practice in commercial law cases, and wrote The Contract of Affreightment as Expressed in Charter-parties...
     — former Lord Justice of Appeal
    Lord Justice of Appeal

    A Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest Judiciary of England and Wales in the courts of England and Wales...
     (1916–34); High Court Judge
    High Court judge

    A High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest Judiciary of England and Wales in the courts of England and Wales....
    (1910–16)
  • Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray
    Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray

    Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray, affectionately known as 'Sam' or 'Judge' by his friends and peers, was born on 22 September 1930 and the son of a school principal....
     — former Judge of the High Court of Singapore
  • Rabindranath Tagore
    Rabindranath Tagore

    , also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali people mystic, Brahmo poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and Music of Bengal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
     (did not graduate) — Bengali
    Bengali people

    The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal in South Asia with a history dating back four millennia. They speak Bengali language , a language of the eastern Indo-Aryan languages branch of the Indo-European languages....
     poet; Nobel Prize in Literature
    Nobel Prize in Literature

    The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" ....
     (1913); first Asian Nobel Laureate
  • Tan Boon Teik — former Attorney-General of Singapore
    Attorney-General of Singapore

    The Attorney-General of Singapore is the law adviser to the government of the Republic of Singapore and its public prosecutor.The office was founded in 1867 as the chief legal officer of the United Kingdom crown colony of the Straits Settlements....
     (1969-1992)
  • Chao Hick Tin
    Chao Hick Tin

    Chao Hick Tin Chao was appointed the Head of the Civil Division in the Attorney-General's Chambers in 1982 and held that post until his elevation to the Supreme Court, Singapore bench on 1 October 1987 as Judicial Commissioner....
     — current Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of Singapore; former Attorney-General of Singapore
    Attorney-General of Singapore

    The Attorney-General of Singapore is the law adviser to the government of the Republic of Singapore and its public prosecutor.The office was founded in 1867 as the chief legal officer of the United Kingdom crown colony of the Straits Settlements....
     (2006-2008)
  • Sir Alfred Wills
    Alfred Wills

    Sir Alfred Wills Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was also an England High Court judge and a well-known Mountaineering. He was the third President of the Alpine Club from 1863-1865....
     (1828-1912) — former High Court Judge
    High Court judge

    A High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest Judiciary of England and Wales in the courts of England and Wales....
     (Queen's Bench Division); presided over the trial of Oscar Wilde
    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish people playwright, Irish poetry and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest Celebrity of his day....
  • Lord Woolf — former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
    Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

    IntroductionThe Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was, historically, the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor....
  • Sir Ti-Liang Yang GBM — former Chief Justice of Hong Kong
    Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong

    Chief Justice of Hong Kong or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong was the most senior judge in the court system in Hong Kong until 1997....
  • Lord Young — politician; Secretary of State for Employment (1985-1987); Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1987-1989)
  • Wu Ting-Fang (1842 - 1923) — Senior Chinese diplomat, the first ethnic Chinese person to be called to the bar in England (1876, Lincoln's Inn)


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