ULaw - The University of Law

About the university

The University of Law is the largest law school in the United Kingdom and was formed in 1962 as The College of Law of England and Wales. It offers law degrees, specialized legal training, and continuing professional development courses for British barristers and lawyers. Its beginnings can be found around 1876.

Prior to receiving university status in 2012, the College of Law's educational and training business was divided off and incorporated as a private limited company. The College of Law had been established by royal charter as a charity in 1975. The College of Law Limited and The University of Law Limited were created from this. The college was given the authority to offer degrees in 2006. When it was given university status in 2012, it changed its name to The University of Law (ULaw) and became the first for-profit educational institution in the UK.

The university has nine campuses in the UK, located in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, and Sheffield, in addition to an overseas campus in Hong Kong.

• Our Differences - the guiding notion that future attorneys and business leaders should learn in a realistic, professional, and current setting with plenty of hands-on direct involvement is what actually sets us different from other universities. We maintain high contact hours and small instruction groups as a result.

• Our Alumni - with a network of over 80,000 alumni, you can stay in touch, stay informed, and benefit from a wide range of carefully negotiated benefits and privileges.

• Our Network - with 103 countries represented in our alumni network, you can find networking, mentoring, and job possibilities all over the world.

• Our Talent - you may access an excellent pool of alumni talent by connecting with over 11,800 businesses and organizations through the Alumni Network.

• Our Heritage - according to HESA 2020–21, we are the UK's largest provider of legal education. Our company was founded in 1876 with the establishment of the tutorial company Gibson & Weldon, and in 2016 we inaugurated our prestigious Business School. We consistently work to cultivate the top legal and business minds thanks to our long history, reputation for innovation, and use of modern teaching techniques.

Innovative and modern methods of instruction

All of our courses, from our undergraduate law degrees to our varied range of business courses and postgraduate programmes, are created using a special, varied, and innovative learning approach that has been shown to produce independent professionals capable of competing in the quickly changing professional world. Our courses are created to prepare you for the real-life difficulties of the working world with a focus on developing abilities in problem-solving, evaluating arguments, critical thinking, and commercial awareness.

Powerful Relationships

We have built a reputation for excellence in learning and development that has aided in our ability to engage with people in the legal and commercial sectors all around the world. This is why many of the top corporations and law firms in the world only partner with us to grow their employees and why employers of all stripes are interested in meeting our students. It's the reason that legal institutions and organizations from all over the world prefer to form strategic partnerships with us.

The Most Experienced Tutors

More than 250 of our tutors are licensed attorneys and business experts who all have a wealth of real-world expertise to share with our students. Many businesses insist their trainees study with us because of the high levels of student-to-tutor interaction time and small class sizes we provide to support this process.

Focused on Employability

We only offer practice-based training, and as soon as a student accepts a position with us, we grant them access to our professional Careers and Employability service database. Our ground-breaking and prestigious pro bono programs, which let students obtain significant job experience by assisting actual customers from the neighborhood, are also beneficial to students.

Scholarships and Bursaries To Set You up for Success

We have a fund of over £2m and a range of scholarships and bursaries based on need and/or merit which are accessible to students of all backgrounds.

Awards include:

• The Lord Blunkett Widening Access award, available for undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Choose Law Full Fee scholarships, including the Sadiq Khan and Baroness Warsi Set for Success Awards
• Business and Law First Scholarships
• Career Changer Scholarships to support those who are coming back into education to re-train for a new career
• We also support the Law Society Diversity Access scheme, the Birmingham Law Society Diversity Inclusion scheme and a number of other foundations to provide support to students.