UCL Laws has a truly remarkable research community, demonstrated by the talent and achievement of its students, faculty, and alumni. We are deeply committed to the quality and relevance of the graduate education we offer and you will be working with academics at the leading edge of modern legal research.
There are two research programmes at UCL that usually follow the course below:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law: students undertake a piece of supervised research, usually three years full-time or five years part-time.
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Law: students also undertake a piece of supervised research either independently or as part of a team, usually over two years full-time or three years part-time.
The Laws Faculty currently has about 80 research students, some of whom are part-time students.
The Faculty's academic base offers a large range of interests and legal expertise in relation to the supervision of research students.
Recent successful PhD candidates have progressed to careers in academia, law reform and international tribunals:
Dr Arif Jamal (‘Liberal Theory and Islam: (re)imagining the interaction of religion, law, state and society in Muslim contexts’) is a lecturer at the National University of Singapore;
Dr Joyce Chia (‘The Review of Migration Decisions: A Story of Border and Orders’) is a Legal Officer with the Australian Law Reform Commission;
Dr Stuart Lakin (‘The Moral Reading of the British Constitution') is a Lecturer at the University of Reading;
Dr Lucinda Miller (‘The Europeanisation of Contract Law’) is Lecturer in Laws at UCL;
Dr Aurel Sari (‘The Jurisdictional Immunities of Visiting Forces Under Public International Law: A Case Study of the European Security and Defence Policy’) is Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter.
UCL Laws has a truly remarkable research community, demonstrated by the talent and achievement of its students, faculty, and alumni. We are deeply committed to the quality and relevance of the graduate education we offer and you will be working with academics at the leading edge of modern legal research.