Centres

Navigate to Centre for Access to Justice
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Centre for Access to Justice

The UCL Centre for Access to Justice combines legal education with the provision of pro bono advice to vulnerable communities.

Navigate to Centre for Criminal Law
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Centre for Criminal Law

The Centre for Criminal Law promotes research and teaching in criminal law at UCL.

Navigate to Centre for Dispute Resolution
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Centre for Dispute Resolution

The Centre seeks to promote greater understanding, accessibility and development of dispute resolution in all its forms to better secure the rule of law for all.

Navigate to Centre for Empirical Legal Studies
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Centre for Empirical Legal Studies

The Centre for Empirical Legal Studies brings together experts across a range of social science disciplines to engage in interdisciplinary research with a bearing on law.

Navigate to Centre for Ethics & Law
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Centre for Ethics & Law

The UCL Centre for Ethics & Law brings together leading academics, practitioners and policy makers to support cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of ethics and law.

Navigate to Centre for Law, Economics and Society
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Centre for Law, Economics and Society

The Centre for Law, Economics and Society (CLES) is UCL Faculty of Law’s Centre dedicated to the study of competition law and policy and economic regulation.

Centre for Law and Environment
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Centre for Law and Environment

The Centre for Law and Environment was established to provide a focal point for the UCL Faculty of Laws' outstanding expertise and academic strength in the field of the environment and the law.

Centre for Law and Finance
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Centre for Law and Finance

The Centre for Law and Finance at UCL Faculty of Laws provides a forum for academics, practitioners, and policymakers to explore the intersection of legal and financial issues.

Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism
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Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism

The GCDC is a research centre dedicated to advancing knowledge of democratic governance, the rule of law, and constitutional resilience.

UCL Quain Centre of Jurisprudence
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UCL Quain Centre of Jurisprudence

UCL Laws has a long and distinguished tradition in Jurisprudence or Legal Philosophy – broadly understood as philosophical inquiry into the nature of law and the values it should serve.

Institutes

Institute of Brand and Innovation Law
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Institute of Brand and Innovation Law

The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) is one of only a small number of UK-based university research centres which focus solely upon intellectual property law.

UCL European Institute
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UCL European Institute

UCL’s hub for research, engagement and teaching on Europe - fostering work that flourishes and has impact within UCL and beyond.

UCL Institute for Human Rights
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UCL Institute for Human Rights

UCL's Institute for Human Rights is a multidisciplinary centre promoting cutting edge research, teaching and public engagement.

Navigate to UCL Institute for Law, Politics and Philosophy (ILPP)
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UCL Institute for Law, Politics and Philosophy (ILPP)

The UCL Institute for Law, Politics and Philosophy (ILPP) is a collaborative venture between UCL Faculty of Laws, and the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Philosophy.

Navigate to UCL Judicial Institute
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UCL Judicial Institute

The UCL Judicial Institute is the UK's first and only centre of excellence devoted to research, teaching and policy engagement about the judiciary.

Navigate to UCL Labour Rights Institute
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UCL Labour Rights Institute

The UCL Labour Rights Institute's principal aim is to promote teaching and research at UCL in labour law subjects.

Groups

Navigate to UCL Private Law Group
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UCL Private Law Group

UCL Laws has a vibrant group of private law scholars working on critical doctrinal analysis of obligations law and property law, legal history, legal theory and comparative law.