Global InformationUniversity of Law information
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Former names | The College of Law of England and Wales (1962–2012) |
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| Motto | Latin: Leges Juraque Cognoscamus |
Motto in English | Let us know the laws and rights |
| Type | Private, for-profit |
| Established | 1962, 2012 (university status) |
| Chancellor | The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury |
| President | Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner |
| Vice-Chancellor | Andrea Nollent |
| Students | c. 17,000 |
| Location | Berlin, Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Egham, Exeter, Hong Kong, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Norwich, Sheffield, Southampton, Reading |
| Campus | Urban |
| Owner | Global University Systems |
| Colours | Blue and violet |
| Website | law |
The University of Law (founded in 1962 as The College of Law of England and Wales) is a private for-profit university in the United Kingdom, providing law degrees, specialist legal training and continuing professional development courses for British barristers and solicitors; it is the United Kingdom's largest law school.[1][2] It traces its origins to 1876.[3][4]
The College of Law had been incorporated by royal charter as a charity in 1975, but in 2012, prior to the granting of university status, its educational and training business was split off and incorporated as a private limited company. This became The College of Law Limited and later The University of Law Limited.[5] The college was granted degree-awarding powers in 2006, and in 2012 changed its name to The University of Law (ULaw) when it became the UK's first for-profit educational institution to be granted university status.[6][7][8]
The charitable branch, which remained incorporated by the 1975 royal charter, became the Legal Education Foundation.[9] Shortly after the granting of university status and being renamed The University of Law in 2012, The College of Law Limited was bought by Montagu Private Equity.[10] Three years later, Montagu sold the company to its present owner, the Netherlands-based company Global University Systems.[11]
The university has seventeen campuses in the UK in Birmingham, Bristol, Guildford, Leeds, London (Bloomsbury and Moorgate), Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield, Newcastle, Chester, Norwich, Exeter, Southampton, Egham, Reading, Liverpool, as well as, international branches in Hong Kong and Berlin and an online campus.
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- ^ "The University of Law Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Times Higher Education (12 May 2006). "College of Law to offer degrees". Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Paton, Graeme (22 November 2012). "Britain's first profit-making university opened". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Morgan, John (22 November 2012). "College of Law becomes UK's first for-profit university". Times Higher Education. TES Global. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "About The Legal Education Foundation". Legal Education Foundation. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ John Morgan (29 November 2012). "Transfer of powers: legal question hangs over University of Law". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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