Law

The School of Law and Politics has a thriving postgraduate research culture. We are keen to attract and engage with the next generation of legal scholars and to encourage innovative research in a wide range of fields in the Law degree from Cardiff University.

The School of Law and Politicsfrom Cardiff University is a recognised leader in legal scholarship in the United Kingdom, and its size enables it to sustain a vibrant research culture.

The School of Law and Politics offers opportunities for both full and part-time study leading to the degrees of MPhil and PhD in Law.

Distinctive features

• Each full-time research student is allocated office space in the School’s own Graduate Centre.

• Research students are entitled to financial support for travel or research related to their approved subject (e.g. attending a conference or visiting a specialist library) for every year of their supervision.

• Students may be offered the opportunity to undertake part-time teaching on the undergraduate programmes.

• The School encourages individual diversity and promotes innovation in research.

The School has four main research cluster groups related to Law:

• Medicine, Healthcare and Society
• Governance and Constitutionalism
• Procedural Justice
• Regulation of Commercial Activity
• These groups reflect our key strengths and provide a supportive community for fostering intellectual and scholarly endeavour among staff and research students.