University of Law

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The University of Law (formerly College of Law ) is a private nonprofit university in the UK, providing title law, specialized legal training, and coursework continuous professional development for English lawyers and lawyers. Founded in 1962 as College of Law, it is the largest law school in England. The College of Law was awarded a degree of conferment of power in 2006, and in 2012 became the first non-profit British educational institution to be granted university status. ULaw has eight branches in the UK.

The College of Law was incorporated by the charter of the kingdom as a charity in 1975, but in 2012, prior to granting university status, its education and training business was segregated and incorporated as a private limited company. It became College of Law Ltd and then University of Law Ltd. The charity branch, which remained incorporated with the 1975 royal charter, became the Legal Education Foundation. Shortly after granting university status in 2012, College of Law Ltd. purchased by Montagu Private Equity. Three years later, Montagu sold the Law University to its current owner, the Dutch-based company, Global University Systems.

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History

20th century

The Law Society of England and Wales created the College of Law in 1962 by combining his own solicitors training school with the Gibson and Weldon tutorial firm. The college was created in legal form by the Royal Charter on December 5, 1975. It was registered as a charity on May 24, 1976 with the aim "to promote the progress of legal education and legal studies in all its branches". Until the transfer of his training business to College of Law Ltd. 2012, the College of Law is in the top 100 UK charities rated by expenditure.

Following the recommendation of the Ormrod Report on reform of legal education in England and Wales, the Legal Society submitted a proposal in 1975 for a 36 week Final Test course for prospective attorneys and General Professional examinations (CPE) or legal conversion courses for non-law graduates to be taught at the College of Law. The first CPE was held in 1978. The number of agencies approved to deliver CPE gradually increased until 2006, the BPP Law School and 27 universities, most of them former polytechnics, also run the course. However, the leading CPE provider (now called the Graduate Diploma in Law) remains the College of Law and Legal BPP whose registrations are still "dwarfed" at universities in 2010.

In the 1980s, The Law Society asked colleges to create schemes for additional fees in accounts for pictorial employees (now trainers' counselors), combining distance learning with a one-day attendance in lectures. Further distance learning was developed in partnership with the Open University beginning in 1998. The Guildford branch of the college also established a Fresh Start distance learning program for lawyers returning to practice after a career break or those wishing to change their specialty.

The 1990s saw major changes in the relationship between the Law Society and the College of Law. In 1994 Nigel Savage, then dean of Nottingham Trent University law school, called for a review of the relationship between the College and the Law Society which has eight members of its board on the board of governors of the campus. Savage suggests that this provides an unfair advantage in recruiting students to the Law Law Practice Course that the Law Society set up in 1993 to replace the Final Exam course. The community also arranges courses and determines which institutions will receive licenses to deliver them. He proposed that college should "be frank" about the relationship and declare itself the official college of the Law Society or break the relationship and become completely independent. The college then broke the relationship, and the Law Society stopped appointing the college governor. Savage later became president and CEO of the College of Law in 1996 and served in that capacity over the next 18 years.

21st century

The College of Law sets up a pro bono clinic, with students doing legal advice work for free supervised by college professors. In March 2015, the University of Law (now called college) was granted an alternative business structure license, allowing it to expand its legal counseling clinic. It also restructures its Legal Practice Course to provide students with more options and win contracts to develop a company-specific LPC program for three magic circle companies - Allen & amp; Oery, Clifford Chance and Linklaters. However, by the end of 2014, they only maintain Linklaters, lose contract with Allen & amp; Overy and Clifford Chance who moved to Law School BPP.

The college was awarded a degree of empowerment by the Advisory Board in 2006, leading to the development of Bachelor's and Master's degree programs. The London Moorgate Center was also opened that year. According to the University of Law, the Moorgate Center is the largest specialized law school of UK companies.

In 2012, the College of Law underwent a major restructuring. College of Law Ltd. was established as a private limited company to run its education and training business. The parent charity changed its name to the Legal Education Foundation. In April of that year, Montagu Private Equity agreed to purchase College of Law Ltd for approximately Ãƒ, Ã‚ Â£ 200 million. On November 22, 2012, it was announced that the college has been granted full university status and its name will be changed to "University of Law". Soon Montague Private Equity completed the acquisition process. This raises the question of the legality of transferring the power of granting a degree awarded under the royal charter to the original College of Law to the newly created company, and then selling the company, now with University status, to a nonprofit provider. The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills explains that while the power of awarding a title can not be transferred, when the entire institution changes its legal status, the power remains with it. It is considered to be the case with the Law University because all the original College of Law education and training businesses have been transferred to nonprofit colleges, and the remaining activities with charter bodies are not linked to the power of degree granting. Dame Fiona Woolf was named the first chancellor of a newly formed university in 2013.

The university began selling its property portfolio on a lease basis back in 2014, beginning with its four Bloomsbury campus buildings. According to a university account analysis earlier that year by the Times Higher Education Supplement , purchases by Montagu Private Equity in 2012 have loaded the university with debts of Â£ 177m. Critics have compared purchases by Montagu Private Equity with the purchase of Premier League club leverage in English football. At that time, the holding company of Law University was L-J Holdco Ltd. which was established in Guernsey and majority owned by Montagu-administered funds.

In June 2015, Montagu Private Equity sold the university to Global University Systems (GUS) for an undisclosed amount. Former Secretary of Education and Employment UK and Home Affairs Minister David Blunkett, at that time a visiting lecturer at the London School of Business and Finance (also owned by Global University Systems), was appointed Chairman of the Board. GUS started its ownership restructuring program in the UK with the aim of making Law University the only provider of academic qualifications and professional qualifications, including a master's degree previously offered by the London School of Business and Finance. The University of Law announced the launch of De Broc School of Business in July 2015 but had to delay the students' first intake (originally planned for September of that year) due to low student recruitment.

The summer of 2015 also sees the restructuring of university governance. The provost, Andrea Nollent, also serves as Chief Academic Officer. John Latham, who has been CEO and president since 2014 and has oversaw the sale of Law University to Global University Systems, resigned with "collective agreement". The president's office became a non-executive position and was assumed by Lord Grabiner. David Johnston, former Chief Operating Officer, took over the position of CEO. Johnston was later replaced as CEO by Stelios Platis economist in April 2016. In turn, Platis resigned in October 2016 and was replaced by Andrea Nollent who served as CEO and Vice-Chancellor.

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Ranking and Academic

Unlike many law schools in the UK and around the world, the university is not ranked in the World University Rankings of Higher Education because it does not include small institutions and specialists.

In 2014 National Student Survey , based on the ratings given by university students, it is ranked with University of Exeter, University of East Anglia and University of Buckingham as the second most successful university in the UK with 92% the students. In the National Student Survey 2016, the university ranked first (with The University of Buckingham) for satisfaction in the student body, achieving an overall satisfaction level of 97%. The Advertising Standards Authority has noted, however, that this compares the ratings for all subjects, and that when restricted to law, ULaw is ranked sixth for student satisfaction.

Courses and degrees offered by universities (as of 2016) include:

Professional Bar Training Course (professional qualification for attorney)
Graduate Diploma in Law (otherwise known as the General Professional Examination, or "Conversion Law Course")
Legal Practice Course (professional qualification for lawyers)
Master of Laws (LL.M) in Legal Practice
Master of Science (MSc) in Law, Governance, Risk and Compliance
Law Degree (LL.B)
Professional Skills Course (professional courses learned by participant training attorneys on day-releases)

Open University courses in Legal (including LL.B with distance learning) are offered in collaboration with the Law University. However, the Open University announced in a press release 2013 that this partnership is being phased out and will expire entirely by 2018. By 2015, the university also established a one-year foundation program for international students who wish to progress to undergraduate law studies in the UK.