Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law
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Ysgol y Gyfraith Hillary Rodham Clinton Prifysgol Abertawe | |
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| Type | Law school |
|---|---|
| Established | 1994 |
| Head | Professor Elwen Evans QC |
Administrative staff | 108 |
| Location | , 51°36′36″N 3°59′00″W / 51.6100°N 3.9834°W |
| Colours | |
| Affiliations | University of Swansea |
| Website | www.swansea.ac.uk/law/ |
The Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law (Welsh: Ysgol y Gyfraith Hillary Rodham Clinton Prifysgol Abertawe) is part of Swansea University and located in Swansea, Wales.
It confers LLB degrees, postgraduate courses, and professional conversion and training courses including the Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, and Master of Laws degrees.
Swansea University was founded in 1920 as the fourth college of the University of Wales.
Established in 1993 as the College of Law and Criminology, the School is the largest Law School in Wales[citation needed] and ranks third in the UK for Criminology, and twenty-second in the UK for Law according to the Times.[1]
Academically, Swansea Law School offers LLB degrees, postgraduate courses, and professional conversion and training courses including the Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, and Master of Laws degrees.
Research
In the Research Excellence Framework 2014, 96% of the school’s research was recognised as meeting international standard.[2] This research encompasses the School's numerous research centres including The Swansea University Legal Centre, Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Law, Cyber Threats Intelligence Centre, The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law and the Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People.[3]
