LSE Law is one of the world's elite law schools. Many of the academics who teach on the MSc have globally leading reputations. LSE Law is one of the LSE's largest and pre-eminent departments with over 60 academic members of staff. It enjoys a uniquely international academic community with staff and students from all over the world.
LSE Law is well known both for its interdisciplinary approaches to legal scholarship and its contextual approach to legal study and teaching. Academics at LSE believe that to understand the law, its function and effects, it is essential to place it within the political, social and economic context within which it is formed and operates.
The identity of LSE Law is inextricably linked to its geographical location in the heart of UK legal life. Our campus is adjacent to the Royal Court of Justice and Lincoln's Inn, one of the four Inns of Court of which all barristers must be members. It is a short walk away from the Houses of Parliament, the offices of the largest global law firms, and regulatory bodies such as the Takeover Panel and the Financial Reporting Council. To study law at LSE is to study the discipline within walking distance of the several processes through which law and regulation is made, interpreted and applied. This brings the study of law at LSE alive in a truly unique way.
