Regius Chair of Law The b at the University of Glasgow was founded in December 1713 with an endowment by Queen Anne. (Its foundation is sometimes incorrectly dated to 1712, due to an error in Glasgow's Munimenta, published in 1854. [1] ) It is one of twelve Regius Professorships within the University of Glasgow. The first holder of the chair, William Forbes, was appointed in 1714. The current holder, James Chalmers, was appointed in 2012. The b at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law, and awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus, LL.B.), Master of Laws (Iuris Vtriusque Magistrum, LL.M.), LLM by Research, Master of Research (M.Res.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophiæ Doctor, Ph.D.), the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree. There are forty-nine full-time academic staff [1] and over one thousand students. [2] The current Head of the School of Law is Professor Iain MacNeil.

At the University's foundation in 1451, there were four original faculties: Arts, Divinity, Law and Medicine. Both Canon and Civil Law were taught, [4] however by the sixteenth Century, instruction in both of these had fallen out of practice. It was during this time that James Dalrymple of Stair came to Glasgow to study for an M.A. (1633-1637) and then became a regent (1641-1647) teaching philosophy. [5] He went on to become Lord President of the Court of Session in 1671, and published his Institutions of the Law of Scotland in 1681, the first systematic exposition of Scots Law. The Stair Building, where the School of Law is housed, is named in his honour. In 1713, Queen Anne endowed the Regius Chair of Law at the University. The first occupant of the Chair (from 1714) was William Forbes, and subsequent notable Professors have included John Millar, William Gloag, David Walker and Joe Thomson. This revived the teaching of Law at Glasgow, and subsequent Chairs included the Chair of Conveyancing, [6] established in 1861 by the Faculty of Procurators;

the Douglas Chair of Civil Law [7] in 1948; the Chair in Jurisprudence [8] (1952); in Public Law [9] (1965); and the John Millar Chair of Law [10] in 1985, named for the previously mentioned Regius Professor of Law. In 1984, the Faculty of Law became the Faculty of Law and Financial Studies, and in 1992, the individual legal departments were grouped together into the School. In 2005, the Faculty merged with the Faculty of Social Sciences, becoming the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences. chair for sale colchester[11] On 1 August 2010 the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Science was combined with the Adam Smith Business School, the School of Social and Political Studies, the School of Education and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies into a new College of Social Sciences.la-z-boy recliner chair & ottoman in brown leather

The School of Law is housed in the Stair Building (named for Viscount Stair), a row of internally connected terraced houses on The Square opposite the University Chapel. The School is associated with traditional Scots law teaching and with internationally recognised research across a wide range of subjects including Corporate Law and Financial Regulation, Intellectual Property Law, and Law and Security. CREATe is the RCUK research centre for copyright and new business models in the creative economy. second hand wheelchair walesWith an ambitious programme of 40 projects delivered by an interdisciplinary team of academics (law, cultural economics, management, computer science, sociology, psychology, ethnography and critical studies), the centre is a pioneering academic initiative designed to help the UK cultural and creative industries thrive and become innovation leaders within the global digital economy. wooden rocking chair norfolk

CREATe will examine the business, regulatory and cultural infrastructure of the cultural and creative industries by exploring cutting-edge questions around digitisation, copyright, and innovation in the arts and technology. The University of Glasgow, leads a consortium of 7 Universities which also comprises the University of East Anglia, the University of Edinburgh, Goldsmiths (University of London), University of Nottingham, University of St Andrews and the University of Strathclyde. knoll life chair assembly instructionsCREATe is supported by £5m of funding over four years (2012-2016) from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).wheelchair van rental oklahoma The following Chairs of the University have provinces within the School of Law:cheap lycra chair covers for sale

The School of Law offers the following undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses. Applicants for all undergraduate courses, except the two-year accelerated LL.B., are required to sit the Law National Admissions Test. The School of Law,in addition to the Masters courses above, also offers the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. The School of Law awards the degrees of LL.M. by Research and Ph.D. and offers research supervision in most areas of Law.chair cover rentals lancaster pa The School of Law has fostered links with universities all around the world to provide exchange and study abroad programmes. louis xv chair museumStudents have 37 European and international partnerships including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the USA to choose from. Approximately 65% of the third year student cohort study abroad.

In addition to being a necessary part of the Law with Languages programme it is open to all honours students in the School of Law. The School's International Officer is Professor Jim Murdoch. Students in the School of Law elect class representatives from each of their classes to represent them at meetings of committees within the School of Law. The School comes within the College of Social Science constituency on the Students' Representative Council. The Glasgow University Law Society organises social activities for students at the School of Law, including the annual Law Ball, held every February. The event is of a comparable size to the GUSA Ball, and because of the number of students attending it is necessary to hold the event in city centre hotels as there is no hall in the University large enough to accommodate it. The Society co-ordinate various different events, focusing around being either social, academic or charity, headed by their respective Convenor. The Society is student-run by a committee elected in the Spring, comprising President (Alasdair McCrone), Vice-President Social (Laura Rankin) and Academic (Ciaran Harkness), Secretary (David Jeffries), Treasurer (Christopher Rae), Media Convenor (Melissa Wilson), Charities & Community Convenor (Blayre McBride), Sports Convenor (Alasdair MacDonald), a 4th Year Representative (Annie Liddle), a 3rd Year Representative (Josh Speirs), two 2nd Year Representatives (Saif Gilani and Robyn Hunter) and two 1st Year Representatives (Christopher Jackson and Niamh Speirs).

Membership is open to all students of the School of Law, and the Society is affiliated to the SRC. The Society publishes the Glasgow University Law Review, an annual publication containing legal articles written by members of the Society. The Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review sits on the Society committee. The School of Law has a student-run Mooting Society, [17] which runs an internal competition, The Dean's Cup, as well as organising the Alexander Stone National Legal Debate. All Scottish universities offering the LL.B. are entitled to enter this, although the competition is generally between Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde universities. The final is held in February or March each year in the Alexander Stone Court Room on the ground floor of the Stair Building. University of Strathclyde currently holds the trophy. The Sheriff's Cup, organised by Glasgow Sheriff Court, is an inter-varsity event held between Glasgow and Strathclyde and judged by a Senator of the College of Justice.