As a Community Law School we train local lawyers to offer everyone access to justice and encourage students in local schools to come to university. We do this by leading the South London Law Society whose members are solicitors who practice in every area of the law for private clients or business. Its members have a range of experience and expertise from family legal practice to firms with a national and international legal presence.
Our Taster Days give FE students the chance to experience university life
We also put on a number of Academic Taster Workshop Days for our partner schools and colleges, with up to 180 students attending LSBU. Our staff regularly attend these events and their presentations have made a very positive impact by giving the students greater confidence and aspirations about progressing into HE. We continue to receive many applications from the institutions participating in the scheme.
- Louise Dobson,The students were absolutely glowing about the sessions and didn't talk of anything else on the way home!! It was of real benefit to many of our students who are actually quite anxious about what University is like. They really enjoyed themselves and hopefully it's given some of them the boost they need to really aim for a University place.
We are very proud that we were the first university in London to deliver a level 4 module, Law in Context, to sixth formers at one of our partner schools. The sixth form students were taught law in their own classroom by our experienced academic staff. Not only did they thoroughly enjoy the experience but they all passed our University module.
Here's what some students thought of the experience:
When I go to university I will already have experience of sitting in a lecture and it will not come as a shock when I start. This has encouraged me more to go to university.
I didn't think I would enjoy university that much and complete my time there. Now I want to go to university to study law.
The Law department has been involved in the Faculty's widening participation programme since 2007. The programme is designed to equip year 12 students from partner schools and colleges with the skills required for HE. The delivery (at LSBU) is over one year, with students attending 3 times and engaging in sessions on Law, Psychology and SPS. For each session the students attend and successfully complete, the Faculty recognises this as being the equivalent of 10 UCAS points. If they attend and successfully complete all 3 sessions the Faculty recognises as being the equivalent of 40 UCAS points.
Our staff are regularly invited to be on panels for the validation of Access courses. Law colleagues' commitment and expertise means that the Colleges whose Access courses are being validated approach us to work together further and establish formal partnership.
Law staff help advise partner colleges about the curriculum of their new courses, suggesting and recommending ways in which they can adapt their curriculum to ensure smooth progression for the students from those courses to our courses.
To find out more about partnership activity with LSBU contact:
Louise AndronicouComing to an Open Day is a great way for you to get to know more about us. You can put your questions to our academics and current students, see more of our campus and get a taste of university life. Find out more about our Faculty Open days or get further details about our next Law Open Day by contacting:
Risham ChohanConnect with LSBU
