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Nottingham Law School has an international reputation for delivering excellence in legal education from undergraduate courses, (including courses with placement years) LPC, BVC, GDL, Masters and practitioner courses. The School is also one of the best performing departments at the University.

The University itself is spread out over three campuses, one in the city centre, one in Clifton (about a 15 -20 minute bus ride away) and Brackenhurst, which is where agricultural courses take place. On city campus, where law is taught, one of the oldest buildings, “Newton/Arkwright” has just undergone a massive renovation and by 2010 the whole city campus will have been renovated.

An interesting extra to the Nottingham Law School are the languages course available, which are subsidized to provide a great opportunity to students. Currently there are nine languages to choose from, one of the many great points of this institution.

The Taylor Building is a Georgian building housing the Bar Vocational Course and some GDL classes. Along with various teaching rooms and a lecture theatre, it also has a BVC library, refectory and IT facilities.

Law courses and law students will be learning, studying and researching on the city campus, predominantly in the Chaucer Building. It is situated a matter of minutes away from the hub of the city, the Nottingham Trent Student’s Union. The law building itself consists of five floors and contains over thirty teaching rooms. Lectures are available online in a power-point slide format for undergraduates and in audio format for post graduate students. All lectures will last for an hour, as is the same with seminars.

The Boots Library facilities include over 531,000 books, 2,800 journals, 10,000+ E.Journals, 260 databases, silent study areas and various group study rooms. In addition, they support over 1,000 PC resource facilities for students and offers 24/7 computer access to enrolled students.

The Law section of the Library consists of an entire floor, containing 14,996 books on the subject of law, as well as access to online and written journals, cases, articles and legal online recourses. A truly impressive set up.

Times Higher published a report placing NTU eighth amongst English institutions in a new teaching quality league table. Nottingham law school is undoubtedly one of the largest full service law schools in the UK. With over 100 full-time lecturers and 2,800 students, it really is a massive school.

As such, they are able to maintain very strong links with leading law firms, barristers’ chambers and the judiciary regionally, nationally and internationally, ensuring that Nottingham Law School’s courses fully prepare you for modern legal practice.

As with all other providers, the Nottingham BVC focuses on civil litigation and evidenece, criminal litigation and evidence, sentencing and professional ethics. You will also receive training in a variety of skills, including advocacy, drafting, opinion writing, conference skills, negotiation, legal research and case preparation.

The Taylor Building is situated two minutes from the tram stop which allows easy travel all over Nottingham and to the suburbs. The University and Nottingham City Transport also offer discounted travel for students.

The city campus is literally a five minute walk from Nottingham’s’ Old Market Square, renowned as the heart of the city. Surrounded by shops, two huge shopping centres are situated either side of the Square. Seeing as Nottingham is one of the top five shopping centres for the UK, this is hardly surprising. The City Hall is also in the Square and plays hosts to a variety of events throughout the year, from live music, the Christmas German Market and special one-off events.

Within a five minute walk from the university there are numerous bars, places to eat, Nottingham Theatre Royal and a concert venue, a multiplex cinema and plenty of night life. There is also a massive two storey shopping centre and the hub of Nottingham Trent University, the student union, is only two minutes walk away.

Nottingham Law School charged £10,195 for the BVC for 2008-2009, inclusive of course materials, manuals and assessment fees. Fees for 2009-2010 are still to be confirmed. You will also have to pay the Bar Council registration fee (£345) in additional to the above.

The Law department also run second hand book sales for students to sell their old books to other students.

There are always offers on in all three of the union bars, often with £ 1-a-drink nights and discounted entry prices all over the place. University accommodation ranges from £60-£65 per week (for older halls of residence out of the city) to £85 per week for halls of residence situated three minutes from the city university campus.

Nottingham has an excellent range of transport, from the very reliable and regular tram to the Nottingham City Centre buses. Everything is so close together that it is just as easy to walk within the city campus and the surrounding areas. Again as you might expect London will be expensive with little change from a fiver for a beer being common place, but the sheer range of activities are enormous and too long to list here!

Nottingham Trent University plays host to the largest Welcome Week in the UK. The union offers a huge amount of things to get involved in, from Trent media (Radio and TV Stations and a magazine) to virtually every sport ever invented. We have over fifty societies and even more sports clubs that you can get involved in, as well as a different social event every night of the week throughout the year.

At Nottingham Law School you will have access to NTU’s excellent sports and lifestyle facilities, including gyms, squash courts, sports halls and all weather pitches, as well as a range of 43 sports teams through the Students Union – from American Football to Ultimate Frisbee. Nottingham Law School has an active sports scene, with its own sports teams including football, netball, squash, hockey and rugby.

One of the great things that you can benefit from here at NTU is the Legal Advice Clinic, aimed at providing a free initial advice and referral service to the local community. Law students, supervised by qualified lawyers, are available to offer advice and assistance on a wide range of legal problems, including but not limited to employment law, consumer issues, contracts, housing and welfare benefits.