Nottingham Law School Launches First Centre for Advocacy

For those budding barristers out there (and even those argumentative solicitors!) you may be interested to hear that advocacy is becoming an increasingly significant part of the UK’s legal system as more and more legal bodies in the country are able to offer advocacy services.

For Jeremy Robson, barrister and senior lecturer at Nottingham Law School who will be leading the Centre for Advocacy, it is this change to the legal system that necessitates further emphasis on the academic study of advocacy.

Mr Robson said: “It is vital for the preservation of the rule of law that the standard of advocacy is maintained. It is also a skill which, if students can demonstrate they can do well, opens up a whole host of opportunities in the jobs market.”

The Centre for Advocacy will draw on the expertise of experienced advocates to conduct research into what makes for effective advocacy, and will provide Nottingham Law School’s students with the opportunity to put theories of law into practice whilst developing their analytical and presentational skills.

Nottingham Law School aims to continue spearheading advances in the study of advocacy, with its plans to launch the first LLB Law with Advocacy in 2014.