The Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law ( cy, Ysgol y Gyfraith Hillary Rodham Clinton Prifysgol Abertawe) is part of Swansea University and located in

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

, Wales. It confers LLB degrees, postgraduate courses, and professional conversion and training courses including the Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, and Master of Laws degrees.

Background

Swansea University was founded in 1920 as the fourth college of the University of Wales. Established in 1993 as the College of Law and Criminology, the School is the largest Law School in Wales and ranks third in the UK for Criminology, and twenty-second in the UK for Law according to the ''Times''. Academically, Swansea Law School offers LLB degrees, postgraduate courses, and professional conversion and training courses including the Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, and Master of Laws degrees.

Research

In the Research Excellence Framework 2014, 96% of the school’s research was recognised as meeting international standard. This research encompasses the School's numerous research centres including The Swansea University Legal Centre, Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Law, Cyber Threats Intelligence Centre, The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law and the Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People.

Location

The School is based at the University's Singleton Park campus, in the Richard Price building. The School intends to move to purpose-built premises on the University's Bay Campus within the next few years. This new development will house commercial law firms, technology companies, national and international agencies, along with the academics and students of the School.

Naming

The School was unveiled in 2017 as the

Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senat ...

School of Law following the conferment of an honorary doctorate to the former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State. Clinton attended the unveiling ceremony at the University's new Bay Campus and spoke to attendees.

References

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