The Dickson Poon School of Law is the

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, itself part of the federal

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, and serves as one of the nine schools of study within the college. It is situated on the

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in the East Wing of

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, in close proximity to the

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and the four

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in the heart of London's legal quarter. Among the most prestigious and selective law schools in the world, is currently ranked in the global top 15 and fifth in both Europe and the UK. Following a donation of £20 million by

Dickson Poon Sir Dickson Poon (; born 19 June 1956) is a Hong Kong businessman in the luxury goods retailing sector. Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong based and listed company Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Ni ...

in 2012, the school was renamed in his honour. The current dean of the school is Professor Gillian Douglas.

History

Law has been taught at

since 1831. It was originally taught within the Senior Department. In 1839, teaching transferred to the Department of General Literature and Science in response to the need for a greater differentiation of the syllabus for students of the Senior Department at the King's. Law became part of a broad faculty of subjects and classes that provided a core liberal syllabus in the arts and sciences available to all students of King's. From 1893, it was known as the Division of Laws and Economics under the Faculty of Arts. The Faculty of Laws was founded in 1909 and became known as the School of Law in 1991. The school took its current name in 2012 in recognition of Hong Kong businessman Sir Dickson Poon, who made a gift of £20 million to the school. It is thought to be the largest-ever donation to a British or European law faculty at the time. The school is in the heart of legal London. It was previously housed in a row of buildings adjacent to the Strand and Embankment along the

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. On 7 December 2009, it was announced that the school would relocate to the East Wing of

, a prominent example of neo-classical architecture, designed by

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in the late eighteenth century on the site of an earlier Tudor palace. Negotiations for the new lease are said to have taken some 180 years. In February 2012, the refurbished East Wing was officially opened by the patron of the college,

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. The first

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of the school was

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, formerly of the

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. Caron's appointment followed the renaming of the school and its new focus on

transnational law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

. The school is also one of the ten international law schools that are members of the

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(CTLS). Caron describes the typical graduate of the school as "a transnational, global, lawyer with ..roots in the historic tradition of the English common law that has influenced, and in turn been influenced by, much of the world, and in the more recent tradition of

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. They 'think global' because we teach them with a transnational perspective."

Education

The school provides legal instruction at undergraduate and graduate levels. It offers a three-year undergraduate LLB programme. Candidates are required to take the

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(LNAT) as part of the admissions process. In addition to the three-year undergraduate LLB, the school offers a number of joint programmes with partner institutions around the world including the United States (

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), France ( Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Germany (

Humboldt University Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiati ...

), Hong Kong (

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hon ...

), and Australia (

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). The school offers a four-year LLB in law with transnational legal studies as part of its work with the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies. In 2012, the school saw the admission of its first cohort for its LLB in philosophy, politics, and law, a four-year multi-disciplinary degree that will build on the work of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Philosophy, Politics & Law. The school also offers Ivy-League style scholarships based on academic merit awarded to students who demonstrate academic excellence, outstanding potential, and life ambition. Graduate programmes include full-time and part-time LLM and MA programmes, as well as distance-learning courses for legal practitioners. Since 2007 the school has conferred its own

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(LLM) degree, having previously been a contributor to the University of London intercollegiate programme. Those who study for the degree may elect to take a specialisation in one of several of the school's strengths, including

international commercial law International Commercial Law is a body of legal rules, conventions, treaties, domestic legislation and commercial customs or usages, that governs international commercial or business transactions. A transaction will qualify to be international if e ...

, international financial law and

. The school also offers a dual degree with

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in France and the Global School of Law in Lisbon. The school offers a full-time graduate research programme leading to the award of the PhD in law. The school has 80 doctoral researchers. The school has hosted the annual International Graduate Legal Research Conference since 2007. The Graduate Legal Research Society arranges educational and social events for the doctoral researcher community and liaises with school management on behalf of the community. Finally, the school is one of six constituent law faculties within the University of London - along with those of

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, the

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, Queen Mary University London, the

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and

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- that collectively oversee and examine an intercollegiate LLB offered by distance learning and awarded by the university at large through its

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scheme. One of the largest legal education programs by enrollment globally, it lays claim to being the oldest LLB program grounded in the law of England & Wales with roots dating to the 1890's.

Research

The school is host to research projects funded by the British Academy, the

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, and the

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. The school includes various research centres and groups which serve as focal points for research activity. These include the Centre of European Law, established in 1974, the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, established in 1978, and the Centre of British Constitutional Law and History, established in 1988. In 2013, the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law was established following a £7 million gift from Mark Yeoh (LLB graduate) and his family. The school has undertaken significant investment in the field of transnational law in recent years and has established an Institute of Transnational Law led by

Peer Zumbansen Peer Zumbansen is the inaugural Professor of Business Law at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. Before joining McGill in January 2021, Zumbansen held the inaugural Chair in Transnational Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College L ...

Publications

The school publishes the scholarly '' King's Law Journal'', as well as the ''King's Student Law Review''. The Centre of European Law publishes a paper series, ''Working Papers in European Law''. The International State Crime Initiative publishes a range of reports, commentaries, and other materials on state crime. The faculty at the school are regular authors of monographs, scholarly treatises and articles, and contributions to periodicals. Latest publications from the Dickson Poon School of Law are available on King's Research Portal.

Reputation

It is one of the highest ranked institutions for the study of law in the United Kingdom and the world. In 2020, the Dickson Poon School of Law ranked 15th in the world and 4th in Europe in the ''

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''.

Notable faculty

* Ben Bowling, professor of criminology and criminal justice and former acting dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law *

, professor of law and former dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law * Gillian Douglas, professor of family law and dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law *

Keith Ewing Keith David Ewing (born 29 March 1955) is professor of public law at King's College London and recognised as a leading scholar in public law, constitutional law, law of democracy, labour law and human rights. Ewing's work has been considered ...

, professor of public law * Sir Francis Jacobs, professor of European law and president of the Centre for European Law *

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, Dickson Poon distinguished visitor, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2008-2013), convenor of the Crossbench Peers in the House of Lords *

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, visiting professor, president of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2017-2020) * Toby Landau, QC, visiting professor, a renowned British lawyer and arbitration expert * Eva Lomnicka, visiting professor *

Aileen McColgan Aileen McColgan, KC is a British barrister and academic. She was Professor of Human Rights Law at King's College London between 2001 and 2018 and is now Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds. She is an expert in labou ...

, professor of human rights law * John Phillips, professor of law *

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, Dickson Poon distinguished visitor *

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, professor of law *

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, research professor of jurisprudence *

Takis Tridimas Takis Tridimas (complete name Panagiotis Takis Tridimas, in Greek Παναγιωτης Τακης Τριδημας) is a professor of European Law in King's College London and a former professor in Queen Mary University of London. He is a member ...

, professor of European law *

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, professor of politics, philosophy and law and director of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law * Samuel Wordsworth, QC, visiting professor, the leading public international law silk *

, professor of transnational law and director of the Transnational Law Institute

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, Chairman of the Conservative Party *

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* Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus (2003–08) * Sir David Penry-Davey, High Court judge *

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, Vice President of Kenya *

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