Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008
85% of the School's research reached international standards of quality in RAE 2008.
In the previous RAE in 2001, the School was awarded a grade 5, the second-highest point on a seven point scale.
We can boast a number of recognised international and national experts from a wide variety of legal scholarship; ranging from domestic private and public law, to international and European law, as well as contextual, socio-legal and theoretical legal studies. Recent publications by members of the Law School bear witness to the variety and the depth of this expertise.
The Law School has institutional recognition for its expertise in the areas of environmental law, human rights law and financial regulation. The University's Institute for Sustainability adds impetus to the Law School's existing interdisciplinary research within environmental law.
Many of our staff take an active part in the work of the following units:
To see a complete list of research and published work by Newcastle Law School staff please visit our pages here
Our postgraduate programmes, both
the taught and research based, are informed by these
cross-disciplinary and transnational studies, providing our students with an opportunity to participate fully in the research
culture of the Law School. A good example is our cross-disciplinary Contested Common Land
Project.
To complement our research activity, each year, the Law School hosts a variety of conferences and runs a varied and active programme of themed seminars.