Services and facilities
The School of Law strives to create a positive and supportive environment in which students can develop. As part of that aim we offer a variety of services to support you academically and pastorally.
Pastoral care
Students on the Masters' courses will each be assigned an academic adviser who has a special interest in the Masters degree.
Research degree students have two members of staff who take personal tutorial responsibilities; a supervisor and a second supervisor.
Personal Development Plans (PDP)
Personal Development Plans (PDP) help you to monitor and plan your academic and personal skills development.
They are designed to prompt reflection and raise awareness of the skills you have developed through your studies and elsewhere by:
- Helping you plan and manage your own learning and development
- Raising your awareness of the transferable skills employers are looking for when hiring graduates
- Prompting discussion with your personal tutor and improve communication between you
Legal Advice Centre
The School of Law runs a free Legal Advice Centre which is managed by School staff in association with the College of Law of England and Wales.
The Centre's work is supported by local solicitors and barristers and the Manchester Law Society.
The Centre provides practical experience for the Law School's postgraduate and undergraduate students who are supervised by practitioners. For more information see:
Computing
Networked computers are available for student use in:
- The Law School computer room
- Manchester Computing
- University Library
- Owens Park
As email is the prime means of communication between staff and students all students are given a personal email account which is accessible both on and off campus.
Students may also set up their own web page on a University file-server to develop and publish their academic work.
Libraries
The principal law book collection is in the main John Rylands University Library, where there is a substantial collection of books and periodicals including the most extensive range of electronic resources of any UK Higher Education library.
A smaller selection of law materials, consisting of the main sets of Law Reports and Law Journals are available in the Law School Library.
Inter-library loans can be arranged for postgraduate students if a particular book is not available in the Manchester libraries.
The inter-library loans service can be used to obtain books from another library in Britain or overseas and it is possible to arrange for students to visit other libraries if necessary.