Hundreds of students from all law courses offered at Manchester Law School converged on the School recently to experience Law Careers Wednesday. Students received the opportunity to investigate all types of legal careers and other career options for those contemplating the less traditional routes. The event also attracted students considering courses at Manchester Law School [...]

March 25th, 2013 - 12:29pm

Mandy, a principal lecturer on the Legal Practice Course at Manchester Law School, will now sit in civil hearings on such issues as disputes, divorce and insolvency. She said: “I have spent a long time dealing with civil litigation and I think I’m quite good at listening to people and then making decisions. “I think [...]

February 26th, 2013 - 14:33pm

18-year-old Holly, a first year student at Manchester Law School, has received a cash prize and invaluable work experience from the Knowsley-based law firm. The honour comes after Holly came top of her year group with a score of 85% for her Tort Law mooting assignment which involved debating a hypothetical police duty of care [...]

February 21st, 2013 - 14:43pm

Plans for a pioneering Learning Academy, that will revolutionise legal training and widen opportunities for a career in law, have been unveiled by The Co-operative Legal Services and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). The partnership will embrace the changes currently taking place in the legal profession, which saw The Co-operative Legal Services become the first major [...]

February 7th, 2013 - 11:54am

Manchester is the place to be for law graduates, according to legal training magazine Lawyer2B. With its compact but thriving legal market, ample socialising opportunities for trainees and lack of commute, Manchester is just the place for aspiring solicitors, it states.  And those choosing to study law at Manchester Metropolitan University can gain access to [...]

January 30th, 2013 - 11:16am

Ambitions of becoming a lawyer or extending your legal studies? Thinking about converting to law? Meet the professionals and find out more…. If you are considering the LPC, BBTC, LLM or converting to law with the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) then kick start your legal career by attending our Postgraduate open day on the [...]

December 7th, 2012 - 13:54pm

MMU students have joined staff in their collection efforts for the Wood Street Mission. Initiated by students in the Manchester Law School, the campaign focuses on the collection of non-perishable food, such as tins of beans and meat and packets of rice. Collection points will be set up from Monday to Thursday this week, at [...]

December 3rd, 2012 - 10:14am

    Second and third year undergraduate law students and staff spent many hours preparing highly appetizing home-baked cakes for their Children in Need cake sale.  The event was a huge success drawing in students from across the Faculty to try the amazing cakes.  All were extremely pleased to surpass their expectations and raise £235. [...]

November 20th, 2012 - 09:57am

A NEW business network to promote digital innovation across Manchester has been launched by MMU. The Digital Innovation network brings together researchers and innovators at the University as well as businesses from across the city to work towards greater knowledge and success. They are hoping that encouraging collaborations will create more innovations such as the [...]

October 19th, 2012 - 14:16pm

Part-time Legal Practice Course (LPC) students are once again benefitting from outstanding opportunities to gain work experience with New Charter Housing Trust Group.  Stephanie Nield, Natalie Mekloufi and Emily Rawlins have all recently started work with New Charter on their graduate training programme; they are now in the privileged position of working in a legal [...]

October 19th, 2012 - 10:58am