Cardiff School of Law and Politics

School that is part of Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Law and Politics (Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth Caerdydd), also known as Cardiff Law School (Ysgol Y Gyfraith Caerdydd) is part of Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales. It confers LLB and LLM degrees for British and international students.

In 1963, the Law Building (previously known as the Arts Building) opened, facing onto Museum Avenue and Park Place in Cardiff. The law school attracts students from all over the world. It provides a range of undergraduate law courses, all of which enable students to complete the foundation modules that constitute the academic stage of training necessary to become a solicitor or barrister. Academically, Cardiff Law School offers Bar Professional Training Course and legal practice courses. Both of these courses have received the Bar Standard Board's highest ratings. The law school offers courses for full time, part time and distance learning students. Cardiff Law School also provides many extra curricular opportunities by having a close partnership with lawyers and other law related organisations. This helps the school to train their students to develop the skills, knowledge, and experience needed for their career. The school offers many undergraduate programs such as LLB law with criminology, political science, sociology, French, German and Welsh. These students can choose to receive one LLM unit or obtain full LLM units and earn a full LLM degree. The school's CDP modules are accredited by the Bar Standards Council and the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

There are various facilities and services available to students to support and guide them through their school life. The school offers a large library with over 3,000 study spaces, free Wi Fi access and over 1.3 million books. The library is open throughout the week for students to use. They also provide 60 different sport clubs, including water sports for students to participate in. The school's research is broken down into four different groups: Procedural Justice, Regulation of Commercial Activity, Medicine, Health care and Society and Governance & Constitutionalism.