Law

Northumbria
The Law pathway at Northumbria is located within the Department of Law which offers a rich research environment for ambitious, cross-disciplinary and imaginative proposals for PhD study. Northumbria Law School is one of the largest law schools in the UK and is ranked 7th amongst UK law schools for research power in REF 2021.  We have a national and international reputation for excellence in legal education, enriched by the research excellence and professional practice expertise of our staff. All staff belong to one of three research groupings: Law & Society, Centre for Evidence & Criminal Justice; Law in Emerging Contexts (encompassing space, cyber and environmental law). We encourage PhD proposals that broadly align with the activities of one or more of our three research centres. We encourage PhD proposals which reflect these departmental research interests.