Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Academic leadership

The University of London Undergraduate Laws Programme is governed academically by the six University of London Colleges with Law Schools or Departments. Collectively, they are known as the Laws Consortium. The six Colleges are: Birkbeck, King’s College London, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Queen Mary, the School of Oriental and African Studies, and UCL (University College London).

Academic staff

Professor Jenny Hamilton
Director, Undergraduate Laws Programme

Professor Jenny Hamilton joined the University of London International Programmes as the new Director of the Undergraduate Laws programme in January 2010.

As Director, Jenny is primarily responsible for driving forward strategic planning and key initiatives and one of her most important responsibilities is to review and develop the quality of the student learning experience.

Jenny lectured at the University of Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow, Scotland from 1996 to 2009. She graduated LLB at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, then obtained her LLM from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Previously, she was a qualified barrister and solicitor (Australia) and also a teacher. Her current research interests are in commercial law and financial services regulation. Her main teaching areas included Commercial Law; International Economic Law and Financial Services Regulation.

Patricia McKellar
Senior Lecturer Learning and Teaching Laws.
Location: University of London, Room STG06A Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN.

I am a Senior Lecturer (Learning & Teaching) Laws and I am part of the team involved with development and implementation of the learning, teaching and assessment strategy for the University of London Undergraduate Laws programme specifically in relation to the embedding of e-learning technologies and the development of an interactive learning environment. Working very closely with Steven Warburton, Senior Lecturer e-Learning Technologies, I have particular responsibility for guiding and supporting the college-based academic staff in implementing the strategy in their particular courses... Find out more about Patricia and her work.

Dr Steven Warburton
Senior Lecturer Technology Enhanced Learning (Laws).
Location: University of London, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN.

I am a Senior Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of London International Programmes, working as part of the Undergraduate Laws Programme team, developing technological and pedagogical support for our legal teaching programme that attracts around 18,000 globally distributed students. I am also an Associate Research Fellow at King's Learning Institute, King's College London and a Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education at the University of London where I chair the research strategy group... Find out more about Steve and his work.