Law strengthens its global reputation

Professor Thom Brooks, Dean of Durham Law School, has been appointed President of the Society of Legal Scholars. Did you know that students who join Durham Law School are joining a world top 50 department where they'll be taught by some of the world's leading experts? Law's status as a leading centre of research and teaching has been strengthened by another prestigious honour to add to the school's impressive list of accolades and achievements Professor Thom Brooks, Dean of Durham University Law School, has been appointed as President of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) 2020-21. The SLS is the oldest and largest learned society for academic lawyers and works to advance legal education and scholarship in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Past presidents have included Lord (Andrew) Burrows, recently appointed to the UK Supreme Court. Public benefit During his time as President, Thom, an award-winning author, columnist, policy advisor and public speaker, aims to further raise the profile of academic lawyers to show how their work contributes to our understanding of law academically, practically and for public benefit. Our Law School produces ground-breaking research that brings change both nationally and internationally and our students are taught by the some of the very best researchers in their field. Durham graduates include some of law's leading figures, such as current members of the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, Members of Parliament and Government.