PhD Studentships - Birmingham Law School

Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

* Find out more about 2 new Law Doctoral Scholarships*

For more than 85 years, Birmingham Law School has made a major contribution to teaching and scholarship. Our academic staff are among the country's most eminent legal scholars and provide a supportive research culture that encourages and facilitates research activities.

As well as providing expert supervision from an experienced member of staff, the School cultivates a friendly and supportive environment for its community of research students. In 2014-15 there are 70 students engaged in research degrees in the School.

The PhD programme requires you to research and write a thesis of 80,000 words with supervision from academic staff, the work should make an original contribution to knowledge. Full-time students are expected to complete their work within three years.

The MPhil programme requires you to research and write a 60,000-word thesis under the supervision of a member of academic staff. Full-time students are expected to complete their work within two years.

The MJur programme requires you to research and write a 40,000-word thesis under the supervision of a member of academic staff. Full-time students are expected to complete their work within one year.

The programmes can be studied on campus or by Distance Learning.

Research interests of staff: 

• Banking Law, Banking Regulation
• Civil Law (including French & German Law)
• Commercial Law & International Commercial Law
• Common Law
• Comparative Law
• Conflict of Laws; Private International Law
• Constitutional Law; Administrative Law
• Contract Law
• Criminal Evidence and Justice
• Criminal Law (inc. Criminology; International Criminal Law; Criminal Justice; Restorative Justice)
• Development Law
• Disability Law
• Environmental Law
• European Union Law
• Family Law
• Gender, Sexuality and law
• Global Legal Studies
• Health Care Law; Medical Law; Mental Health Law; Bioethics
• Human Rights; Civil Liberties
• Intellectual Property
• International Law
• International Economic Law
• International Sale of Goods
• International Trade Law
• Judicial Administration (operation of courts and judicial appointments)
• Jurisprudence; Legal Theory
• Law and Religion
• Legal Education
• Legal Responses to Terrorism
• Property Law; Land Law
• Restitution
• Socio-Legal Studies; Law and Society
• Tort Law
• Transnational Justice

Funding applications for College scholarships are now open for 2018 entry.