MPhil/PhD studentships in Law - Queen Mary, University of London

MPhil/PhD
Law Studentships
School of Law

The School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London has consistently been ranked in the top 10 in the UK for research. Members of the School are actively involved in public affairs in the United Kingdom, European institutions and international bodies. Postgraduate teaching is conducted in Lincoln's Inn Fields in the heart of London's legal community

The School is able to offer financial support to excellent applicants to a number of our programmes. These awards are highly competitive and are available for applicants wishing to commence study in the academic year 2009-10.

MPhil/PhD

The School of Law is offering 7 Studentships for the 2009-10 academic year, covering all tuition fees (home/EU or overseas level) and providing a maintenance grant at research council rates of at least £14,900 per year (reviewed annually). These awards are available to support research in any topic within the discipline. However, this year, the Department of Law is particularly keen to support Studentship applications in the following areas:

* Criminal Law & Criminal Justice
* Medical Law & Ethics
* Public Law, Corporate Law & Tax Law

The Centre for Commercial Law Studies is particularly keen to support Studentship applications in the following specialist areas:-

Response to the Financial Crisis

* Lex Specialis and Insolvency Law
* Regulation & Arbitration
* International Tax and Development
* Information Governance
* Intellectual Property Institutions

A further joint School of Law/School of Business & Management Studentship is also available in the area of Commercial Law and Business, specifically in the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Branding.

Deadline - Monday March 23rd 2009

If you have any queries relating to the funding application process, please e-mail the School of Law PhD Admissions Administrator, Mr G Skehan, at g.skehan@qmul.ac.uk