Leeds Law School at Leeds Beckett University is relocating to the university’s Broadcasting Place building later this year, a move that will see the School’s facilities transformed and enable students and staff to bring law to life.
The new development will serve as the new home for Leeds Law School’s undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes, offering state-of-the-art facilities that will allow students to work alongside legal academics and learn in an environment that will promote deep learning and develop critical analysis.
An immersive simulation suite, a courtroom with a jury deliberation room, a reading room and social learning areas are among the spaces that will support students to expand their knowledge of the legal profession and provide them with an ideal platform to launch their career.
The national charity Support Through Court will have a dedicated room within the new premises to support members of public to represent themselves in court.
Professor Deveral Capps, Dean of Leeds Law School, said: “The Law School has grown considerably in recent years, and we’ve now reached a level where we want to give our students and staff a real sense of place, and for them to have somewhere amazing they can call home. This huge investment means we will have the most modern law school in the country, which fills me with great pride.
“I’m incredibly excited to open the doors to our new Law School in time for us to celebrate the school’s centenary. We’ve been teaching law at Leeds Law School since 1924 and settling into such modern, state-of-the-art facilities by 2024 gives us a sense of great achievement and opportunity for our students and staff.”
Work on the project is due to start in June 2023 and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Once complete, it will provide the students at Leeds Law School with the chance to thrive in an environment designed specifically to support their needs.
