The Dickson Poon School of Law
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Former names
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Faculty of Laws, King's College, London (1909–1991) King's College London School of Law (1991–2012) |
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| Established | 1831 |
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Parent institution
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King's College London |
| Dean | Gillian Douglas |
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Academic staff
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228 |
| Students | 1,976 |
| Location | Somerset House East Wing, London, United Kingdom |
| Website | kcl.ac.uk/law |
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The Dickson Poon School of Law is the law school of King's College London, and one of the nine Schools of Study of the College. It is situated on the Strand in the East Wing of Somerset House, in close proximity to the Royal Courts of Justice and the four Inns of Court in the heart of London's legal quarter.
The School was ranked as the 18th most prestigious institution for the research and teaching of law in the world. Following a donation of £20 million by Sir Dickson Poon in 2012, the School was renamed in his honour. In early 2016, students from The Dickson Poon School of Law beat over 550 Law schools from over 80 countries to win the 57th annual UK championships of the Philip C . Jessup International Moot Court Competition, one of the largest moot court competitions in the world. The current acting Dean of the School is Professor Benjamin Bowling.
Law has been taught at King's College London since 1831. It was originally taught within the Senior Department. In 1839 teaching transferred to the Department of General Literature and Science in response to the need for a greater differentiation of the syllabus for students of the Senior Department at the King's. Law became part of a broad faculty of subjects and classes that provided a core liberal syllabus in the arts and sciences available to all students of King's. From 1893, it was known as the Division of Laws and Economics under the Faculty of Arts.
The Faculty of Laws was founded in 1909 and became known as the School of Law in 1991. The School took its current name in 2012 in recognition of Hong Kong businessman Sir Dickson Poon, who made a gift of £20 million to the School. It is thought to be the largest-ever donation to a British or European Law faculty at the time.
The School is in the heart of legal London. It was previously housed in a row of buildings adjacent to the Strand and Embankment along the River Thames. On 7 December 2009 it was announced that the School would relocate to the East Wing of Somerset House, a prominent example of neo-classical architecture, designed by Sir William Chambers in the late eighteenth century on the site of an earlier Tudor palace. Negotiations for the new lease are said to have taken some 180 years. In February 2012, the refurbished East Wing was officially opened by the Patron of the College, Queen Elizabeth II.
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