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[td]In 1895, the year in which LSE was established, commercial and industrial law were among the nine courses offered at the university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Hayley |date=2015-10-07 |title=LSE's first prospectus - LSE History |url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2015/10/07/lses-first-prospectus/ |access-date=2025-08-28 |website=LSE History - Telling LSE's story}}</ref> In 1906, LSE's law faculty became part of the intercollegiate faculty of law of the [[University of London]], alongside the law schools of [[University College London]] and [[King's College London]], which continued into the 1960s for undergraduate courses. H. C. Gutteridge was appointed as the first full-time ''Professor of Law'' at the LSE Law School and Sir [[Ernest Cassel]], was appointed subsequently as ''Professor of Industrial and Commercial law.'' Cassel led the expansion of the school from one full-time professor, five part-time lecturers and two other part-time teachers in 1924 to a full-time staff of ten, with four professors, two readers and four lecturers, in 1934, forming the largest law department of any University of London college. Among those appointed to the school were such influential figures as [[Robert Wright, Baron Wright|Lord Wright]], a judge who sat on the [[House of Lords]], [[A. V. Dicey]], ''Vinerian Professor of English Law'' at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], and Dr L. F. L. Oppenheim.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtuuLAiU9HIC|title=Law, Society, and Economy: Centenary Essays for the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1895-1995|pages=2, 4, 5| chapter=Distinction and Diversity: Law and the LSE|author=Richard Rawlings|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1997|isbn=978-0-19-826228-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZazAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA321|magazine=American Law School Review|page=321|date=1909|volume=2|issue=7|publisher=West Publishing Company|author=Harold D. Hazel time|title=Legal education in England}}</ref><ref name=centenary>{{Cite web |title=History of LSE Law |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/centenary/history.aspx |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In 1895, the year in which LSE was established, commercial and industrial law were among the nine courses offered at the university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Hayley |date=2015-10-07 |title=LSE's first prospectus - LSE History |url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2015/10/07/lses-first-prospectus/ |access-date=2025-08-28 |website=LSE History - Telling LSE's story}}</ref> In 1906, LSE's law faculty became part of the intercollegiate faculty of law of the [[University of London]], alongside the law schools of [[University College London]] and [[King's College London]], which continued into the 1960s for undergraduate courses. H. C. Gutteridge was appointed as the first full-time ''Professor of Law'' at the LSE Law School and Sir [[Ernest Cassel]], was appointed subsequently as ''Professor of Industrial and Commercial law.'' Cassel led the expansion of the school from one full-time professor, five part-time lecturers and two other part-time teachers in 1924 to a full-time staff of ten, with four professors, two readers and four lecturers, in 1934, forming the largest law department of any University of London college. Among those appointed to the school were such influential figures as [[Robert Wright, Baron Wright|Lord Wright]], a judge who sat on the [[House of Lords]], [[A. V. Dicey]], ''Vinerian Professor of English Law'' at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], and Dr L. F. L. Oppenheim.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtuuLAiU9HIC|title=Law, Society, and Economy: Centenary Essays for the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1895-1995|pages=2, 4, 5| chapter=Distinction and Diversity: Law and the LSE|author=Richard Rawlings|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1997|isbn=978-0-19-826228-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZazAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA321|magazine=American Law School Review|page=321|date=1909|volume=2|issue=7|publisher=West Publishing Company|author=Harold D. Hazel time|title=Legal education in England}}</ref><ref name=centenary>{{Cite web |title=History of LSE Law |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/centenary/history.aspx |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]In the 1930s the school was joined by German-Jewish jurists fleeing Nazi persecution, including [[Otto Kahn-Freund]].[[David Hughes Parry]] held the professorship of English law from 1930 to 1959, and in 1937 [[Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley|Robert Chorley]] founded the [[Modern Law Review]] at the school. Among the staff of the school, Arnold McNair and Robert Jennings went on to become presidents of the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ), while [[Hersch Lauterpacht|Hersch Lauterbach]] also became an ICJ judge.<ref name=centenary/>[/td]
[td]In the 1930s the school was joined by German-Jewish jurists fleeing Nazi persecution, including [[Otto Kahn-Freund]].[[David Hughes Parry]] held the professorship of English law from 1930 to 1959, and in 1937 [[Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley|Robert Chorley]] founded the [[Modern Law Review]] at the school.[/td]
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[td]== Notable Alumni of the LSE Law School ==[/td]
[td]== Notable Alumni of the LSE Law School ==[/td]
[td]Among the staff of the school, Arnold McNair and Robert Jennings went on to become presidents of the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ), while [[Hersch Lauterpacht|Hersch Lauterbach]] also became an ICJ judge. [[Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg|Derry Irvine (Baron Irvine of Lairg]]) was appointed [[Lord Chancellor]] in 1997; at that time the office combined roles as head of the judiciary of England and Wales, presiding officer of the [[House of Lords]], and senior minister in the Prime Minister's cabinet with responsibility for the courts, before these powers were reallocated by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recent Reforms |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/liv...ies/overview/lord-chancellor1/recent-reforms/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=www.parliament.uk |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td]The LSE Law School has a history of producing and influencing various heads of state and government. At least one Prime Minister or President of the countries of [[Barbados]], [[Grenada]], [[Guyana]], [[Jamaica]], [[Mauritius]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Ghana]], [[Peru]], [[Jordan]] and [[Thailand]] has earned an [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] or [[LLM degree|LLM]] from the law school.<ref>{{Citation |title=List of people associated with the London School of Economics |date=2024-10-14 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_the_London_School_of_Economics |access-date=2024-11-06 |language=en}}</ref> Former President of [[Taiwan]], [[Tsai Ing-wen]], earned a PhD in Law in 1984.[https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-n...-2019/LSE-statement-on-PhD-of-Dr-Tsai-Ing-wen] Singapore's founding Prime Minister, [[Lee Kuan Yew]], initially enrolled to read law at the school before transferring to [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-05 |title=Lee Kuan Yew {{!}} Biography, Education, Achievements, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lee-Kuan-Yew |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Jane Yumiko Ittogi]], the First Lady of Singapore, earned both her LLB and LLM from the LSE Law School. Whilst at LSE, she met [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]], the ninth President of Singapore, who is himself an LSE alumnus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scale.nus.edu.sg/programmes/lifelonglearning/adult-educator-symposium-2024/speakers |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=scale.nus.edu.sg}}</ref> [[Cherie Blair]], a famed barrister and wife of British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair|Tony Blair,]] earned an LLB in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cherie Blair {{!}} World Justice Project |url=https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/leadership-council/cherie_blair |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=worldjusticeproject.org |language=en}}</ref> Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution, [[B. R. Ambedkar]], was influenced by the law department whilst reading for a Dsc in economics at the LSE. Former [[United States Supreme Court]] Justice, [[Anthony Kennedy]], spent his senior year at the school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Science |first=London School of Economics and Political |title=Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/alumni-friend...ers-and-politicians/Dr-Bhimrao-Ramji-Ambedkar |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LII: US Supreme Court: Justice Kennedy |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/kennedy.bio.html |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=www.law.cornell.edu |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]At least one Prime Minister or President of the countries of [[Barbados]], [[Grenada]], [[Guyana]], [[Jamaica]], [[Mauritius]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Ghana]], [[Peru]], [[Jordan]] and [[Thailand]] has earned an [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] or [[LLM degree|LLM]] from the law school.<ref>{{Citation |title=List of people associated with the London School of Economics |date=2024-10-14 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_the_London_School_of_Economics |access-date=2024-11-06 |language=en}}</ref> Former President of [[Taiwan]], [[Tsai Ing-wen]], earned a PhD in Law in 1984.[https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-n...-2019/LSE-statement-on-PhD-of-Dr-Tsai-Ing-wen] Singapore's founding Prime Minister, [[Lee Kuan Yew]], initially enrolled to read law at the school before transferring to [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-05 |title=Lee Kuan Yew {{!}} Biography, Education, Achievements, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lee-Kuan-Yew |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Jane Yumiko Ittogi]], the First Lady of Singapore, earned both her LLB and LLM from the LSE Law School. Whilst at LSE, she met [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]], the ninth President of Singapore, who is himself an LSE alumnus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scale.nus.edu.sg/programmes/lifelonglearning/adult-educator-symposium-2024/speakers |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=scale.nus.edu.sg}}</ref> [[Cherie Blair]], a famed barrister and wife of British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair|Tony Blair,]] earned an LLB in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cherie Blair {{!}} World Justice Project |url=https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/leadership-council/cherie_blair |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=worldjusticeproject.org |language=en}}</ref> Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution, [[B. R. Ambedkar]], was influenced by the law department whilst reading for a Dsc in economics at the LSE. Former [[United States Supreme Court]] Justice, [[Anthony Kennedy]], spent his senior year at the school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Science |first=London School of Economics and Political |title=Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/alumni-friend...ers-and-politicians/Dr-Bhimrao-Ramji-Ambedkar |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LII: US Supreme Court: Justice Kennedy |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/kennedy.bio.html |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=www.law.cornell.edu |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]The school also educated [[Shami Chakrabarti]], [[Eugenia Charles]], [[John Compton]], [[Jean Corston, Baroness Corston|Jean Corston]], [[Linda Dobbs]], [[Audrey Eu]], [[Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner|Lord Tony Grabiner]], [[Makhdoom Ali Khan]], [[Mia Mottley]], [[Dorab Patel]], [[P. J. Patterson]], [[Mitchell Symons]], [[MΓ³nica Feria Tinta]], [[J. A. G. Griffith]], [[CiarΓ‘n Ahern]] and [[Veerasamy Ringadoo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Science |first=London School of Economics and Political |title=LSE Law Centenary |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/centenary/people1.aspx |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The school also educated [[Shami Chakrabarti]], [[Eugenia Charles]], [[John Compton]], [[Jean Corston, Baroness Corston|Jean Corston]], [[Linda Dobbs]], [[Audrey Eu]], [[Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner|Lord Tony Grabiner]], [[Makhdoom Ali Khan]], [[Mia Mottley]], [[Dorab Patel]], [[P. J. Patterson]], [[Mitchell Symons]], [[MΓ³nica Feria Tinta]], [[J. A. G. Griffith]], [[CiarΓ‘n Ahern]] and [[Veerasamy Ringadoo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Science |first=London School of Economics and Political |title=LSE Law Centenary |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/centenary/people1.aspx |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref>[/td]

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