Member Resources
Below is a list of websites you, as a Head of a UK Law School, may find useful.
Higher education leadership
HESA data on students and staff, graduate outcomes, institutional finances etc.
WonkHE – home of the UK higher education debate.
OfS NSS dashboard
Research
REF 2029: Law is Unit of Assessment (UoA) 18 in Main Panel C (Social Sciences) and remains there in REF 2029.
Legal sector
PRSBs
Solicitors Regulation Authority
CILEX – the independent regulatory body of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
CLC – the specialist Property Law regulator (Council for Licensed Conveyors)
Legal academic organisations
Socio-Legal Studies Association
The British and Irish Law Education Technology Association (BILETA): BILETA wasformed to promote, develop and communicate high-quality research and knowledge on technology law and policy to organisations, governments, professionals, students and the public. BILETA also promotes the use of and research into technology at all stages of education.
Connecting Legal Education: Connecting Legal Education began in March 2020 as a way of supporting the legal education community (primarily focused upon Higher Education) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the community has grown to nearly 300 people across the world and continues to hold regular online events focused on issues and questions of interest to members. It is a supportive community where connections are made, interests are shared, and people can feel ‘at home.’
Pro bono resources
Clinical Legal Education Organisation (CLEO)
LawWorks the solicitors’ pro-bono group
Legal news
Legal Cheek : “the most-read legal website in the UK”