Nottingham Law School launches advocacy centre
updated on 23 September 2013
Nottingham Law School is to launch the United Kingdom's first dedicated centre for the academic study of advocacy.
The Centre for Advocacy will be led by senior lecturer Jeremy Robson, who practised as a barrister from 1999-2008. Since then, he has taught and designed a number of advocacy courses around the world.
Nottingham Law School plans to launch its first LLB with advocacy in 2014, while it was also the first university in the United Kingdom to award an LLM in advocacy skills.
Jeremy Robson said: "Courtrooms are the places where an individual's rights and liberties are put to the test. It is the duty of the advocate to ensure that their client's interests are protected robustly. Despite the importance of this role there has been very little academic research conducted into what makes an effective advocate. Drawing on the expertise of many of the experienced advocates who teach at Nottingham Law School, part of Nottingham Trent University, and working in conjunction with our colleagues in the School of Psychology and School of Forensic Science, we aim to change that. [Advocacy] is also a skill which, if students can demonstrate they can do well, opens up a whole host of opportunities in the jobs market."
