What you'll study
As part of the programme, we organise visits and discussions at some of the most influential art establishments in the UK. Previously, this has included guided tours of the British Museum, The Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum, together with legal discussions of their collections and practices. Some of these visits are part of our formal Co-Curricular Programme we offer across the semesters where we invite practitioners across the field to engage with our students, while other visits are conducted on a more informal, ad hoc basis.
Further enriching the academic experience, is our Visiting Scholar and Researcher in Residence Scheme, augmenting the research environment for our faculty and students through interactions with a visiting scholar and the various workshops or masterclasses delivered by them during their time with us. For example, our first scholar in residence, from the University of Amsterdam delivered a public lecture as well as a student seminar on restitution issues relating to Nazi-looted art, and also a master class on research methodology for all post-graduate students.
You will also have voluntary access to an excellent series of lectures in Critical Thinking and Writing in Law, a programme offered to all our LLM students to help you to improve your writing and legal research skills.
You will also have the opportunity to attend introductory lectures offered to LLM students during the CCLS induction weeks, including seminars on the common law, commercial law and other relevant topics.
Educational activities
CCLS’s qLegal clinic offers further career training opportunities for our students. It is an award-winning law clinic, providing legal assistance and support to tech start-ups and entrepreneurs, providing students with in-depth commercial and legal training, with an emphasis on innovation and creativity. Past projects in the creative industry including working with clothes designers, film makers, immersive experience organisers, NFTs and IP issues.
qLegal also hosts a blog competition allowing students to research topics of their choice. These articles can be creative and link to any area of law, such as this blogpost about the menswear industry published in 2021.
An experience in the field of art law is not guaranteed. However, qLegal’s experience is always legal and commercial. The programmes will allow you to develop a set of skills and knowledge transferable to any field.
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Lecture Series
The ABL programme has introduced two lecture series since its inception. The first, Visiting Scholar and Researcher Lecture Series involves scholars and researchers visiting at CCLS.
Another exciting new initiative was introduced in 2022 with artist, Ben Kinmont giving the inaugural lecture of our Artists’ Talks series which explores issues such as the relationship between art and law from the artist’s perspective. The series is the brainchild of one of our former students, Mary Rinebold, writer and consultant at Canvas Art Law, who is the curator of the series and has continued this year with artist Haley Mellin exploring the link between art and conservation.
