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Cardiff Law Schoolis located in Cardiff, Wales and provides a LLB degree for both Cardiff and international students. Until the late 1950s, the area to the North of Main Building remained undeveloped. In 1963, the Law Building (Before known as the Arts Building) opened, joining the Museum Avenue and Park Place. The law school is known to attract students from all over the world and offers a friendly, supportive and culturally diverse environment in which to study. It provides a range of undergraduate law courses, all of which enables students to complete the foundation modules that constitute the academic stage of training necessary to become a Solicitor or Barrister. They also offer postgraduate LLM courses, criminal law courses and research degrees for those who want to study an aspect of law at a more in-depth level.

Academically, Cardiff Law school offers Bar Professional Training Courseand legal practice courses. Both of these courses have received Bar Standard Board's highest ratings. The law school offers courses for all the full-time, part-time and international students. Cardiff law school also provides many extra-curricular opportunities by having a close partnership with lawyers and other law related organizations to help and train their students to develop skills, knowledge and experience needed for their competitive career. The school also has law career advisers that organize comprehensive programs, presentations and advisory sessions for students needing employment or career help.

Academics
Cardiff law school offers a legal training package. These packages are offered to both students who are starting their career in legal studies and qualified practitioners who are seeking a career in law. Cardiff is the only university that offers all professional law courses such as: Graduate diploma in law (GDL), Legal practice course (LPC), and Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). The school offers many undergraduate programs such as LLB law with criminology, political science, sociology, French, German and Welsh) . For postgraduate students from UK and oversees, the school offers courses in human rights, international law, social care, commercial law and many other courses related to the field of law . Professional courses in law are also offered that can lead to masters or PHD in law and legal studies. Cardiff Law School also provides CPD (Continuing Professional Development) program for professionals who have already completed their careers and wish to go further in their education that is not specifically related to law . These students can chose to receive one LLM unit or obtain full LLM units and earn a full LLM degree. The school's CDP modules are accredited by the Bar Standards Council and the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Facilities and Services
As a student at Cardiff Law School or Cardiff University, there are various facilities and services available to students to support and guide them through their school life. The school offers a large library with over 3,000 study spaces, free Wi-Fi access and over 1.3 million books to chose from. The library is open 24 hours and all 7 days of the week for students to use. They also provide 60 different sport clubs, including water sports for students to participate in. They provide easy and fast computing services across campuses so students can use a computer anytime they feel the need to. Religious practices and student supports are also arranged.

Research
The law school is known for its leading research institute. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the school was recognized as a leading legal research institution and was ranked seventh out of 100 schools in the United Kingdom for their outstanding legal research institute. They have also received top grading in 1996, where they were known for their vibrant research culture. The school's research is broken down into four different groups: Procedural Justice, Regulation of Commercial Activity, Medicine, Health care and Society and Governance & Constitutionalism. Procedural Justice includes the Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice linking disciplines such as Business, Psychology and Social Science. Regulation of commercial activity includes BRASS and PLACE. This group has links with Business and Planning and Geography. The Medicine, Health Care and Society research group consists of Cesagen, Centre for Health and Social Care Law and Cardiff Centre for Ethics, law and Society and Links with Philosophy and Social Science. Governance & Constitutionalism includes the Wales Governance Centre, Centre for Law and Religion, Centre for European Law and Governance and Centre for Human Rights and Public Law.