Diploma in the Common Law *NEW FROM AUTUMN 2009*

Academic leadership

The Diploma in the Common Law has been developed by a consortium of University of London Colleges known as the Laws Consortium* of the University of London. This Consortium also offers the University of London LLB by External study and is renowned internationally for its gold standard law programmes delivered by External study.

*Birkbeck; King's College London; The London School of Economics and Political Science; Queen Mary, School of Oriental and African Studies; and UCL (University College London).

Academic staff

Professor Wayne Morrison LLD, PhD, LLM, LLB
Director, University of London External Undergraduate Laws Programme
and Professor of Law, Queen Mary

As Director, Wayne Morrison is the driving force behind strategic planning and key initiatives in the External Undergraduate Laws Programme. Since 1999, he has instituted major reforms in the teaching materials, online provision and relations with teaching institutions. He is also responsible for negotiations concerning recognition of the LLB by External study and the Diploma in Law in various jurisdictions as satisfying the academic stage of legal education.

Professor Morrison is a Professor of Law at Queen Mary (University of London) Law School and is a highly regarded legal scholar. In 2006, he received the degree of LLD in recognition of his work in the field of criminology and jurisprudence. He is also the co-author of the subject guides in ‘Common law reasoning and institutions’ and ‘Jurisprudence and legal theory’.