September 2021
Dear Law Students
I am delighted to welcome back our returning students, and to our new students, many congratulations on joining LSE Law!
For our new students, it's wonderful to be able to welcome you to LSE Law School. You are now part of the LSE Law community. I hope very much to be able to meet your all either during Welcome Week or during the the course of the year. It is both a tremendous achievement to be accepted to LSE Law and also an incredibly exciting opportunity for you. We are one of the world’s leading Law Schools located literally in the heart of legal London—right next to the Royal Courts of Justice and just a short walk to the Houses of Parliament and several other UK regulators. Geography really does bring law to life at the LSE!
At LSE, students learn that law is not a body of knowledge stored in libraries, but a presence all around us, constantly evident in our social, civil and business interactions. To study law with us is not to amass large quantities of stored information, but to explore key issues of fundamental importance to the structure and ordering of society. At LSE we teach students about the law, but also about the context within which law is created and which law in turn subsequently affects and alters. All of us here at LSE Law are looking forward to working with you and teaching you about law in context over the next three years as you undertake your legal studies.
For all of you, returning students and new, I know these have been very challenging times for you during the Covid-19 global pandemic. But as we come together in September 2021 we are so looking forward to slowly returning to normality, teaching in the class room, and meeting you all in face-to-face social events. And remember, as we transition to normality, we all are here to help. Always ask if anything isn’t clear or you would like more advice or assistance. We want to support you, and we know that you will also support each other, as new students navigate their new environment as members of LSE Law School, and our existing students return to campus and London life.
With very best wishes and the best of luck for the forthcoming year.
David
David Kershaw
Dean of LSE Law School and Professor of Law