• Postgraduate Research Programme - PhD / MPhil
• Current Research Students
• Research Projects
• Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
• Ethics Approval 
• Grant Writing

Introduction
The production of world-leading and internationally excellent research in Human Rights, Governance, Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Common Law explains why the School of Law at Queen’s is now rated as one of the leading centres of legal research in the UK. Staff in the School have contributed to vital public policy discussions in Northern Ireland in areas such as a Bill of Rights, reform of criminal justice and policing, and devolution.

RAE Success
The School of Law celebrated an impressive top-ten ranking in RAE 2008, finishing 7th in the UK, with a weighted average score of 2.80. The results show that 60% of the School’s research is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (3* and 4*), with 95% rated at international quality and above (4*, 3* and 2*).
 Further information on the RAE success

Postgraduate Research
The School's postgraduate community also makes an important contribution to its research output. Explore details of the  topics being researched at PhD level by Current Research Students.