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The higher doctorates offered by the University are: Doctor of Divinity (DD), Doctor of Civil Law (DCL), Doctor of Letters (DLitt), Doctor of Science (DSc), and Doctor of Music (DMus). The degree of DCL is intended to recognise excellence in legal scholarship, broadly defined.
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- Graduate Destinations
For this course, the allocation of graduate supervision is the responsibility of the Law Faculty and it is not always possible to accommodate the preferences of incoming graduate students to work with a particular member of staff. Under exceptional circumstances a supervisor may be found outside of the Law Faculty. BCL students have an academic adv...
Most options are assessed by means of timed examinations at the end of the course but a number use assessed essays written over a longer period. Further information about forms of assessment is provided on the Law Faculty BCL admissions page.
BCL graduates pursue a range of careers after completion of the degree. The most common career paths are entry into legal practice, either as a solicitor or a barrister, or progression to academic research in the shape of the MPhil and DPhil, and thenceforth into an academic career. The University of Oxford has an excellent careers service with whi...
Applications received in the 2022-23 round which have not yet been resolved will continue to be processed. The higher doctorates offered by the University are: Doctor of Divinity (DD), Doctor of Civil Law (DCL), Doctor of Letters (DLitt), Doctor of Science (DSc), and Doctor of Music (DMus).
The University of Oxford Faculty of Law is the law school of the University of Oxford. It has a history of over 800 years in the teaching and learning of law . Along with its counterpart at Cambridge, it is unique in its use of personalised tutorials , in which students are taught by faculty fellows in groups of one to three on a weekly basis ...
The 17th century was a difficult time for the faculty of law at Oxford. Hostility towards civil law, coupled with bleak employment prospects for graduates in law, threatened the future of legal studies at the university, first during the reign of James I and again during the civil war period.
The Chancellor of the University of Oxford Attended by Doctors of Civil Law. by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean lithograph, published 1 December 1834 13 1/8 in. x 17 7/8 in. (333 mm x 453 mm) overall Acquired, before 1900 Reference Collection NPG D41285
Jan 10, 2002 · The “Heads of Houses” at Oxford University had voted, Feb. 22, 1762, to confer on Franklin the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law “whenever He shall please to visit the University.” Above, p.
