Work set to begin on new £6m Leeds Beckett University city centre facility

Leeds Law School at Leeds Beckett University is moving to an improved location in Queen Square, Leeds City Centre, to expand its facilities and further strengthen the School’s position as a “leading educator” of future legal professionals.

Leeds Beckett University is delighted to work with Berkshire based construction firm Tilbury Douglas to deliver the £6m project for Leeds Law School.

Specialist teaching spaces such as the Harvard-style lecture theatre, courtroom, reading rooms, hybrid teaching facilities and 1:1 meeting rooms and multiple student learning spaces will give students the opportunity to “develop critical thinking, legal skills and wide-ranging levels of legal knowledge”.

Professor Deveral Capps, Dean of Leeds Law School, commented: “The Law School has grown considerably in recent years. We have now reached a size where we want to give our students and staff a real sense of place, and for them to have somewhere amazing they can call home.

“This huge investment means we will have the most modern law school building in the country, and this fills me with great pride.

“I’m incredibly excited to open the doors to our new Law School in time for us to celebrate the school’s centenary. We’ve been teaching law at Leeds Law School since 1924 and settling into modern, state-of-the-art facilities by 2024 gives us a sense of great achievement and presents opportunities for our students and staff.”

The new Law School building will reflect the growing partnerships of the university with the region and further strengthen Leeds’ position as the “legal capital of the North”.

Leeds Law School works extensively with law firms and other businesses to support students with work placements and encourages employers to hire “talented graduates that will energise their team and support the local community”.

Work on the school’s refurbishment is expected to start in September 2022 and be finalised mid-2023, in time for the start of the academic year 2023-2024.