1999 Law Handbook - Structure and organisation of the faculty

Structure and organisation of the faculty

The Faculty of Law is not divided into departments: academic staff are collectively involved in the decision-making processes of the faculty through a well-defined committee structure with membership of committees determined either by election or by nomination.
The main business of the faculty is conducted by the faculty board, which includes all full-time and fractional teaching staff, and twelve student members as well as representatives of the judiciary and the practising profession, members of other faculties and the library. The student members are normally elected during December each year by students enrolled for the degrees taught by the faculty and there is a high degree of student representation on faculty committees (see the section on student representation later in this chapter). Except in matters on which it has power to act, the faculty board makes recommendations to the Academic Board or through the Academic Board to the Council.
Within the framework provided by the degree regulations and any other conditions which may be agreed upon from time to time by the faculty board, the responsibility for the conduct of teaching and research rests with the dean who acts in consultation with other members of the faculty.
The chief officers of the faculty are the dean, the associate deans and the faculty registrar. The faculty registrar is concerned with the overall administration of the faculty including human resource management, budgets, admissions and matters relating to student administration, including, for example, enrolments, examinations, academic progress, course advice, teaching allocations and timetabling. The dean presides over meetings of the faculty and faculty board and its committees and is concerned with staffing and finance. The faculty registrar, together with the faculty administrative officers, are available to attend to the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students within the faculty and should be consulted whenever possible.