Mayor Host's International Delegates

Councillor Phil Bateman last night hosted a reception for delegates attending the International Symposium being held today February 3rd at the University of Wolverhampton which will focus on policy and legal issues regarding intellectual property in developing countries.

The Mayor said " It was good meeting some of the organisers of this influential law conference,we chatted about their participation, and their places of origin. It appears that Wolverhampton University has a big reputation and is looking to improve its standing further."


The Mayor further commenting on the history of the Uni said "I have been informed that the University and its predecessor colleges have been providing legal education since just after the Second World War.

The School of Legal Studies came into being as a separate School in 1975. Since its inception the School has developed dynamically, both in its provision of courses and in its expansion of resources.

Today Wolverhampton Law School is one of the major Law Schools in the United Kingdom, catering for some fourteen hundred students each year on a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and professional courses, including full-time and part-time degrees, the Legal Practice Course, the Graduate Diploma in Law, the LLM in International Corporate and Financial Law and comprehensive short course programmes.

Provision of such a wide-ranging portfolio of courses obviously requires a corresponding provision of resources both in human and in physical terms. There are now some forty-five full-time members of staff plus some ten part-time staff.

The School itself is housed in modern purpose built accommodation both on City Campus and also at its Professional Development Centre housed at the Science Park at the heart of the technology corridor, with lecture and tutorial rooms and computer facilities.

The School is involved in a number of community-based projects within the West Midlands, for example through CITRUS (Citizenship Training & Research using University Services) and WMDAS (West Midlands Discrimination Advice Service)

Within the School exists a thriving research community and conferences were held here last year not only on Information law, but also on Police and Security Issues following 9/11 and on Marine Heritage with Crown Estates.

The international symposium being held on February 3rd is the 2nd one held at the University of Wolverhampton and focuses on policy and legal issues on intellectual property in developing countries."

he added "I am very happy to play a small part in welcoming delegates to our city, I believe it is important International Symposium's like this which will lift recognition of our city worldwide. It also clearly shows how central Wolverhampton University is in the continued development of Wolverhampton both here in the UK and abroad."