Euro law tour

Law and Criminology students swapped Ormskirk for Brussels recently in the Department’s annual tour of the EU institutions.

The trip included a visit to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, where the students were able to sit in on a legal case and experience first hand the mechanics of European law in action.

Students then travelled to Brussels, where they took a tour of the European Parliament and listened to a talk from Gary Titley, MEP for the North West, who has strong links with Edge Hill’s Law and Criminology department.

EU law is a key part of Edge Hill’s Law and Criminology courses, responding to the fact that future lawyers will practice in a global market and will need to have knowledge of national, European and international laws and institutions.

Adam Pendlebury, Lecturer in Law, said: “This trip takes place every year and is an important part of students’ learning, in that they can put the knowledge gained on EU law modules into context. It is also good to get students off campus for a while so they can get to know each other and staff better.”