School of Law

The School of Law welcomes applications from people with disabilities.

In line with the University's obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act, we do not treat disabled applicants less favourably than applicants without disabilities.

The School of Law strives to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled applicants have full and equal access to our admissions procedures and courses.

We keep any judgment about an individual candidate's academic suitability separate from any consideration of the applicant's disability-related support requirements.

As well as responding to individual requests for such adjustments from applicants or students, the School strives to ensure that our admissions process and any related events -- for example, school applicant visit days -- are as accessible as possible.

In line with the Disability Discrimination Act, the School adopts a broad definition of disability, which would, for example, cover many people with dyslexia, long-term mental health conditions or Asperger Syndrome, as well as people who are blind, partially-sighted, deaf, hard of hearing or who have a mobility or physical impairment.

We ask applicants to indicate their disability status on their application form, and we encourage applicants to disclose any disability. Where candidates choose not to disclose their disability, this may make it more difficult -- or, in some cases, impossible -- for the University to make adjustments.

We also advise disabled candidates to contact the University's Disability Team, which is part of the University's Equality Service, once an application has been submitted through UCAS to discuss any support requirements they may have.

We welcome applicants who wish to contact the School directly to discuss any support or adjustments they may require.

This policy should also be read in conjunction with the University of Leeds Undergraduate Admissions Policy, which states the University's broader commitments to delivering a fair and equal admissions process for disabled applicants.

Students with mobility problems need to be aware that parts of the main Law buildings are not as accessible as we would like. The School plans to move into a new fully accessible law building in January 2011.