Alexander Murison was professor of Roman Law from 1884 to 1925, still paid "five shillings in the guinea" from the student fees; his successor, Herbert Felix Jolowicz, was guaranteed an income of £800 a year.

[11] Previous deans of the faculty include George Williams Keeton,[12] Bin Cheng,[13] Bob Hepple,[14] Jeffrey Jowell,[15] Dawn Oliver,[16] and Dame Hazel Genn.

[18][19] The faculty is based at Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, a Grade II listed building a few minutes walk from the main UCL campus.

[23] The faculty's Judicial Institute, launched in 2010, was the first specialist academic centre for research and teaching about the judiciary to be established in the UK.

[24] UCL Laws is home to a number of associated research centres, groups and institutes:[25] The faculty reported in 2010 that it receives around 2,500 applications for approximately 140 undergraduate places each year.

[26] The faculty admits approximately 350 students to its on campus LLM course each year, receiving an average of 2,500 applicants for admission.

These lectures are delivered by eminent academics from major universities around the world, senior members of the judiciary and leading legal practitioners.