Welcome Week

We strongly advise that you are present in Edinburgh in good time for Welcome Week activities, which will commence the week beginning Monday 8th September 2025.

Welcome Week provides you with the opportunity to take part in a range of activities and events including School and programme-specific events designed to introduce you to life at the University of Edinburgh, Law School and Edinburgh more generally.

Welcome Week activities will be confirmed throughout August and we advise you checking the University of Edinburgh's New Students website on a regular basis and downloading the Events App.

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School Welcome Week events

Welcome talk and social events

Event	Date and time	Location
Mindfulness session	Tuesday 9th September 13:00-13:45	G.158 Quad Teaching Room, Old College
Edinburgh Law School Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Welcome Event	Tuesday 9th September 14:00-16:00	Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre, George Square
Treasure Hunt	Thursday 11th September 13:30-15:30	G.159 MacLaren Stuart Room, Old College
Welcome Reception	Thursday 11th September 16:30-18:00	Playfair Library, Old College

Programme welcome events and skills sessions

Attending your Programme Welcome Talk Event is compulsory. It is also the main way that we confirm your attendance. It is essential to confirm your attendance during Welcome Week.

If you have an extenuating circumstance which means you are unable to arrive in Edinburgh in time for Welcome Week and your Programme Welcome Talk Event you must inform the Postgraduate Office at law.pg@ed.ac.uk

Event	Date and time	Location
LLM Medical Law and Ethics	Monday 8th September 09:30-11:00	Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Law School, Old College
LLM Law	Monday 8th September 09:30-11:00	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
LLM Global Environment and Climate Change Law	Monday 8th September 11:00-12:30	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
LLM Intellectual Property Law	Monday 8th September 13:30-15:00	Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Law School, Old College
LLM International Economic Law	Monday 8th September 14:00-15:30	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law	Monday 8th September 15:30-17:00	Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Law School, Old College
LLM European Law	Tuesday 9th September 09:30-11:00	G.158 Quad Teaching Room, Law School, Old College
LLM Comparative Private Law	Tuesday 9th September 09:30-11:00	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
MSc Global Crime, Justice and Security	Tuesday 9th September 11:00-12:30	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
LLM International Banking Law and Finance	Wednesday 10th September 09:00-11:00	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice	Wednesday 10th September 11:00-12:30	Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Law School, Old College
LLM Human Rights	Wednesday 10th September 11:00-12:30	Room 1.3 Lister, Lister Learning and Teaching Centre
LLM Corporate Law	Wednesday 10th September 14:00-15:30	G.158 Quad Teaching Room, Law School, Old College
LLM Criminal Law and Criminal Justice	Wednesday 10th September 14:00-15:30	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
LLM International Law	Thursday 11th September 09:30-11:00	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
LLM Commercial Law	Thursday 11th September 11:00-12:30	Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Law School, Old College
How to Read Common Law Cases (Private Law students only	Friday 12th September 14:00-16:00	G.159 MacLaren Stuart, Law School, Old College
Skills Session for Intellectual Property Law LLM students (Intellectual Property Law students only)	Monday 15th September 13:00-16:30	Room 1.9 Lister, Lister Learning and Teaching Centre
Law, Ethics and Critical Thinking (Medical Law and Ethics students only)	Monday 15th September 14:00-15:00	Teaching Room 02, Law School, Old College
Making the Most of IT	Wednesday 17th September 14:30-15:30	Online
Using the University Library	Thursday 18th September 13:00-14:00	Online
European Law Inaugural Lecture	Thursday 18th September 11:00-12:30	Moot Court Room, Law School, Old College

Please note the schedule of Welcome Week events are subject to change.

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