The Law School places a lot of emphasis on having a good tutorial system - as an important aspect of a department in which staff are approachable and helpful, and in which everything possible is done to foster students' intellectual and personal development. In addition to teaching contact, a member of the academic staff is allocated to each undergraduate student as a personal tutor. Tutors are backed by a departmental Tutorial Co-ordinator and by a Faculty Senior Tutor. KLS tutors have regular contact with tutees even in the absence of any problems - this will typically involve an individual meeting at the beginning and end of each term. Tutors are also have regular contact times when they will be available to deal with routine problems - normally two hours p.w. and help with urgent problems is always available.
Tutors are very flexible in the kind of assistance they can give.
This can include confidential help with difficult personal problems but also advice on course choice and referral on to particular sources of expertise within the University. The departmental office will handle most student queries itself - and act as a referral agency where students need to contact a different part of the university administration.