The School is at the heart of a busy, attractive campus, with new facilities such as the library, students union and sports centre; it is an ideal place to study, make friends and develop contacts that will be of lasting value to future careers. It has been placed as one of the top ten law schools by The Times Good University Guide 2009, and the NSS 2007 'Overall Student Satisfaction' score puts the School in the top four UK Universities.

There is generally an excellent rapport between students and the teaching staff, manifested particularly in tutorials and seminars.” See 'what our students say.' In the 2007 National Student Survey conducted among all final year students between January and April 2007, the School of Law was positioned 3rd out of 78 UK institutions for learning resources, and 5th out of 78 for its teaching.

Southampton is a great place to be a student; there are superb academic, social and sporting facilities, cosmopolitan campuses, and guaranteed first-year accommodation in a range of halls of residence. "I would definitely recommend studying law at Southampton!" See 'what our students say'.

In November 2008, Filippo Lorenzon visited Mexico City where he spoke at the ICC Model Contracts seminar at the local Chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce. During his visit, Filippo gave a speech to the Southampton Alumni on "Modernizing maritime law the traditional way. Achilleas and Rafaela S: the House of Lords' recent interference with the law of carriage of goods by sea". The event was hosted by the School of Law, University of Southampton and co-organized by Angelica Garcia - President of the Mexican Alumni Association - and the Mexican Maritime Law Association. Filippo also visited TEC de Monterrey, one of the leading universities in the Country, with which the University is discussing the possibility of future collaborative research and students exchange programmes.