法医和法律医学中心直接由苏格兰王室办公室根据与大学的协议提供资金，该大学为泰赛德，法夫和中部地区的检察官提供法医尸检和毒理学服务。调查的案件范围包括道路交通事故死亡，自杀，家庭和工作中的事故，凶杀和突然自然死亡，以及麻醉下的医院内死亡和其他意外的医院死亡。研究生研究计划主要在法医毒理学领域。该部门对法医学在支持人权方面的应用表现出浓厚的兴趣，并在该领域具有教学，研究和国际服务承诺。
The Centre for Forensic & Legal Medicine is funded directly by the Scottish Crown Office under an agreement with the University which provides forensic autopsy and toxicology services to procurators fiscal in Tayside, Fife and Central regions. The range of cases investigated includes road traffic fatalities, suicides, accidents at home and at work, homicides and sudden natural deaths, as well as in-hospital deaths under anaesthesia and other unexpected hospital deaths. Postgraduate research programmes are mainly in the field of forensic toxicology. The department has an active interest in the application of forensic medicine in support of human rights and has teaching, research and international service commitments in this field.