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LL.M in Professional Legal Practice - course content and assessment

To achieve our LL.M in Professional Legal Practice you need to successfully complete six of the following modules plus an assignment.

Modules

Module  Study mode  First available
start date
Business, finance and the legal services market  Supervised online July 2010
International intellectual property practice  Supervised online July 2010
International commercial legal practice  Supervised online July 2010
International public companies practice  Supervised online July 2010
International capital markets and loans practice  Supervised online July 2010
International mergers and acquisitions practice  Supervised online July 2010
International antitrust practice  Supervised online July 2010
International business organisations  Supervised online July 2010
International joint ventures  Supervised online July 2010
International arbitration practice  Supervised online July 2010
Acquisitions  Blended learning March 2010
Advanced criminal practice  Blended learning March 2010
Advanced property law and practice  Blended learning March 2010
Banking and debt finance  Blended learning March 2010
Commercial dispute resolution  Blended learning March 2010
Commercial law and practice  Blended learning March 2010
Employment law and practice  Blended learning March 2010
Family law and practice  Blended learning March 2010
Housing law and practice  Blended learning March 2010
Insurance law  Blended learning March 2010
Personal injury and clinical negligence litigation  Blended learning March 2010
Private client: wills, trusts and estate planning  Blended learning March 2010
Public companies and equity finance  Blended learning March 2010
Welfare benefits and immigration law  Blended learning March 2010

College of Law LPC or BPTC graduates qualifying for prior credit towards the LL.M in Professional Legal Practice only need to complete three modules from the above list and an assignment to achieve the full LL.M.

Assignment

You need to complete a 15,000-word assignment under the supervision of a College tutor. They will help you choose a suitable subject, which could include a topical legal matter, a current case being handled by your firm or chambers, or a new area you would like to explore.

Assignments can start once you have satisfactorily completed the modules.  Assignments start in January or July each year and six months is allowed for their completion.

Specialist qualifications

If you choose modules in similar areas of practice and an assignment in the same field, we will be able to make specialist LL.M awards. For example, if you choose to specialise in international commercial law, your Masters degree will be classified ‘LL.M in Professional Legal Practice (International Commercial)’. We can help you choose modules that will contribute to the named specialised degree that you want.

Assessment

You will need to achieve a minimum pass mark of 50% on all study modules and the assignment. If you pass all modules and receive a mark of 70% or more on your assignment, your LL.M will be awarded with ‘Distinction’.

The final unit of each supervised online module is a 3,000 to 5,000-word assessment. Each blended learning module will be assessed by an unseen 2.5 hour examination at the College centre where you received your face-to-face tuition.