Law

Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Master of Laws - ML

Alternative Exit

Award Description:Postgraduate Diploma - PD

Award Learning Outcomes:Demonstrate knowledge and understanding critical awareness of the relevant contemporary legal issues. Critically evaluate, analyse and assess the nature of the legal framework, structure and regulation impacting on law and or criminal justice in an international context. Show originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry may be used to create and interpret knowledge in relevant areas of law. Have a systematic understanding and critical awareness of current problems and contemporary issues and/or insights into the changing nature of UK and international corporate business organisations operating within a multi-national framework. Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions and abstract concepts and so formulate judgements and identify a range of solutions to a given problem. Demonstrate skills associated with problem-solving and decision making based on own research and analysis demonstrated through legal writing and communication skills. Develop an ability to exercise initiative when faced with novel and/or complex problem situations. Apply critical and analytical skills associated with legal analysis to identified scenario and situations.

Alternative Exit

Award Description:Postgraduate Certificate - PC

Award Learning Outcomes:Show originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry may be used to create and interpret knowledge in relevant areas of law. Have a systematic understanding and critical awareness of current problems and contemporary issues and/or insights into the changing nature of UK and international corporate business organisations operating within a multi-national framework. Demonstrate skills associated with problem-solving and decision making based on own research and analysis demonstrated through legal writing and communication skills. Develop an ability to exercise initiative when faced with novel and/or complex problem situations. Apply critical and analytical skills associated with legal analysis to identified scenario and situations.

Programme Offerings

Full-Time

F2F-JMU-JAN

F2F-JMU-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

The aim of this programme is for students to gain academic and intellectual progression in a number of areas of law and criminal justice, together with the acquisition of specific knowledge and skills. Within the context of the University's mission statement and responsiveness to national and international needs, curriculum innovation and continuing quality enhancement, the programme objectives are to:
Provide students with knowledge and critical analysis of key themes of law and criminal justice.
Provide advanced legal knowledge and skills directly relevant to law and criminal justice through the delivery of intellectually stimulating course content underpinned in many areas by internationally recognised research.
Provide critical analysis of the complexities arising in the fields of law and criminal justice using challenging and informing global and comparative perspectives. The course is underpinned by the significance of engagement with existing and emerging research and advanced scholarship.
Develop originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

The methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated are as follows:
All Learning Outcomes contained within this programme of study are assessed through the core and option modules.
Assessment is used to judge student performance against the standards set. Assessment is used to give students the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the relevant learning outcomes in accordance with The QAA UK Quality Code. Formative through group interaction in the preparation of work for seminars, and summative through the completion of course works and final dissertation.All taught modules, both Core and Option, are assessed summatively via written coursework. These assessments will require students to display independent learner status through exposition, knowledge and understanding of the stated Learning Outcomes for each Module and the programme as a whole.

Opportunities for work related learning

This qualification develops skills appropriate to a range of careers within allied or related areas. This
postgraduate degree will provide a set of intellectual and practical skills that will aid career development. Holders of this award may also find positions in the field of education and research including continuing their study for a Ph.D.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The Full Time course may be completed in 1 year (12 months). The programme permits a January start date.
Base Structure : January entry
In Semester 1 (January to May), students will be enrolled on : 7101LAWLM Advanced Legal Research Methods plus two options. In Semester 2(September to December)students will be enrolled on 60 credits which will consist of three options. Students will also be enrolled on the 60 credits 7100LAWLM Dissertation (year long).
Base Structure: September entry
In Semester 1(September to December), students will be enrolled on 60 credits which will consist of three options. In Semester 2(January to May) students will be enrolled : 7101LAWLM Advanced Legal Research Methods plus two options. Students will also be enrolled on 60 credits 7100LAWLM Dissertation (year long).
The pass mark for all modules is 50% except for Advanced Legal Research Methods which is a pass/fail module. The Advanced Legal Research Methods Module must be passed prior to the submission of the Dissertation.
While all reasonable attempts will be made to offer all options in any given year, occasionally it may not be possible to offer a particular module. In such an event, students will be notified of this at the beginning of the course.
An alternative exit award of Postgraduate Diploma in Law will be offered to students who do not achieve a pass
in the dissertation module but have gained 120 credits within the programme.
An alternative award of Postgraduate Certificate in Law will be offered to students who have gained 60 credits at the point they exit the course, the 60 credits may not include the dissertation module.

Structure

Level 7

Level 7 Core

Level 7 Optional