Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Master of Laws - ML
Alternative Exit

Programme Offerings

Part-Time

F2F-JMU-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

This specialist master’s degree programme is designed for both recent non-law graduates and more experienced students from diverse backgrounds who wish to change or develop their careers in law. Successful completion of this programme is , the start to the vocational stage of training as a solicitor or barrister. The LLM is designed for non-law graduates to: - provide an academically rigorous programme of legal education that will equip you for the vocational stage of legal training, and - provide a sound foundation for you to develop the legal knowledge and competencies necessary for a career in legal practice, and - provides the opportunity for you to undertake practical research and put your legal knowledge into practice in different areas of law. The programme aims are to: - foster a sound knowledge and understanding of the Functioning Legal Knowledge of the English and Welsh legal system and process, and the linked practical skills - ensure an appreciation of the historic and continuing impact of EU Law on UK national law. - enable you to analyse legal problems in order to provide authoritative solutions - enable you to conduct effective legal research, using both print and electronic resources to identify statute, case law and relevant secondary materials - develop, in a legal context, the range of acquired skills that contribute to effective academic study, problem solving, analysis and communication - develop your competence in the law-related use of ITC and appreciation of its actual and potential value in law and legal study - enable you to apply knowledge and skills learned in one legal context to another - develop practical skills in order to be able to advise a client in different legal settings - develop practical oral skills of advocacy and mediation in order to be able to represent the clients best interests - develop written skills in order to advise and report to clients by way of written communications such as letters and memos - conduct practical legal research and present in a professional manner

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the concepts, principles and rules constituting the areas of law studied
2.
Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the legal system and process, and of the interrelationship between different areas of law in an Anglo-Welsh context.
3.
Be conversant with the nature, development and application of common law and equitable principles.
4.
Develop an awareness of the sources of law and human rights law, of the machinery of law-making and of the political, social and economic context of law reform.
5.
Demonstrate practical legal skills required of a legal practitioner both in oral and written form.
6.
Be able to present practical and legal knowledge in a coherent and client focussed manner.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

From day one students will be introduced to the English Legal System and begin to acquire knowledge and understanding of the legal theories and principles which underpin the compulsory areas of substantive law that are to be studied. As the course progresses, students will have to demonstrate their achievement of the required learning outcomes through a series of formal assessments, culminating in your final examinations. The approach to teaching and learning is informed by the LJMU Learning Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Strategy. The acquisition of subject knowledge and practical legal skills is achieved primarily through student centred transactional workshops supplemented by large group sessions and supported extensive learning materials. The testing of the knowledge and practical legal skills is through a combination of examinations, presentations and courseworks in the form of essays, problem based scenarios, MCQs, research projects and oral presentations.

Opportunities for work related learning

Students are put into 'firms' on their first day on the programme and will work alongside their personal tutor and a legal practitioner to apply skills obtained through the programme to 'real life' situations. There is a pro bono clinic operated within the law school which is offered to law students at all levels. Students can be involved in matters such as family law, employment and business law. Students are encouraged to obtain their own work experience by undertaking mini-pupillages/voluntary work in a solicitors' office etc. Students undertake the research project in clinical legal education in order to enhance their employability skills.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

In order to be awarded the alternative exit award of PG Diploma in Law & Practice, students will need to achieve 120 credits in all modules except for module 7320LAWMLP which they will not need to undertake.

Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations

There will be a final dissertation module/research project module which includes a 10% weighting dissertation research project proposal relating to legal research methodology. The remaining 90% being the dissertation/research project. No standalone research skills module must be passed to complete the dissertation/project module as per AF Reg PG AF4.3.

Entry Requirements

Alternative qualifications considered

HECoS Code(s)

(CAH16-01) law