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LLM in Legal Research

Admission

The minimum basic admission requirement for the LLM by research degrees is UK Upper Second Class (2:1) honours degree or its international equivalent, in Law or Social Sciences.


If your first language is not English, you will be required to show that you have obtained one of the following:
  • Grade 7 in the British Council's IELTS test (with at least 6.5 in each section)
  • 100 in the TOEFL internet based test (with no score lower than 23 in each section)
  • Grade B in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
  • Grade A in the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English
  • 67 in the Pearson Test of English (with no score lower than 61 in each of the “Communicative Skills” sections – “Enabling Skills” section scores are not considered)

Your application must include:
  • Two academic references
  • Previous academic transcripts for all past degree programmes (please upload the full transcript showing results from all years of study)
  • Degree certificates showing award of degree
  • An English language proficiency test (if required)
  • You do not need to attach a separate research proposal, but you should summarise their intended field of research on the relevant section of the postgraduate application form.

More information here

Application


The minimum basic admission requirement for the LLM by research degrees is UK Upper Second Class (2:1) honours degree or its international equivalent, in Law or Social Sciences.


If your first language is not English, you will be required to show that you have obtained one of the following:
  • Grade 7 in the British Council's IELTS test (with at least 6.5 in each section)
  • 100 in the TOEFL internet based test (with no score lower than 23 in each section)
  • Grade B in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
  • Grade A in the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English
  • 67 in the Pearson Test of English (with no score lower than 61 in each of the “Communicative Skills” sections – “Enabling Skills” section scores are not considered)

Your application must include:
  • Two academic references
  • Previous academic transcripts for all past degree programmes (please upload the full transcript showing results from all years of study)
  • Degree certificates showing award of degree
  • An English language proficiency test (if required)
  • You do not need to attach a separate research proposal, but you should summarise their intended field of research on the relevant section of the postgraduate application form.

More information here

Programme

 The programme has four principal aims:

  • to introduce students to the ideas and practices of legal research (courses on Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research and Legal Research Methods);
  • to consolidate, supplement and deepen undergraduate knowledge through in-depth substantive study (one full-year or two one-semester course(s) from the taught LLM programmes);
  • to give students experience of conducting independent research by completing an extended dissertation;
  • to give students an ideal context within which to work onframing a doctoral research project.

The LLM in Legal Research may be taken over one year (full-time) or two years (part-time). 

Semester 1: Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research (20 credits)

Semester 2: Legal Research Methods (20 credits)

Read more about the course options available.



More information here

Programme

 The programme has four principal aims:

  • to introduce students to the ideas and practices of legal research (courses on Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research and Legal Research Methods);
  • to consolidate, supplement and deepen undergraduate knowledge through in-depth substantive study (one full-year or two one-semester course(s) from the taught LLM programmes);
  • to give students experience of conducting independent research by completing an extended dissertation;
  • to give students an ideal context within which to work onframing a doctoral research project.

The LLM in Legal Research may be taken over one year (full-time) or two years (part-time). 

Semester 1: Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research (20 credits)

Semester 2: Legal Research Methods (20 credits)

Read more about the course options available.



More information here