LLM Environmental Law and Practice (distance learning)

Overview

Reasons to study Environmental Law and Practice at DMU:

This course is particularly suitable for people who work for regulatory bodies, whether in legal departments or as field or enforcement officers, environmental consultants, planners, solicitors, barristers, those who work in regulated industries, such as waste or water, and academics.

• KNect365 Learning This course is delivered in partnership with KNect365 Learning – An Informa Business, an organisation dedicated to working with leading academic bodies to provide high-calibre and well respected distance learning postgraduate courses
• Develop your own personal pathway This course combines one core module with a diverse range of optional modules
• Study at your own pace Enjoy flexible distance learning, with the option to exit at one of several points with a postgraduate award
• Differentiate yourself in the job market Gain a competitive edge by increasing your knowledge of Environmental law
• Boost your employability Improve your career and employability options in a globalised job market.

Teaching and assessment

The LLM is studied by distance learning and is fully assessed by coursework and a dissertation. The distance learning mode involves optional attendance at Leicester De Montfort Law School, for a maximum of ten Saturday study days during the period of study. The course is structured in a way that allows you to exit at one of several points, if desired, each with a postgraduate award.

Graduate careers

This career development course equips you to enter legal and other work relating to the operation and regulation of businesses, both in the UK and overseas.

Applicants will normally hold an undergraduate degree in any subject with a minimum pass of 2:2, or equivalent overseas qualification, or an appropriate professional qualification. Some background knowledge of law is useful , but a degree in law is not essential.