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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

LLM - Master of Laws

Subject areas

Law

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Course description

This general LLM offers you a solid grounding in the fundamental principles of law, combined with the flexibility to explore your own interests with support from research-active teaching staff.

This way of pursuing advanced legal study will suit anyone who would like to maintain a multi-directional legal profile, applicable to a broad range of professional careers.

Aims

Combining the core principals of law with a specialism, our LLM Law includes a compulsory research element, allowing you to develop strong research skills, while offering the opportunity to deep dive into one of the range of topics you have studied during your degree.

Special features

Our LLM Law is taught by a unique combination of legal, criminological and ethical specialists.

Teaching and learning

Manchester's unique combination of legal, criminological and ethical specialists collaborating within the School means you will benefit from an impressive and wide range of optional subjects and opportunities, enabling you to further develop your own interests while studying with us.

Coursework and assessment

Course units are usually assessed by either one unseen written examination, or one essay, or a combination of these two methods of assessment.

The course will be 180 credits in total and has a compulsory research component. 120 credits will be taught units and the remaining 60 credits in the form of a 14,000-15,000 word dissertation.

Your dissertation must be within the area of one unit you have chosen. The research element of the course is supported by weekly research methodology lectures delivered throughout semesters one and two designed to improve your legal writing and research skills.

Career opportunities

Manchester Law LLM graduates will be equipped with the tools to build a multi-directional legal profile, preparing you for a career in the law, for further study, and for a number of other possible paths.

Modules

The dissertation will be a maximum of 15,000 words on an approved topic. Students must submit a provisional title and a brief summary of their proposed topic by a specific date that will be set at the beginning of the first semester by the Progamme Director. If you wish to complete a dissertation you need to approach an academic member of staff, preferably the course director under which your chosen topic might fall, to approve the provisional title. Once completed, the dissertation must be submitted electronically on specific published date (in early September of the year in which the examinations were passed). Further information about title approvals, the supervision process and submission process will be made available during the first semester.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£15,500

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£28,500

Entry requirements

We require a UK bachelor's degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent in Law. Candidates should demonstrate a strong background in Law modules relevant to the course, including Public Law and Contract Law and achieve scores of 2.1 or above in relevant modules. When assessing your academic record, we consider the grades you have achieved and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification.