Contents - Faculty of Law - University of Cambridge
Contents - Faculty of Law - University of Cambridge
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Paper application available to download from the Board <strong>of</strong> Graduate Studies website at:http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/applying/paper.htmlThe closing date for paper applications for the LLM course is 1 December in the year preceding the year in which youwish to start the course. Therefore the deadline for the 2011 entry course is 1 December 2010. You should be awarethat applicants who are <strong>of</strong>fered a place on the LLM course by the <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> also have to be accepted formembership by one <strong>of</strong> the colleges.The LLM Examination. LLM students take four papers from the options <strong>of</strong>fered by the <strong>Faculty</strong>. Students are free tochoose any four subjects, except in cases where constraints <strong>of</strong> the timetable limit this choice. The LLM programme <strong>of</strong>fersa broad curriculum including a range <strong>of</strong> topics in international law, European Union law and commercial law. Thesubjects prescribed for the academical year 2010-2011 are stated overleaf. The subjects <strong>of</strong>fered by the <strong>Faculty</strong> mightvary from year to year in the light <strong>of</strong> changes to <strong>Faculty</strong> policy or personnel and therefore the <strong>Faculty</strong> cannot guaranteethat any <strong>of</strong> the subjects listed for 2010-2011 will be prescribed in future years.LLM students are assessed in each <strong>of</strong> the four subjects they have studied during the course. A subject might beexamined by a three-hour written examination, a two-hour written examination together with an assessed essay <strong>of</strong> notmore than 7,000 words, or by a supervised thesis <strong>of</strong> not more than 18,000 words. Certain courses, designated asseminar courses, are examined solely be means <strong>of</strong> a thesis <strong>of</strong> not more than 18,000 words. It is not possible to submittwo theses, therefore a candidate may not <strong>of</strong>fer a thesis in lieu <strong>of</strong> a written examination in addition to following a seminarcourse.Candidates who <strong>of</strong>fer at least three papers from those designated by the <strong>Faculty</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong> as international law,commercial law, or European law topics (or a thesis in lieu <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> them) will have the letter (i), (c) or (e) respectivelyplaced against their name in the class list to indicate that they have specialised in that area <strong>of</strong> law. The LLMexaminations take place at the end <strong>of</strong> May and the beginning <strong>of</strong> June.For further information on Postgraduate courses and degrees see page 112, below.74
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