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LL.M. HANDBOOK 2011-2012Two-hour Examinations and EssaysSome LLM courses are evaluated by a choice of either a three-hour examination or acombination of a two hour examination and an essay of not more than 7,000 wordsprepared by students in their own time.Where an essay is permitted, a total of one third of the overall marks is allocated to theessay, and two thirds to the timed examination.If you wish to offer an essay as part of the examination you should consult theguidance in Part 3 of this handbook.If you wish to write an essay you must complete Form E1 which is at the back of thishandbook, and return it to Suzanne Wade in the Faculty Office by 12 noon on Friday 21October 2011.Form and Conduct of the LLM ExaminationDuring the Michaelmas term, the Faculty Board of Law will issue a document entitled ‘LLMForm and Conduct Notice 2011-2012’. This is the Faculty’s official instructions forcandidates taking the LLM examination. The document has two parts, as outlined below:1) FormThe first section details the ‘Form’ of the examination. It will specify the number ofquestions a candidate is required to answer in each paper, the number of questions fromwhich a candidate may select the questions to be answered, and any limitations which maybe placed upon a candidate’s choice of questions.2) ConductThe second section of the document details the ‘Conduct’ for the examination. This willspecify which materials (if any) may be taken by candidates into the examination room. Inparticular, it will specify whether a given paper is to be in ‘closed book’ or ‘open book’format.AllowancesFor LLM candidates there is only one opportunity to sit an examination; there are no resits.If you complete a substantial part of the examination but are unable to finish it for goodreason, such as illness, you may seek an ‘allowance’. An application for an allowance hasto be made through your College Tutor and must be supported by cogent evidence; it istherefore vital to keep your College Tutor informed of such misfortunes. If you are unable,again for good reason, even to start the examination, you may in exceptional circumstancesseek leave to take the examination a year later; again this application must be madethrough your College Tutor. However, you take the risk that one or more of the courses youhave taken may have changed in content or even not be offered at all in that year.18