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Postgraduate programmes in Law<br />
Master of<br />
Laws (LLM)<br />
Postgraduate<br />
Diploma in Laws<br />
Postgraduate<br />
Certificate in Laws<br />
2016–2017<br />
Academic direction by<br />
The World Class: studied anywhere,<br />
valued everywhere.<br />
londoninternational.ac.uk/<strong>llm</strong>
Join the World Class<br />
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Quality<br />
3<br />
Worldwide<br />
4<br />
Access<br />
5<br />
Flexible<br />
mark of excellence<br />
Gain a postgraduate law University of London degree<br />
and increase your potential career development.<br />
of learning<br />
Grasp the opportunity to learn via a programme of study led and taught by senior<br />
professors from Queen Mary University of London and UCL, both of which rank<br />
in the top 10 Law departments in the UK (2016 QS World University Rankings).<br />
relevance<br />
Acquire advanced knowledge of legal issues, a necessary skill for a career in<br />
law, government, banking and financial services, national and international<br />
corporations, regional and international organisations, shipping, the media,<br />
human rights: just pick and choose one or more of our 30 specialisations or<br />
compile your own combination of courses.<br />
a wealth of resources<br />
You receive comprehensive study guides written by subject experts, as well as access<br />
to extensive online learning materials for each course: videocasts of lectures, online<br />
interactive tutorials, e-materials, e-forums, e-clinics with the Programme Director.<br />
learning<br />
With no travel, relocation or accommodation costs, studying through the<br />
University of London International Programmes costs less than a third of the<br />
cost of taught degrees in London-based colleges. And you can spread your study,<br />
and its costs, over five years. What’s more, you can continue working full time.<br />
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“In the increasingly<br />
competitive<br />
environment of<br />
worldwide access<br />
to higher education,<br />
the University of<br />
London International<br />
Programmes continue<br />
to offer a guarantee<br />
of quality, value and<br />
intellectual rigour.”<br />
Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS<br />
Vice-Chancellor, University of London<br />
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Your prestigious University<br />
of London qualification<br />
About your qualification<br />
When you graduate with a degree, diploma or certificate<br />
from the University of London you will receive two<br />
important documents – your Final Diploma (the parchment<br />
you receive on graduation) and a Diploma Supplement.<br />
The Final Diploma<br />
• Indicates that you were registered with the<br />
University of London and awarded a University<br />
of London degree, diploma or certificate.<br />
• Gives the name of the University of London Colleges<br />
that developed the syllabus and provided assessment.<br />
• Features the University of London crest and<br />
the Vice-Chancellor’s signature.<br />
The Diploma Supplement<br />
• Describes the nature, level and content of the programme<br />
you successfully completed.<br />
• Includes the transcript of courses taken, marks achieved<br />
and overall classification.<br />
• States the role of the University of London Colleges and the<br />
method of study.<br />
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Contents<br />
Key dates<br />
To sit exams in May<br />
Best to apply before<br />
30 September (previous year)<br />
Must register by<br />
10 November (previous year)<br />
To sit exams in October<br />
Best to apply before<br />
28 February (same year)<br />
Postgraduate Programmes in Law<br />
Join the World Class 2<br />
Your prestigious University of London qualification 4<br />
Renowned for excellence in legal education 6<br />
Is this programme for me? 7<br />
Flexible study and support 8<br />
A message from QMUL and UCL 10<br />
Your progression through the awards 11<br />
Specialisations 12<br />
Courses 13<br />
Entrance requirements 14<br />
How to apply and register 16<br />
Fees 18<br />
Must register by<br />
15 April (same year)<br />
A global reach<br />
with over 50,000<br />
students spanning<br />
180 countries<br />
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Renowned for excellence in<br />
legal education<br />
Professor Helen Xanthaki, LLB<br />
(Athens), M.Jur, Ph.D. (Durham);<br />
Professor of Law, UCL; Director,<br />
Postgraduate Laws Programme<br />
‘Postgraduate degrees in law are highly<br />
desirable qualifications: they<br />
demonstrate professional expertise<br />
and personal achievement. When<br />
awarded by the University of London,<br />
these degrees serve as proof of<br />
excellence and high standards.<br />
Enhancement of a career in law is the<br />
obvious goal for many. But equally the<br />
goal can be development of a career in<br />
diverse professional fora, such as<br />
government, the civil service, or the<br />
private sector.<br />
These can now be accessed equally by<br />
law graduates, non-law graduates, and<br />
people with professional experience.<br />
The availability of nested degrees<br />
allows access to the LLM simply on the<br />
basis of success in the PGCert and<br />
PGDip, thus offering real open access<br />
to those who do not carry a traditional<br />
law graduate CV. The pace of<br />
achievement is flexible over five years,<br />
and adaptable to the qualifications and<br />
circumstances of each individual<br />
student: from a law graduate wishing<br />
to achieve the LLM within one year to<br />
the non-qualified professional who can<br />
begin with the PGCert and progress to<br />
the LLM as quickly or slowly as<br />
professional and financial obligations<br />
allow. Gentle or accelerated access<br />
both offer a choice of over 60 courses,<br />
the widest choice in the market. And<br />
this choice can be packaged in a<br />
generic degree or a degree with one of<br />
30 specialisations. Or, even, three<br />
degrees of three specialisations within<br />
the course of the LLM programme! I<br />
am proud to be directing a unique<br />
programme that offers the opportunity<br />
to study law at postgraduate level to<br />
anyone who is willing and able to put<br />
in the hard work required – and my<br />
team and I are all here to make sure<br />
that success can come your way!’<br />
Academic<br />
direction: Queen<br />
Mary and UCL<br />
Renowned for excellence in legal<br />
education, the University of London<br />
is both one of the largest and most<br />
respected academic institutions in<br />
the world. When you join the<br />
Postgraduate Laws Programme, you<br />
become part of an international<br />
community of high academic<br />
achievers whose affiliation with the<br />
University sets them apart.<br />
The academic management for the<br />
programme is provided jointly by<br />
the Department of Law of Queen<br />
Mary University of London and the<br />
Faculty of Laws at UCL. Senior<br />
academics from the University of<br />
London and the UK plan the<br />
structure and content of the<br />
programme, develop and write study<br />
materials, compile the e-resources<br />
(with videocasts, online tutorials, and<br />
revision tutorials), set the examination<br />
papers and mark scripts.<br />
Professor Xanthaki, the Programme<br />
Director, offers monthly videocasts<br />
with news and advice, and monthly<br />
online interactive clinics.<br />
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Is this programme for me?<br />
International<br />
recognition<br />
Our programme is an internationally<br />
recognised postgraduate law degree.<br />
Career advancement<br />
for law graduates<br />
Law students and professionals pursue<br />
our programme to gain expertise in a<br />
specialised field of law, such as<br />
commercial law, banking law,<br />
arbitration, common law, or shipping<br />
law. Law firms tend to prefer job<br />
candidates with an LLM from a good<br />
University because it indicates that a<br />
lawyer has acquired advanced, specialist<br />
legal training and is qualified to work in<br />
a multinational legal environment.<br />
Career advancement<br />
for non-law<br />
graduates<br />
Non-law graduates or experienced<br />
professionals pursue an LLM to gain<br />
expertise in areas of the law that<br />
regulate their current or prospective<br />
careers. Our programme offers more<br />
than 30 specialisations to choose from<br />
as a means of demonstrating a generic<br />
awareness of law or specialist<br />
knowledge applicable to a specific field<br />
of activity: for example, public law for<br />
government; international law for<br />
international or regional organisations;<br />
human rights for NGOs; maritime law<br />
for shipping; banking and finance law<br />
for banks and financial institutions;<br />
private law for diverse careers from<br />
human resources to management. The<br />
choice of courses is extensive and their<br />
application to the career market one of<br />
the widest available.<br />
Programme structure<br />
Our programme is built up from<br />
courses which cover a particular aspect<br />
of law. Each course is divided into four<br />
self-contained but integrated ‘modules’.<br />
To gain an LLM you study four full courses<br />
which make up 16 modules; for the<br />
Postgraduate Diploma you study 10<br />
modules, chosen from no more than<br />
four courses; for the Postgraduate<br />
Certificate you study five modules, again<br />
chosen from no more than four courses.<br />
Progression routes<br />
Once you have passed the five<br />
modules for the Postgraduate<br />
Certificate, you will automatically be<br />
eligible for progression to the<br />
Postgraduate Diploma. Similarly, once<br />
you have passed the 10 modules for<br />
the Postgraduate Diploma, you will<br />
automatically be eligible for progression<br />
to the LLM. To see how this works in<br />
practice, please see ‘Your progression<br />
through the awards’ on page 11.<br />
Is this programme<br />
for me?<br />
Our programme is for everyone who<br />
has the desire and motivation to study<br />
hard and succeed. The programme<br />
requires you to be highly motivated<br />
and disciplined. You need to be able to<br />
master complex problems<br />
independently. Some students find such<br />
self-directed study challenging, but all<br />
agree that it is incredibly rewarding.<br />
Watch our LLM overviews on our<br />
YouTube channel, in which students<br />
and graduates share their study<br />
experiences and how the degree has<br />
helped them in their careers.<br />
Student overview:<br />
bit.ly/<strong>llm</strong>student-intro<br />
Programme overview:<br />
bit.ly/<strong>llm</strong>-overview<br />
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Flexible study and support<br />
The Postgraduate Laws Programme is<br />
flexible: you are not required to attend<br />
tutorials (although it is strongly advised<br />
that you do), complete assignments or<br />
come to London. As examinations are<br />
held twice a year in over 180 countries,<br />
you can sit them locally wherever you<br />
are based, and whenever you are ready.<br />
Flexible admissions<br />
You can apply to join the programme<br />
at any time of year and start whenever<br />
you receive your study materials. You<br />
do not need a law degree to apply:<br />
students with a good non-law degree<br />
can start on the Postgraduate Diploma<br />
and progress to the LLM. Students<br />
without an honours degree can start<br />
on the Postgraduate Certificate. For<br />
entry requirements please see page 14.<br />
Flexible study period<br />
You have between one and five years<br />
to complete the LLM and the<br />
Postgraduate Diploma; and from six<br />
months to five years for the<br />
Postgraduate Certificate.<br />
Flexible assessment<br />
Exams are held twice a year in May and<br />
October and can be taken locally. Each<br />
module is assessed by a 45-minute<br />
unseen written exam with a choice of<br />
questions. There is no oral exam or<br />
dissertation. Exams are set and marked<br />
in London. If you fail a module you only<br />
need to resit the failed module, not the<br />
entire course.<br />
Flexible payment<br />
You do not have to pay in full when<br />
you start your first course, unless you<br />
wish to. Most students choose the payas-you-go<br />
option, spreading the cost<br />
by paying for each new module in turn.<br />
How many times can<br />
I repeat exams?<br />
You may repeat an exam for the same<br />
module only once. If you fail it a second<br />
time, your registration with the University<br />
of London for the Postgraduate Laws<br />
Programme will cease. But of course<br />
you may decide not to sit a failed<br />
module for a second time and start<br />
afresh with a new module<br />
How much time<br />
will I need?<br />
It is up to you how you schedule<br />
your studies, depending on your work<br />
and personal commitments. However,<br />
it is recommended that you will<br />
need to dedicate around 120 hours<br />
for each module.<br />
How many modules<br />
should I study at one<br />
time?<br />
Most students choose to study one<br />
course (all four modules) twice a year.<br />
In this way, you can complete the<br />
entire LLM within two years.<br />
Number of modules<br />
examined<br />
There is no requirement to be<br />
examined at any particular exam<br />
session. You can choose when to be<br />
examined on any module, so long as<br />
you complete your study within the<br />
period of registration.<br />
Is CPD available?<br />
The University offers credit bearing<br />
individual modules from the<br />
programme that can be taken on a<br />
stand-alone basis. You may take up<br />
to four individual modules. Please see<br />
our website for details.<br />
Accreditation of prior<br />
learning (APL)<br />
APL requests may only be made based<br />
upon a Postgraduate Certificate in Law<br />
or Postgraduate Diploma in Law<br />
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awarded by a College or Institute of the<br />
University of London and not on the<br />
basis of any other qualification(s).<br />
Applicants for the Postgraduate<br />
Certificate may request APL for no<br />
more than one module, applicants for<br />
the Postgraduate Diploma for no more<br />
than three, and applicants for the LLM<br />
for no more than five<br />
Study support<br />
and materials<br />
To improve and aid your study<br />
experience, extensive study materials<br />
are provided, including:<br />
• A comprehensive Skills Guide<br />
• Textbook(s) provided for each course<br />
and Readers for most modules.<br />
• Study guides (print and online).<br />
Written and edited for distance<br />
learning purposes, sometimes by the<br />
author of the textbook provided.<br />
• Annual Recent Developments keep you<br />
up to date with the law in your area.<br />
• Past examination papers and<br />
Examiners’ commentaries are<br />
available on our eCampus.<br />
• Postgraduate Laws Programme<br />
Handbook containing information and<br />
advice that is specific to your studies<br />
as a Postgraduate Laws student.<br />
• Regulations containing full details of<br />
syllabuses, programme structures<br />
and assessment.<br />
The eCampus<br />
You also have access to an online<br />
eCampus containing:<br />
• The Virtual Learning Environment<br />
(VLE) with online videocasts of<br />
presentations from the leading<br />
academic of each course; plus a<br />
forum for online tutorials with the<br />
academic tutor of each course; plus<br />
reading materials<br />
• Extensive Online Library resources.<br />
• More than 10 legal databases<br />
including Lexis/Nexis® and Westlaw®<br />
and other databases of business,<br />
management, economics and<br />
scholarly materials.<br />
• Dedicated discussion forum for<br />
each course.<br />
To view the full range of Online Library<br />
resources, please visit:<br />
external.shl.lon.ac.uk<br />
To use the eCampus, you will need:<br />
• a computer with regular internet access<br />
• a web browser – any recent version<br />
of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or<br />
Chrome<br />
• Javascript<br />
• cookies enabled<br />
• Adobe Acrobat so that you can<br />
download study resources in pdf<br />
format.<br />
Additional<br />
educational support<br />
Whilst the majority of our students<br />
study independently, some may<br />
choose to access additional tuition<br />
support at an independent teaching<br />
institution. Please check our website for<br />
the current list of institutions at: apps.<br />
londoninternational.ac.uk/<br />
onlinesearch/institutions/<br />
The Directory of Institutions also<br />
provides details of those teaching<br />
institutions that have formally<br />
commenced the process for becoming<br />
recognised.<br />
Advisers<br />
Certain organisations have been<br />
appointed as Advisers to the University<br />
of London International Programmes<br />
for the Postgraduate Laws Programme.<br />
Advisers can provide you with<br />
information about the programme. A<br />
full list can be found on the course web<br />
pages: bit.ly/LLM_Advisers<br />
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A message from QMUL and UCL<br />
‘The Faculty of Laws at UCL and the<br />
Department of Law at Queen Mary<br />
University of London are looking<br />
forward to welcoming you as students<br />
to the International Postgraduate Laws<br />
Programme. Together we have created a<br />
very strong distance learning programme,<br />
offering you the opportunity to benefit<br />
from a flexible programme of study, led<br />
by a strong academic team of experts in<br />
more than 60 areas of law, and leading<br />
to a set of three postgraduate degrees<br />
in law awarded by the University of<br />
London. We have no doubt that you will<br />
greatly benefit from your study with us.’<br />
Professor Dame Hazel Genn,<br />
Dean of Laws, UCL<br />
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas,<br />
Head of Laws, QMUL<br />
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Your progression through<br />
the awards<br />
Structure<br />
You take the following number<br />
of courses and modules:<br />
Postgraduate Certificate in Laws<br />
5 modules from up to four courses<br />
Postgraduate Diploma in Laws<br />
10 modules from up to four courses<br />
Master of Laws (LLM)<br />
4 courses<br />
How you progress:<br />
Postgraduate Certificate<br />
in Laws to Postgraduate<br />
Diploma in Laws to<br />
Master of Laws (LLM)<br />
Postgraduate Certificate<br />
in Laws: 5 modules in<br />
total<br />
Module Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4<br />
A<br />
B<br />
C<br />
D<br />
Progression rules<br />
You can progress through two awards –<br />
the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws<br />
and the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws<br />
– to the full LLM degree or if you are<br />
eligible you may choose to simply<br />
register immediately for the LLM. As<br />
you finish each award, you only need<br />
to take the additional modules<br />
necessary to complete the next one.<br />
You can think of progression as shown<br />
in the graphic opposite.<br />
Please note: you must finish each<br />
award for which you are registered<br />
before moving on to the next.<br />
Postgraduate<br />
Diploma in Laws:<br />
10 modules in total<br />
Master of Laws (LLM):<br />
16 modules in total<br />
Module Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4<br />
A<br />
B<br />
C<br />
D<br />
Module Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4<br />
A<br />
B<br />
C<br />
D<br />
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Specialisations<br />
You don’t have to specialise but if you<br />
would like to become a specialist in a<br />
particular field of law, you’ll need to<br />
follow specific courses. This way, the<br />
specialisation will be named on your<br />
final certificate for the award, for<br />
example the ‘Master of Laws (LLM)<br />
in the specialisation: International<br />
Business Law’. If you follow the<br />
progression route from Postgraduate<br />
Certificate in Laws to Postgraduate<br />
Diploma in Laws to the Master of Laws<br />
(LLM), each award might be in a<br />
different specialisation.<br />
To have a specialisation named on your<br />
certificate, you need to study and<br />
satisfy the Examiners in a certain<br />
number of courses or modules within<br />
that specialisation: at least three<br />
complete courses for the Master of<br />
Laws (LLM), at least eight modules for<br />
the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws and<br />
at least four modules for the<br />
Postgraduate Certificate in Laws.<br />
Please note that throughout your<br />
study on the programme, you can<br />
select modules from no more than four<br />
courses. See page 13 for a list of courses.<br />
You can specialise in any of the following areas:<br />
1. Banking and finance law 17. Intellectual property law<br />
2. Commercial and corporate law 18. International business law<br />
3. Common law 19. International criminal justice<br />
4. Comparative and foreign law 20. International dispute resolution<br />
5. Competition law<br />
21. International intellectual<br />
property law<br />
6. Computer and communications law 22. International justice<br />
7. Corporate and securities law 23. Law and development<br />
8. Criminology and criminal justice 24. Legal theory and history<br />
9. Economic regulation 25. Maritime law<br />
10. Environmental and natural<br />
resources law<br />
26. Media law<br />
11. Equity and trusts 27. Medicine and the law<br />
12. European law 28. Procedural law<br />
13. Family law 29. Public international law<br />
14. Financial services law 30. Public law<br />
15. Human rights law 31. Sports law<br />
16. Insurance law 32. Tax law<br />
For examples of specialisations please visit: londoninternational.ac.uk/<strong>llm</strong><br />
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Courses<br />
For the full list of syllabuses for each course, please visit the course web pages: londoninternational.ac.uk/<strong>llm</strong><br />
Admiralty law<br />
Applicable laws and procedures in<br />
international commercial arbitration<br />
Carriage of goods by sea<br />
Commercial banking law:<br />
bank–customer relationship<br />
Commercial trusts law<br />
Comparative criminal justice policy<br />
Constitutional and institutional<br />
law of the European Union<br />
Corporate finance and management<br />
issues in company law<br />
Corporate governance<br />
and compliance<br />
Derivatives law<br />
Equity and trusts in context<br />
European Union competition law<br />
European Convention<br />
on Human Rights<br />
European internal market<br />
External relations law of<br />
the European Union<br />
Foundational and constitutional<br />
issues in company law<br />
Franchising law<br />
Human rights of women<br />
Industrial and intellectual property<br />
Insurance law (excluding<br />
Marine insurance law)<br />
Intellectual property and medicine<br />
Intellectual property and sport<br />
Intellectual property on the Internet<br />
International and comparative<br />
bank regulation<br />
International and comparative<br />
competition law<br />
International and comparative law<br />
of copyright and related rights<br />
International and comparative<br />
law of patents, trade secrets<br />
and related rights<br />
International and comparative<br />
law of trade marks, designs<br />
and unfair competition<br />
International and<br />
comparative trust law<br />
International commercial<br />
insurance law<br />
International criminal law<br />
International economic law<br />
International environmental law<br />
International investment law<br />
International law of the sea<br />
International merger control<br />
International natural resources law<br />
International refugee law<br />
International rights of the child<br />
International trade law<br />
Jurisprudence and legal theory<br />
Law and policy of international<br />
courts and tribunals<br />
Law of financial crime<br />
Law of international finance:<br />
syndicated loans<br />
Law of international project finance<br />
Law of treaties<br />
Law on investment entities<br />
Legislation and statutory<br />
interpretation<br />
Marine insurance law<br />
Medical law and ethics<br />
Multinational enterprises and the law<br />
Private international law in<br />
international commercial litigation<br />
Private law aspects of<br />
the law of finance<br />
Regulation and infrastructure of<br />
international commercial arbitration<br />
Russian law and legal institutions<br />
Securities law<br />
Taxation principles and policy<br />
Telecommunications law<br />
United Nations protection<br />
of human rights<br />
Western European legal history<br />
World trade law<br />
Youth justice<br />
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Entrance requirements<br />
Professor Alastair<br />
Hudson<br />
National Teaching Fellow,<br />
Visiting Professor, University<br />
of Portsmouth, and author<br />
Access is a key principle for all distance<br />
study programmes offered through the<br />
University of London International<br />
Programmes, and Postgraduate Laws is<br />
no exception.<br />
The programme offers the opportunity<br />
to gain the same prestigious<br />
qualification awarded to students<br />
enrolled with one of the University’s<br />
Colleges but without coming to<br />
London. It is open to a wide range of<br />
students and assessed to the same<br />
high standard as a programme within<br />
one of the University’s Colleges.<br />
There are no requirements for you to<br />
come to London, so no relocation or<br />
travel costs and you can continue<br />
working full time. In addition, any<br />
number of students can join this<br />
programme, so if you meet our<br />
entrance requirements you will be<br />
offered a place.<br />
Am I eligible?<br />
In order to be eligible to register for the<br />
LLM degree, Postgraduate Diploma in<br />
Laws or Postgraduate Certificate in<br />
Laws, you must satisfy our entrance<br />
requirements. These can be satisfied<br />
through a wide variety of qualifications<br />
from around the world. Furthermore<br />
relevant work experience can also be<br />
considered for entry. For further details<br />
please visit the LLM ‘Requirements’<br />
section listed on our website at:<br />
londoninternational.ac.uk/<strong>llm</strong><br />
‘I think there are two reasons for<br />
doing an LLM. The first one is your<br />
own personal intellectual<br />
development. The second one is<br />
to encourage and help your career<br />
along. There’s no doubt that doing<br />
an LLM enables you to become an<br />
expert in a particular focused field,<br />
in a way that just studying at<br />
undergraduate level won’t. There’s<br />
a real art to writing study guides<br />
for us as the academics. We really<br />
do guide you through your study:<br />
they’re very conversational and<br />
helpful, give you lots of self-test<br />
questions, show you what’s<br />
involved with the assessment, and<br />
help you learn.’<br />
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Deborah Regal<br />
LLM graduate, United Kingdom<br />
‘I chose the programme for its<br />
flexibility. At the same time as<br />
indulging my interest in criminal<br />
law, I could pursue my interest in<br />
human rights, for example. The<br />
quality of the programme is<br />
exceptional. I knew from the outset<br />
that it was going to be good –<br />
I didn’t realise how good it was<br />
going to be.<br />
I was inspired by my LLM and my<br />
study of the human rights of<br />
women to write a book on<br />
women’s entrepreneurship, looking<br />
globally at how women have<br />
created business, furthered<br />
themselves, and helped their<br />
families get out of poverty by using<br />
entrepreneurial ideas.<br />
I’d recommend the University of<br />
London LLM to anybody.<br />
Prospective employers really like its<br />
standing, academics enjoy the fact<br />
that it has so much credibility, it is<br />
well established and the course is<br />
so well structured that it stands out<br />
from everything else out there.’<br />
Deborah works in client<br />
management at the London office<br />
of an international provider of<br />
stock market indexes. She is also<br />
completing a PhD at SOAS,<br />
University of London. Watch an<br />
interview with Deborah Regal on<br />
YouTube at: bit.ly/deborah-regal<br />
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How to apply and register<br />
Getting started<br />
You must apply online at:<br />
londoninternational.ac.uk/<br />
courses/search<br />
Please read the ‘Guidance Notes<br />
for Applications’ before you complete<br />
your application<br />
Stage 1<br />
Submit your online application.<br />
Stage 2<br />
Submit your documentary evidence.<br />
This can be done online when submitting<br />
your application or at a later stage.<br />
Please see: londoninternational.ac.uk/<br />
applications-admissions/how-apply/<br />
documentary-evidence<br />
Please do not send original documents<br />
(scanned copies are acceptable).<br />
Stage 3<br />
We will notify you whether or not<br />
you have been accepted.<br />
Please note: applications will only be<br />
considered when we have received all<br />
the necessary documentation, including<br />
the references, where applicable.<br />
Stage 4<br />
Complete the online registration. We<br />
explain how to do this in the Offer Letter.<br />
Stage 5<br />
Start your studies. You will be given<br />
access to the VLE and your study<br />
materials once you have registered.<br />
Useful information<br />
for applicants<br />
Submit your application even it is<br />
incomplete (for example, if you are<br />
waiting to sit an examination or to<br />
receive examination results). Do not<br />
delay – we can issue you a Provisional<br />
Offer Letter if we can see that you<br />
will meet our entrance requirements<br />
once you have completed an<br />
outstanding examination.<br />
If you are unsure on whether or not<br />
you meet our entrance requirements<br />
then we might be able to advise you<br />
on this before you submit your online<br />
application. However, due to an increase<br />
in our workload we are unable to<br />
provide this advice between 1<br />
September and 30 October of each year.<br />
enquiries.londoninternational.ac.uk<br />
Neriton Prefa<br />
LLM graduate, UK<br />
‘The University of London is<br />
unequalled for its long-established<br />
excellence in legal education. My<br />
Distinction in the Commercial and<br />
Corporate Law specialisation has<br />
completely transformed my<br />
orientation and professional<br />
growth. It demonstrates that with<br />
hard work, dedication, and excellent<br />
academic direction provided by<br />
the Lead Colleges, education and<br />
knowledge can support changing<br />
the world for the better. I<br />
recommend the LLM programme<br />
to students who strive to enhance<br />
their professional career.’<br />
Neriton Prefa is a Solicitor and<br />
Advocate of the Supreme Court of<br />
Nigeria, and Managing Solicitor in<br />
the law firm Prefa & Okuguni.<br />
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Caroline King<br />
LLM graduate, Canada<br />
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For the latest news and updates.<br />
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Videos about the LLM programme and<br />
some of the courses available.<br />
‘When I was looking for a place to<br />
upgrade my professional<br />
qualifications, only the University of<br />
London offered me the international<br />
credibility and breadth of courses<br />
and specialties I wanted.<br />
I was looking for a flexible but<br />
rigorous course of study. What I<br />
found was an opportunity to truly<br />
broaden my knowledge and<br />
perspective. In particular, I found<br />
the comparative criminal law and<br />
legal theory courses enormously<br />
helpful in understanding the<br />
discussions at home about legal<br />
process and access to justice.<br />
I was enormously moved to attend<br />
the graduation in London where<br />
I joined bright and ambitious<br />
graduates from all over the world.<br />
The University of London truly is<br />
a global network of the<br />
intellectually curious.’<br />
Caroline trained as a lawyer in<br />
Canada and has been working as a<br />
quasi-judicial judge in tribunals for<br />
over a decade.<br />
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Fees<br />
Fees payable to<br />
the University<br />
You can choose to pay the fees in one<br />
of two ways.<br />
Either: pay the total amount upfront<br />
when you first enrol<br />
Or: pay as you go, spreading the<br />
total cost.<br />
• Pay the registration fee when you enrol<br />
• Pay the module fee each time you are<br />
ready to begin studying a new module.<br />
The fees given below for 2017 are valid<br />
from 1 January 2017.<br />
2016 2017<br />
Initial registration<br />
fee (Paid once) £886 £900<br />
Fee for each module £486 £500<br />
Total Postgraduate<br />
Certificate £3,316 £3400<br />
(5 modules and<br />
registration fee)<br />
Total Postgraduate<br />
Diploma £5,746 £5900<br />
(10 modules and<br />
registration fee)<br />
Total Master of<br />
Laws (LLM) £8,662 £8900<br />
(16 modules and<br />
registration fee)<br />
Individual module £530 £545<br />
Please note that if you progress to<br />
another award, you only pay for the<br />
additional modules.<br />
Certain other fees may be payable to<br />
the University, such as an APL request<br />
fee (see programme web pages), an<br />
examination re-entry fee, and a fee<br />
for the production of transcripts.<br />
These fees are not included in the<br />
totals given opposite.<br />
Financial assistance<br />
Some employers in both the public<br />
and private sector may offer financial<br />
assistance to their employees.<br />
No financial assistance is available from<br />
the University.<br />
Students with<br />
disabilities<br />
The University of London International<br />
Programmes welcomes applications<br />
from disabled students and/or those<br />
who have specific access requirements.<br />
If you are disabled and/or have specific<br />
access requirements, we will make<br />
every reasonable effort to meet your<br />
needs. This may include making special<br />
arrangements for examinations such as<br />
a separate room or special aids. If you<br />
would like to tell us about your<br />
disability and/or request special<br />
arrangements please complete the<br />
relevant section of the application<br />
form, or contact the Inclusive Practice<br />
Manager at:<br />
special.arrangements@london.ac.uk<br />
Armed Forces<br />
Students who are members or<br />
ex-members of the UK Armed Forces<br />
should note that the University of<br />
London has been approved by the<br />
Ministry of Defence in support of the<br />
Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC)<br />
Scheme (ELC Provider Reference<br />
Number 1284). The Scheme provides<br />
financial support to eligible Service<br />
personnel who wish to enhance their<br />
educational or vocational achievements.<br />
The ELC Administration Service website<br />
can be found at:<br />
www.enhancedlearningcredits.com<br />
Other costs<br />
In addition to the fees payable to the<br />
University, you should also budget for<br />
the cost of:<br />
• any course or tuition you choose<br />
to take<br />
• the fee levied by your local<br />
examination centre.<br />
The list of local examination<br />
centres can be found at:<br />
bit.ly/exam-centres<br />
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The information contained<br />
in this leaflet was correct<br />
at the date of publication<br />
but may be subject to<br />
change. The University<br />
does not intend by<br />
publication or distribution<br />
of this leaflet to create any<br />
contractual or other legal<br />
relation with applicants,<br />
registered students, their<br />
advisers or any other<br />
persons. For the most<br />
up-to-date information<br />
please visit our website.<br />
Published by the<br />
University of London<br />
International Programmes<br />
(Design, Editorial<br />
and Production).<br />
Copyright © University<br />
of London, June 2017.<br />
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