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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 />

1<br />

A<br />

2<br />

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 />

Connect with us online<br />

facebook.com/<br />

University.of.London.LLM<br />

Used by current and prospective<br />

students, this provides news,<br />

developments and details of the<br />

Programme Director’s scheduled<br />

LLM seminars.<br />

twitter.com/LondonLLM<br />

For the latest news and updates.<br />

youtube.com/LondonLLM<br />

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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of programmes we offer, please visit<br />

our website or contact us at:<br />

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