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Renowned for excellence in legal education Professor Helen Xanthaki, LLB (Athens), M.Jur, Ph.D. (Durham); Professor of Law, UCL; Director, Postgraduate Laws Programme ‘Postgraduate degrees in law are highly desirable qualifications: they demonstrate professional expertise and personal achievement. When awarded by the University of London, these degrees serve as proof of excellence and high standards. Enhancement of a career in law is the obvious goal for many. But equally the goal can be development of a career in diverse professional fora, such as government, the civil service, or the private sector. These can now be accessed equally by law graduates, non-law graduates, and people with professional experience. The availability of nested degrees allows access to the LLM simply on the basis of success in the PGCert and PGDip, thus offering real open access to those who do not carry a traditional law graduate CV. The pace of achievement is flexible over five years, and adaptable to the qualifications and circumstances of each individual student: from a law graduate wishing to achieve the LLM within one year to the non-qualified professional who can begin with the PGCert and progress to the LLM as quickly or slowly as professional and financial obligations allow. Gentle or accelerated access both offer a choice of over 60 courses, the widest choice in the market. And this choice can be packaged in a generic degree or a degree with one of 30 specialisations. Or, even, three degrees of three specialisations within the course of the LLM programme! I am proud to be directing a unique programme that offers the opportunity to study law at postgraduate level to anyone who is willing and able to put in the hard work required – and my team and I are all here to make sure that success can come your way!’ Academic direction: Queen Mary and UCL Renowned for excellence in legal education, the University of London is both one of the largest and most respected academic institutions in the world. When you join the Postgraduate Laws Programme, you become part of an international community of high academic achievers whose affiliation with the University sets them apart. The academic management for the programme is provided jointly by the Department of Law of Queen Mary University of London and the Faculty of Laws at UCL. Senior academics from the University of London and the UK plan the structure and content of the programme, develop and write study materials, compile the e-resources (with videocasts, online tutorials, and revision tutorials), set the examination papers and mark scripts. Professor Xanthaki, the Programme Director, offers monthly videocasts with news and advice, and monthly online interactive clinics. 6 Postgraduate programmes in Laws
Is this programme for me? International recognition Our programme is an internationally recognised postgraduate law degree. Career advancement for law graduates Law students and professionals pursue our programme to gain expertise in a specialised field of law, such as commercial law, banking law, arbitration, common law, or shipping law. Law firms tend to prefer job candidates with an LLM from a good University because it indicates that a lawyer has acquired advanced, specialist legal training and is qualified to work in a multinational legal environment. Career advancement for non-law graduates Non-law graduates or experienced professionals pursue an LLM to gain expertise in areas of the law that regulate their current or prospective careers. Our programme offers more than 30 specialisations to choose from as a means of demonstrating a generic awareness of law or specialist knowledge applicable to a specific field of activity: for example, public law for government; international law for international or regional organisations; human rights for NGOs; maritime law for shipping; banking and finance law for banks and financial institutions; private law for diverse careers from human resources to management. The choice of courses is extensive and their application to the career market one of the widest available. Programme structure Our programme is built up from courses which cover a particular aspect of law. Each course is divided into four self-contained but integrated ‘modules’. To gain an LLM you study four full courses which make up 16 modules; for the Postgraduate Diploma you study 10 modules, chosen from no more than four courses; for the Postgraduate Certificate you study five modules, again chosen from no more than four courses. Progression routes Once you have passed the five modules for the Postgraduate Certificate, you will automatically be eligible for progression to the Postgraduate Diploma. Similarly, once you have passed the 10 modules for the Postgraduate Diploma, you will automatically be eligible for progression to the LLM. To see how this works in practice, please see ‘Your progression through the awards’ on page 11. Is this programme for me? Our programme is for everyone who has the desire and motivation to study hard and succeed. The programme requires you to be highly motivated and disciplined. You need to be able to master complex problems independently. Some students find such self-directed study challenging, but all agree that it is incredibly rewarding. Watch our LLM overviews on our YouTube channel, in which students and graduates share their study experiences and how the degree has helped them in their careers. Student overview: bit.ly/llmstudent-intro Programme overview: bit.ly/llm-overview londoninternational.ac.uk/llm 7
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