Masters Degree Description
The LLM in Legal Practice enables students to gain an understanding of the functioning of legal knowledge to either undertake the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) Part 1 or to progress to a career at the Bar.
Why study LLM Legal Practice at BU?
- Gain an understanding of the functioning legal knowledge required for the SQE Part 1 or a career at the Bar
- Undertake a range of in-class activities and assessments to develop practical legal skills appropriate for legal practice
- Develop a critical appreciation for the role law plays within society and your ethical commitments as legal practitioner
- Enjoy an academically stimulating and dynamic learning environment
- Network with a range of legal professionals, share experiences and work together
- Benefit from a condensed timetable that aims to allow you to fit your study around legal practice experience or other commitments
Entry Requirements
A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent.
If English is not your first language you’ll need IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in all other components of speaking, listening and reading.
Fees
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Module Details
Semester one
Core Modules
- The Citizen & the State: This unit is designed to develop your critical understanding of the legal relationship between citizens and the government in the UK for the purposes of the Solicitors’ Qualifying Examination (SQE). You will be expected to evaluate the legal system through the constitutional principles that underpin the UK democracy.
- Obligations: This unit is designed to develop your critical understanding of the core principles of contract law and the core principles of tort law for the purposes of the Solicitors’ Qualifying Examination (SQE). You will be expected to evaluate these legal principles and apply them to legal practice scenarios.
- Criminal Law & Practice: You will be expected to understand, apply and critique (a) the core principles of criminal law, (b) the substantive offences and defences examined on the SQE and (c) the professional practice of criminal law.
Semester two
Core Modules
- Civil Procedure
- Trusts, Wills & the Administration of the Estate
- Property Law & Practice
Option (choose to either complete the Dissertation OR to study all three other units)
- Dissertation (For those intending to progress to a career at the Bar)
- Legal Practice Research Project
- Business Law & Practice
- Legal Services, Solicitors Accounts & Ethics
*Please note that these option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year.
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