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Teaching

Teaching is delivered through a combination of workshops designed to develop skills of legal research and supervisory tutorials which offer continuing support to students throughout their research journey. You are appointed a supervisor at the beginning of your studies who will provide ongoing support.

In addition, postgraduate students will have a minimum of two meetings with their Personal Academic Tutors, timed to coincide with key points such as induction or assessment.

The University places emphasis on enabling students to develop the independent learning capabilities that will equip them for lifelong learning and future employment, as well as academic achievement. A mixture of independent study, teaching and academic support from Student Services and Library Services, and the Personal Academic Tutoring system enables students to reflect on progress and build up a profile of skills, achievements and experiences that will help them to flourish and be successful.

Assessment

You will benefit from practice or ‘formative’ assignments. Summative assessment methods consist of an oral presentation and submission of a long-form written research project.

Contact time

The LLM in Professional Practice runs in semester three, over four months (June to September).

The Applied Legal Research Project will consist of:

• 36 hours of online directed study (asynchronous);
• A maximum of six, one to one tutorials with an appointed supervisor.
• 558 hours of self-directed, independent study.

The total amount of study time on this course is calculated with reference to the module credit, meaning that 60 credits equates to 600 hours of study time in total. By the very nature of this course, most of this time is taken up with independent self-study. Supervision can be delivered face to face at the School of Law, or online.

Independent self-study

In addition to the contact time, students will undertake 558 hours of personal self-study over the year.

Independent learning is supported by a range of excellent learning facilities, including The Hive and library resources, the virtual learning environment, and extensive access electronic learning resources, including legal databases such as Westlaw and Lexis.

Duration

This course is taught part-time over 4 months.

Timetables

Teaching will typically take place in the daytime during one day per week. Supervision times are flexible.

Timetables are normally available one month before registration. Please note that whilst we try to be as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week; and some classes can be scheduled in the evenings.

Teaching staff

You will be taught by a teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course. The team has expertise in legal subjects such as international human rights, commercial and trade law, family law, and medical negligence.

Teaching is informed by research and consultancy, and all lecturers on the course have a higher education teaching qualification or are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy.

Programme specification

For comprehensive details on the aims and intended learning outcomes of the course, and how these are achieved through learning, teaching and assessment, please download the latest programme specification document.