LLM in Legal Practice

Key Information

Duration & delivery:

1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Tuition fees:

UK/RoI: £10,750

Overseas: £16,250

Entry requirements:

A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent www.bournemouth.ac.uk/llmipof

The LLM in Legal Practice enables you 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. You will also develop the legal skills necessary for the practice of law, and evaluate the practice of law so that you can understand the ethical considerations necessary to become a reflective contemporary practitioner.

• Acquire a sound foundation upon which legal knowledge, training and competences can be built

• Develop the ability to appropriately and effectively respond to clientbased problems and situations encountered in legal practice

• Prepare written documents, online communication and effective oral presentation of functioning legal knowledge.

Units of study: The Citizen & the State | Obligations | Criminal Law & Practice | Civil Procedure | Property Law & Practice | Trusts, Wills & the Administration of Estates | Business Law & Practice* | Legal Services, Solicitors Accounts & Ethics* | Legal Practice Research Project* | Dissertation*.

*Optional – see website for details www.bournemouth.ac.uk/llmlp