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LLM Public International Law
Key Information
Duration & delivery: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time (September start), 16 months full-time, 27 months part-time (January start)
Tuition fees:
UK/RoI: £9,500
Overseas: £16,750
Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent
On this course you will be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and specialist knowledge. It covers a wide range of legal areas, helping you to develop into a generalist international lawyer with the flexibility to go on and decide on an area of specialism from an informed position.
• Learn about the nature and theories of international law, including organisations, as well as specialist option units to tailor your interests
• Enhance your career prospects in the legal profession, for government agencies, NGOs, professional services, or in academia
• Examine litigation efforts before numerous international courts and tribunals to enhance your understanding of the application and interpretation of international legal provisions.
Units of study: Principles of International Law & International Organisations | International Criminal Law & Justice | International Human Rights Law | Dissertation | Corporate Law: Theory & Practice* | Regulation & Policy of International Commerce* | International Cyber Law & Governance* | International & Comparative Intellectual Property Law* | Regulating Informational Interests* | International Law of the Environment* | Public Diplomacy & International Relations* | Corporate Crime & Compliance* | Discourse, Rhetoric & Power* | Social Theory & Political Communication* | Political Communication & Campaigning*.
*Optional – see website for details
PG Cert Intellectual Property
Key Information
Duration & delivery: 5 months. Blended study or online study
Tuition fees:
UK/RoI: £5,634
Overseas: £5,634
Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent, or appropriate training or work experience www.bournemouth.ac.uk/llmpilf
This part-time course is designed to give a detailed overview of substantive intellectual property law. You can complete it while in full-time employment; more than 80% of our students are sponsored by their employers. The course is delivered over five months, with an extensive programme of online work and three long weekends taught in Bournemouth (from Thursday afternoon to Saturday in February, March and April) followed by an exam in May-June. This is for in-person study, the course is also available for online study.
• Obtain full exemptions from the foundation level examinations for qualification as a patent attorney or trade mark attorney in the UK (IPReg/CIPA/CITMA)
• Have the option to follow the patent attorney or trade mark attorney path (you choose this when you apply)
• If you don’t have existing legal knowledge you will be supported by a range of online activities relating to foundational principles of law, such as the English legal system, contract law and tort.
Accreditations: Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg).
Units of study: Patents & Designs | Copyright & Trade Marks | International Intellectual Property Practice (Patent Attorney Route)* | International Intellectual Property Practice (Trade Mark Attorney Route)*.
*Optional – see website for details www.bournemouth.ac.uk/pgcipp
