LLM Legal Practice by Northumbria University

LLM LEGAL PRACTICE AT NORTHUMBRIA

Welcome to Northumbria Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LLM Legal Practice Course LLM Legal Practice Presenter: Ann Ferguson Role: Deputy Programme Leader

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Why the LLM Legal Practice Course at Northumbria? Designed to act as a bridge between the academic study of law and the practice of law, the LLM in Legal Practice will enhance your legal knowledge and enable you to develop the skills and values necessary to become an effective and successful legal professional. This Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree course offers you the opportunity to gain an internationally recognised LLM qualification in addition to your LPC. Completing an LLM project will help you to develop the professional and reflective skills necessary for practice, expanding on your legal knowledge, legal application and ability to critically analyse law, practice and policy. The programme will equip you for the demands of the legal profession and prepare you for a training contract and life as a solicitor.

LLM Legal Practice at Northumbria What will you learn? • There will be a focus on the development of professional attitudes and abilities, alongside the development of ethical responses to legal practice. • All students study legal research as a pervasive subject; this skill is practised throughout the course, and assessed as part of the LLM. • After completion of your LPC assessments in you will move on to complete your project or portfolio. The module will contain enhanced taught elements of research skills to support you in your learning. Your summative assessment for the module is a 8,000-10,000 word research project which will be linked to an area of study under your LPC.

Legal Practice LLM - Examples of Core Modules/Skills, that you must study Property Law and Practice

Business Law and Practice

Civil and Criminal Litigation

Interviewing

Advocacy

Legal Writing

DISCLAIMER: Please note that information, advice and guidance received at the Open Day is accurate as of today, and is subject to change as we review our courses and our offers to ensure that you are receiving the best possible educational experience. The University continues to monitor guidance in relation to Covid-19 to ensure compliance with government requirements and to ensure the health and safety of our students and staff. Our website is the most up to date place to review our information.

Legal Practice LLM- Examples of current Elective Modules Employment Law

Family Law

Intellectual Property

Child Care Law

Commercial Law

Mental Health

Study Options Our flexible suite of Legal Practice Course options offer you the opportunity to learn in the way that suits you best, with part-time LLM options available.  1 Year Full Time | September Start  2 Years Part Time | September Start  For the FT course you study all Core Modules and Skills in Semester 1 and 3 electives in Semester 2.  For the PT course you study Litigation, certain Skills and 1 elective in Y1, and PLP, BLP, the remaining skills and 2 electives in Y2.  If you have further queries about the course please contact the Programme Leader Kayliegh Richardson, kayliegh2.richardson@northumbria.ac.uk , or Deputy Programme Leader Ann Ferguson ann.ferguson@northumbria.ac.uk  We can also provide you with a fact sheet with more detail about the course.

Teaching and Assessment Teaching • Lectures (large group teaching), seminars (small group discussions), workshops (interactive, practical sessions) and dissertations (large scale research project). • Underpinning each module is an e-Learning Portal, which offers detailed learning materials including power point slides and self-evaluative tasks. All lectures are Panoptorecorded. This enables you to review lectures at your own pace and catch up on any you may have missed.

Assessment • Assessments reflect professional practice and include: • Visual / verbal presentations • Open book, problem based exams • MCQs • In course, coursework assessments. *LPC modules are assessed by examination or in context throughout the course

Our Staff You will benefit from the highest quality of practice-informed teaching, taught by staff who are professionally qualified as either solicitors or barristers and with considerable experience of legal practice. We have expertise in a range of areas, including an international reputation in the fields of evidence and criminal justice studies. The staff are extremely willing to discuss their experience with students, we also have a dedicated Law Careers team who can help with CVs and job applications. We run careers events throughout the year. Northumbria has built up an enviable reputation for practical, innovative LLM courses. The combination of teaching excellence and practical relevance ensures that standards remain consistently high. We are committed to postgraduate studies that will enhance your professional career. The LLM in Legal Practice has been designed with input from the sector and shaped by internationally excellent research, to ensure the course is up-to-date and relevant. The course is delivered by Northumbria Law School, three times winner of the prestigious “Best Law School” accolade, at the Attorney General’s Student Pro Bono Awards.

Entry Requirements for 2021 Applicants should normally have: â&#x20AC;˘ A Qualifying Law Degree awarded at a minimum of a 2:2 honours, or a GDL qualification, both awarded less than 7 years ago. Relevant professional qualifications or suitable experience will also be considered. â&#x20AC;˘ English language requirements - International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*). The university accepts many UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find more details at www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications .

YOUR CAMPUS

Our Facilities • Northumbria are 11th in the UK for Facilities.* • Major campus investment in recent years – Student Central, Digital Commons, Architecture Studios, Computer Information Sciences Building and Sports Central which is great for downtime. • One of the best academic libraries in the UK, held Customer Service Excellence (CSE) accreditation since 2010, and with 24/7 access.*** • The 24/7 University Library achieves some of the highest levels of student satisfaction in the UK, and holds Cabinet Office accreditation for Customer Service Excellence. • Our IT, library and course resources are all ahead of sector for satisfaction.** *Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018 *** National Student Survey 2019 *** Digital library is currently 24/7, access to library learning spaces reviewed in line with Covid-19 guidance.

Northumbria School of Law Facilities •Northumbria Law School provides first-class teaching in a world-class environment. You will be based in our award-winning City Campus East building, which houses our mock courtroom and Student Law Office as well as an array of Harvard style lecture theatres, classrooms and a dedicated postgraduate study area. •It is also home to our specialist Law Practice Library, which contains practitioner materials as well as a wide variety of journals, databases, and law reports. The range and depth of resources reflects our position as the largest law school in the North East region. •Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is an integral part of this course. You receive extensive support through our e-learning platform, Blackboard, where you can access a wide range of resources. These include online discussion forums, collaborative online learning, self-test materials and assessment tasks. This is a valuable aid in the process of reflection, critical thinking and improvement.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

On-course Experience Northumbria delivers opportunities to develop distinctive and unique knowledge and skills with opportunities to undertake: • The skill of interviewing is taught in the context of criminal litigation as a police station interview, with actors playing the role of the suspect during the assessment. • The skill of advocacy is taught in the context of civil litigation as a District Judge’s appointment. • We seek to use experience from practice to inform our teaching and use contacts from practice, for example to provide guest lectures, to add to the student experience.

YOUR FUTURE

Career Success at Northumbria •Learn from 2020’s top young UK University. *Times Higher Education awards 2020. •A postgraduate degree will boost your earning potential - according to the Department for Education’s Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2017, postgraduates earn on average £6,000 a year more than their undergraduate counterparts. •Praise from Which? University Student Survey 2018 which ranked us as one of the top-rated universities for ‘job readiness’ in the UK. •Northumbria is ranked 2nd in the UK for graduate start-ups based on turnover (HEBCIS Survey 2017/18). •Our Careers and Employment Service will help at every stage, from finding part-time jobs that fit alongside your studies and volunteering opportunities, through to finding your first full-time job after graduation. •Our University is ranked top 15 in the UK for graduates in highly skilled employment. *Graduate outcomes 2017/2018

Where do our Graduates Go? LLM in Legal Practice at Northumbria is designed to give you the best possible training for life as a solicitor. On successfully completing the course you will be able to proceed directly onto a training contract and be well equipped with the skills and attributes required for a highly successful career across the legal profession, business or politics. The programme is designed to be practical and directly applicable to students seeking a career as a legal professional; it is intended that you will be able to use the skills, knowledge, understanding and research from this programme on a daily basis within your working life. So what will qualifying look like for solicitors in 2021? â&#x20AC;˘having a degree or equivalent â&#x20AC;˘having a two year period of work experience â&#x20AC;˘meeting the character and suitability requirements to become a solicitor

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DISCLAIMER: All information on this presentation is accurate at the time of viewing. Courses starting in 2021 are offered as a mix of online and face to face teaching due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. We continue to monitor government and local authority guidance in relation to Covid-19 and we are ready and able to flex accordingly to ensure the health and safety of our students and staff. Students will be required to attend campus as far as restrictions allow. Contact time will increase as restrictions ease, or decrease, potentially to a full online offer, should restrictions increase. Our online activity will be delivered through Blackboard Ultra, enabling collaboration, connection and engagement with materials and people.