Queen's University Belfast · Full-time
Contemporary Legal Studies
This programme aims to provide students not only with a qualifying law degree recognised for entry into the profession in NI, but also provides the opportunity to choose a range of postgraduate taught elective modules to tailor make a Masters in Contemporary L…
Masters2 yearsFull-time
School of Law · Law
This programme aims to provide students not only with a qualifying law degree recognised for entry into the profession in NI, but also provides the opportunity to choose a range of postgraduate taught elective modules to tailor make a Masters in Contemporary Legal Studies that fits their future goals. The programme will start with eight core law modules along with formative Legal Methods and Skills workshops. Students will then build on this foundational legal knowledge to choose a number of postgraduate taught elective modules for their second year of study from areas as diverse as law and technology, commercial law, intellectual property law, criminology and international human rights law. This unique opportunity to combine both core legal modules along with electives in specialist areas will allow these students to gain knowledge, develop legal reasoning skills, hone their research skills and then build on these in their second year by conducting more intensive research and growing more critical and analytical in their legal writing. The eight core law modules in the first year of the programme will be assessed by way of a combination of an in-person exam and continuous assessment. Students will have the opportunity to hone their legal advice skills through answering mock client problem questions along with developing their legal writing skills and critical analysis skills. In the second year of the programme the modules will be assessed through a range of assessment methods.
Getting in
As the university states it
Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a discipline other than Law. Graduates holding law degrees that are not recognised by the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Northern Ireland are also eligible to apply (for example international applicants with law degrees, those with Scottish Law degrees, or those with degrees from the Republic of Ireland that have not been recognised). Exemption from these requirements may be considered for those applicants who hold a Master's degree (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) OR hold a 2.2 Honours degree in a discipline other than Law (or equivalent qualifications acceptable to the University) together with 2 years’ relevant professional experience. Graduates who hold a law degree recognised by the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Northern Ireland may not register for this programme. Advisory note: this Programme is designed for: • UK and ROI non-law graduates, and for • Law and non-law graduates from countries other than Northern Ireland, England and Wales. • Law graduates from the Republic of Ireland whose law degree is not recognised by the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Northern Ireland Year One of the Programme provides students with a Qualifying Law Degree enabling students to complete the academic stage legal qualification for Northern Ireland (NI) - the pre-requisite for professional legal studies in NI. All applicants (except those from NI) should contact the appropriate regulator (where they hope to practice law) to confirm that the Masters in Contemporary Legal Studies programme meets its requirements. Admission under Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) may be considered for this course. The University's Recognition of Prior Learning Policy provides guidance on the assessment of experiential learning (RPEL).
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