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General Legal Studies (LLM) – (LL.M.)

University of Bristol

Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
Application Deadline: UK/EU applicants: 1 July; overseas applicants: 1 June
Location: Bristol / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 12 months Start Date: October
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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Location of University of Bristol

This programme offers one of the widest choices of units available in any UK postgraduate law programme. You may choose from any of the units on the specialist LLM programmes. Certain units may, however, require prior or contemporaneous study of some other unit(s).

If you are from a non-common law background, you may choose one of the following core units:

* Constitutional and Substantive Law of the EU
* Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
* Land Law
* Law of Contract
* Law of Personal Property and Trusts
* Law of Tort
* Public Law


Contents

Part One
You will study four units over the autumn, spring and summer terms, with assessment by examinations in the summer term. Some units will also be assessed via coursework component.

Part Two
In the Spring term, you will choose a topic for a 12,000 word dissertation within the field of your LLM programme, for approval by the School of Law. After passing Part One, you start work on your dissertation, within the field of your LLM programme, for submission by mid-September. You must pass both parts to obtain an LLM and may not proceed to Part Two until you have passed Part One.

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You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.

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Requirements

Entry requirements

A first or upper second class Honours degree in Law or a degree with an adequate law component. Overseas students with equivalent qualifications should supply a transcript of their examination results (an official English translation if the original is in a language other than English).Language requirements

An IELTS score of 7.0, with a minimum score of 6.5 in the Reading and Writing bands. We also accept other language tests; please see our website for details.

Language Proficiency

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): Grade B (Score: 75)

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