Human Rights Law – (LL.M.)

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The Human Rights Law programme may be completed over two years (part-time), or over one year (full-time).

This Course will be moving from its present structure of four x 30 credit modules to six x 20 credit modules (commencing in 2010-2011) which, it is anticipated, will be presented by a combination of face-to-face teaching, webcast, or on an intensive basis, over two weekends. Full-time students will be required to take three modules per semester, with part-time students taking three modules over the two semesters, in each Session. The face-to-face seminars will normally be held in the evening from 6pm to 8 pm.

The academic year operates on a two semester basis: October to January, and January to June.

There are 3 potential exit points from the course, Certificate, Diploma and Masters. Assuming satisfactory performance, it is possible to change between these exit points so that, for example, a student who initially registers for the Certificate may opt to continue studying to the Diploma or Masters qualification. Likewise, a student originally registered for the Masters can transfer to the Certificate or Diploma stream.

Students who wish to acquire the LLM qualification study six modules from the list, and write a dissertation on a topic chosen in consultation with their supervisor. Successful completion of six modules will qualify students for the award of Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip), and successfuly completion of three modules will qualify students for the award of Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert).

The dissertation is written over the summer and submitted on the last day of the academic year (30 September).

In addition to the provision of postgraduate masters level human rights law education, academics from both Strathclyde and Glasgow universities have developed the Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law (CSHRL). This brings together academics from both institutions who teach and research in the area of human rights and human rights law, its aim to develop and promote the teaching and study of human rights law practice and activism. The Centre undertakes human rights research and consultancy projects at the local, national and international levels, as well as hosting human rights conferences and seminars, and is a member of the British-Irish Human Rights Centres Network. It aims to bring together a wide spectrum of academics, practitioners, policy-makers and activists to discuss and research human rights issues in Scotland, the UK and internationally.