Faculty of Business & Law 63
PG Dip in Law LLM Law
(Full-time or part-time) (Full-time or part-time)
s & Law
This course comprises and replaces the Common Students who have completed the Legal Practice
Professional Exam, providing the pathway to Course can proceed to the LLM top-up at Leeds
completion of the first stage of academic training Law School. If you are an ambitious graduate
for non-law graduates. If you are a graduate aspiring to a career in law, business or other
and wish to convert from a non-law background professions, the LLM can help you to gain the
to a rewarding and challenging legal career, it relevant skills and knowledge.
will guarantee your progression to the Legal
F
aculty of Busines
Practice Course, which leads to a qualification as
The LLM will equip you with an understanding
a solicitor after completion of a training contract.
of specific areas of law as well as providing you
It also enables intending barristers to progress to
with the cutting-edge skills which are most
the Bar Vocational Course.
in demand by employers. Such skills include
communication and effective team skills, as well
The new Postgraduate Diploma in Law provides as research, analysis and dispute resolution.
credit points at Masters level, allowing
students the option to choose to undertake
By using the LPC or BVC as a springboard,
an independent research project and obtain a
students are able to top up to the LLM. The
Masters qualification in law (LLM). The course
award can be obtained following the submission
will be delivered through a mix of seminar
of a Research Brief and a 20,000 word
sessions and online learning activities. It offers
dissertation, supported by a supervisor and
value for money and top quality teaching support
personal tutor. The LLM at Leeds Law School
at the heart of Leeds’ legal quarter. Leeds Law
is studied over one year full-time or two years
School has been teaching the Graduate Diploma
part-time.
in Law, and its predecessor the CPE, since 1969.
Entry requirements
The course begins with introductory modules in
Stage 1: A UK honours degree, or equivalent.
legal research, foundations of law institutions
Stage 2: Successful completion of a Legal
and skills and advanced legal research. Students
Practice Course or PG Diploma in Law, or
will study the ‘core’ legal subjects obligations 1
equivalent.
(contract), obligations 2 (tort), European Union
Key facts
law, public law, equity and trusts and criminal
Course code: MALAW
law. Students will complete an independent
Place of study: Cloth Hall Court
research project in a topic of interest to them,
Start date: September
under the supervision of an academic member
Length of study: Stage 1: Full-time 1 year,
of staff.
part-time 2 years. Stage 2: 1 semester.
Entry requirements
You should have a degree or equivalent. If the
qualification is not a first degree from a UK
university, a Certificate of Academic standing
must be obtained from the Law Society or the
Bar Council. This should be applied for as early
as possible, even before obtaining a place on the
course. Please contact the School for further
advice if you are in this position and/or are from
overseas. Applications should be made direct to
the Central Applications Board.
Key facts
Course code: PGLAW
Place of study: Cloth Hall Court
Start date: September
Length of study: Full-time 1 year,
part-time 2 years
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