LL.M in International Legal Practice (full-time)
MASTERS IN LAW (LLM) AT NOTTINGHAM LAW SCHOOL
Nottingham Law School is one of the largest university Law schools in the UK
We enjoy a national and international reputation for delivering high-quality education and training across a broad range of academic and professional Law programmes: from undergraduate to research degrees. The taught Masters programmes are an exciting and expanding area of the Law School, which demonstrates our commitment to offering a diverse and flexible approach to postgraduate study.
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Both domestic and international students are eligible to apply to the Singaporean Ministry of Education for a tuition grant, after having been offered a place on a course.
This covers much of the costs of university tuition fees. In return, international students must sign a bond committing themselves to work for a Singapore-registered company for at least three years after completing their degree – in order to ensure the country benefits from the skills of those it educates.
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English is very widely spoken here, recognized as an official language alongside Mandarin,
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The taught Masters in Law (LLM) programmes at Nottingham Law School offer an exciting and flexible approach to postgraduate study. Students are able to build an LLM programme to suit their individual requirements.
In the competitive area of law, it is becoming increasingly apparent that many recent graduates wish to improve their academic profile by undertaking a period of postgraduate study. Furthermore, legal professionals and those dealing with the law within other work contexts such as business, may find it necessary to enhance their career prospects by obtaining a postgraduate qualification.
The LLM programmes attract a wide range of students, from Law graduates and Law conversion students, to law practitioners. Some of the programmes are suitable for applicants from a non- legal background: for example, Health Law, Sports Law and International Criminal Justice. We have an extensive network of professional contacts, ensuring that our programmes reflect the latest professional practice.
The Nottingham Law School LLM enables you to build your own programme by selecting taught modules from a wide range of subject areas to suit your own interests and requirements. As such, you will be able to obtain either a Single, Joint or Major / Minor LLM award.
The LLM subject areas are all important at a national, European and international level, and have considerable significance in both academic and professional terms, particularly from an international perspective. Subject areas include: Competition Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Justice, Employment Law, Europe and the Law, Health Law, Human Rights, Insolvency Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Criminal Justice, International Public Law, International Trade Law, Law (General), and Sports Law.
Nottingham Law School welcomes international students and the University has a well-established programme of support available for all students whose first language is not English. As the LLM programmes involve rigorous study, it is important that all Law students have excellent English speaking, reading, writing and listening skills.
If your first language is not English, we provide in-sessional English language support. This is designed for academic writing specific to the requirements of the programme and helps you to contextualise your studies.
Designed in conjunction with the International Bar Association, this LL.M is a tailored, professional programme for graduates and practising lawyers seeking career-enhancing postgraduate legal qualifi cations. The programme is aimed specifi cally at building cross-border commercial legal knowledge.
Full-time programme in London (30 hours per week)
Nottingham is a friendly, thriving city in the heart of England, at the centre of a web of road and rail links that makes most parts of the country easily accessible. Around two hours by car from London and less by train, Nottingham is a popular student alternative to the capital. As the commercial centre for the East Midlands, it is home to major UK and international companies, and financial and government offices.
This full-time LL.M programme counts towards The College of Law/IBA LL.M in International Legal Practice.
Full-time LL.M programme modules • Business, fi nance and the legal services market • (IBA) International arbitration practice • (IBA) International mergers and acquisitions practice • (IBA) International intellectual property practice • (IBA) International joint ventures • (IBA) International competition/anti-trust law and practice
Our London campus
As a global commercial and fi nancial centre and home to many of the world’s leading international law fi rms, London is the ideal location to gain your LL.M in International Legal Practice.
Located in the heart of the City of London fi nancial district, close to leading global law fi rms, our Moorgate campus is the largest specialist corporate law school in the UK. It offers top-class facilities in a purpose-built, corporate-style building.
Further afi eld
The capital’s public transport network of buses and trains – overground and underground – give access to all parts of Greater London. Alternatively, you can use one of the regional transport hubs to go anywhere in the UK. The Eurostar train station at St Pancras provides a link with continental Europe and London is served by Heathrow and Gatwick international airports.
International student support
To make sure your move to and study in the UK goes as smoothly as possible, we provide a wide range of student support services. We can advise you on everything from opening a UK bank account to applying for a visa.
• Starts in September 2012 at our London Moorgate centre
International students are well supported by Nottingham Law School in terms of exploring a new legal culture and new legal language.
Furthermore, we offer international students who do not meet the full academic requirements, the opportunity to apply for a pre-Masters course which will introduce them to law and language, and enable them to obtain LLM places. As places are limited, you are encouraged to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please
allow additional processing time for international applications from countries that require a visa.
• You’ll study a programme of six of our unique, practice- driven international LL.M modules full-time and complete your dissertation over a 10-month period
The full-time LLM programmes extend over a 12-month academic year commencing in September. The LLM programmes share one common module; the Dissertation. In addition, you will also study six elective and compulsory modules pertinent to the award that you wish to obtain. For a named LLM you will be expected to study certain subject core modules.
• Three workshops per week – 2.5 hours each, between September 2012 and February 2013
• Supported by i-Tutorials, online test and feedback exercises and independent learning and research
Trade, commerce, manufacturing and education have brought people to Nottingham from all over the world, offering an exciting mix of cultures and backgrounds. The large student population in this city of around 300,000 creates a vibrant multicultural society with opportunities for all. For further information on the LLM programmes, studying at Nottingham Law School and the city of Nottingham please
visit our web pages:
www.ntu.ac.uk/nls
Accommodation
We can arrange accommodation options for our international students with some of the UK’s leading student accommodation providers, to ensure you have a safe, comfortable place to live while you’re studying at The College of Law. By staying in College-nominated accommodation, you’ll get to meet students studying at universities across London, as well as live with your fellow College students.
On successful completion, you’ll be awarded a fellowship to the International Bar Association, which provides two years
free membership and a free invitation to attend the IBA’s Annual Conference in Boston in 2013, after graduation in recognition of your achievement.
Studying international legal practice with us in the UK can open up new career opportunities, whether with law fi rms of for anyone aspiring to international legal practice around the globe.
Enrol now at
www.college-of-law.co.uk/llm/
‘It has exceeded my expectations…this course in its entirety is the best study experience that I have had.’
‘This is a unique Master degree in being, on the one hand, a genuinely practical professional training, and on the other of high academic merit and intellectual depth. The courses are truly international in outlook, especially as examples and exercises are drawn from various jurisdictions.’
THE IET LAUNCHES OPEN ACCESS ENGINEERING MEGAJOURNAL
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS FROM THE ENGINEERING COUNCIL
In the UK, most engineering degrees are accredited and there are several advantages of choosing one that is: • Some employers specifically recruit from accredited degree programmes
• Students can be sure that their accredited degree is recognised professionally
• Later on, the process of seeking registration as an Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng) is made more straightforward by holding an accredited degree
• Internationally, UK-accredited degrees are more widely recognised than those that are not accredited.
Accreditation is carried out by the individual professional engineering institutions under licence from the Engineering Council. A degree may be accredited by more than one engineering institution, particularly where it spans several engineering disciplines.
Most accredited degrees are bachelors, honours or MEng. An increasing number of MScs are being put forward for accreditation. Some Foundation degrees are also accredited.
The period of accreditation is typically five years, counting from the first-year student intake date.
When choosing a degree, what matters is the accreditation status when you start. If accredited status is removed during your degree course, you and any other students already on that course would still graduate with an accredited degree. Students starting a degree part way through should check the accreditation status as if they had entered the first year.
However, an engineering degree doesn’t have to be accredited. A university decides whether or not it wishes to apply for accreditation. Holders of non-accredited degrees may also work towards becoming Incorporated or Chartered
Engineers. Their applications will be individually assessed by their chosen professional engineering institution. Advice will be offered about any additional course that should be followed in order to demonstrate equivalence with an accredited programme.
Your choice of degree will depend on other aspects in addition to its accreditation status, such as the engineering discipline, the breadth of coverage, the laboratory and other facilities, the opportunity for placements in the UK or overseas, and the extent of university- employer relationships.
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is the first engineering, not-for-profit publisher to adopt an open access model with the launch of a comprehensive, online- only open access journal. Open access options will also be added to its existing 26 journals. This is part of the IET’s continuing mission to make essential engineering intelligence available to the worldwide engineering community, benefitting researchers who contribute to or use this content.
The IET, which has 153,000 members in 127 countries around the world and has published engineering journals since 1872, will be inviting submissions for its new open access megajournal from autumn 2012, with the online-only publication expected to launch in 2013. As a broad-based engineering journal it will accept papers on a wide range of engineering topics, rather than focusing on a single specific field. The title and editor-in-chief of this new publication will be announced later in 2012.
From 2013, authors will also be able
free to view in any of the IET’s 26 existing engineering journals, which include well-known titles such as Electronics Letters and the newly launched IET Biometrics. Currently all research papers published by the IET’s journals are available in print and online to paying subscribers only.
The IET’s decision to adopt the open access model comes after a major global review with over 35,000 engineering researchers from academia and industry to gauge their appetite for open access. This research found that
researchers said they would continue to submit articles to a journal if it converted to an open access model, and around a third of them had previously published in an open access journal.
Daniel Smith, Head of Academic Publishing at the IET, explains: “The recent Finch report has further fuelled the public debate about open access academic publishing, which we believe is one of the most significant industry changes in recent years and yet is complementary to the existing subscription-based model.
to choose to make their research 87% of engineering
Europe’s largest professional
“For authors it not only provides more choice in terms of where their peer-reviewed papers are published, but offers them more opportunity to publish high quality cross-disciplinary studies. This is particularly key in engineering, where many of today’s advances are being made at the interfaces between subjects. For readers, gaining quick and easy access to research is of course a major step forward and we are excited by the potential that open access offers.”
Tim Hamer, Director of Knowledge at the IET, adds: “Developing open access to quality engineering content which accelerates both research and innovation is a major pillar of the IET’s knowledge strategy. The introduction of our open access megajournal is an important element within this. We believe the broad scope of the new journal and the opportunity to publish open access articles in existing journals will be a welcome development for the worldwide engineering community.”
About the IET
IET’s Inspec database, research journals and books provide a wealth of research and information in the areas of engineering and technology. The portfolio of research and letters journals and monographs (print and e-Book) in electronics, electrical engineering and related subjects are available online through the IET Digital Library together with conference proceedings, seminar digests and magazines. The IET Inspec database contains over 12 million abstract and indexing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports and other literature in the fields of science and technology. As a membership organisation, the IET is
body of engineers with over 150,000 members in 127 countries and is a source of essential engineering intelligence.
About Open Access
The traditional model in academic publishing is based on subscriptions where a set amount is paid up-front, normally by institutions and universities, in order for their staff to access content. The open access model removes this fee and means researchers instead pay when their papers are accepted. No fee is charged for submitting content to a journal. The IET expects its open access broad engineering journal to attract papers from academics who are working in
have a natural home elsewhere. The peer review process will remain as stringent as it has always been and once published, open access content will be freely available online to anyone in the world.
The IET’s new megajournal will cover a full range of engineering topics from fields including Electrical and Electronic engineering, Mechanical engineering, Energy engineering, Civil engineering, Micro- and Nanotechnology, Computing and Software, Biomedical engineering and Materials engineering.
emerging areas or cross-disciplinary areas that don’t
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