LLM Law and Practice

University of Wolverhampton School of Law is situated on modern and contemporary grounds with modern learning facilities.  The campus is easily accessible from all parts of the UK via public transport links including the buses, coaches, trains and trams, and by road with good parking facilities. Wolverhampton is in the West Midlands, and, as such, is closely located to major cities in the region, including Birmingham, Solihull, Knowle, Telford and Staffordshire.

The University of Wolverhampton has a well-resourced academic support provision which provides additional learning support and resources for students on all courses.  The University’s Directorate of Academic Support (DAS) is responsible for delivering on the University’s Skills for Learning framework and has made a significant contribution to the development of academic and employability skills of graduates. The DAS work with academic staff to provide opportunities for embedding skills development opportunities within the curriculum and provides specific support through workshops and online learning materials within taught modules. 

The University has well resourced library and learning centre facilities with provision of key source of academic information for students. The learning centre provides physical library resources (books, journal, DVDs etc.) and offer a range of study areas to allow students to study in the environment that suit them best, including social areas, quiet and silent areas. The learning centre  also provides access to wide range of online information sources, including eBooks, e-Journals,  subject databases, and academic skills support via the Skills for Learning programmes. Students on campus can attend workshops or ask for one-to-one help on a range of skills such as academic writing and referencing. Students can access a range of online skills material.

In addition, the Law School with its established provision of clinical legal education, will provide you with opportunities to practise legal skills of interview, advising and practical legal research at the University’s Legal Advice Centre which provides a ‘pro bono’ legal advice service to the local community.

The Law School also has established links with other charities that provide legal help and advice services that you will have opportunities to participate in, such as the Citizen Advice Bureau, Victim Support, the Freedom Law Clinic, to practise and further enhance your application of legal knowledge and skills in real cases.

The Law School’s annual Law Career’s Fair, dedicated Careers Tutor, guest talks from employers from the legal profession, law mentoring schemes and links with the legal profession all serve to support and assist you to enhance your employability. 

For the award of LLM, you, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of your academic discipline, field of study or area of professional practice with a conceptual understanding that enables the student: to evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in methodologies and develop critiques of them and, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses. Apply knowledge of the law and legal practice accurately and effectively.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to your own research or advanced scholarship and ability to continue to advance your knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level. Identify the client's objectives and different means of achieving those objectives and be aware of the financial, commercial and personal priorities and constraints to be taken into account, the costs, benefits and risks involved in transactions or courses of action, and perform the tasks required to advance transactions or matters.
•  Demonstrate originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline.

• Ability to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data, and communicate your conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Consider key ethical requirements contained in the SRA Standards, Regulations and Code of Conduct, also taxation rules and regulations, identify where these may impact and be able to apply them in context.

• Demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level. Demonstrate your knowledge, understanding, and skills through application in the areas of functioning legal knowledge: -

  • professional standards, regulations and codes of conduct and taxation;
  • the core practice areas of Business Law and Practice, Property Practice, Dispute Resolution, Criminal Litigation, Wills and the Administration of Estates and Solicitors Accounts;
  • The legal system of England and Wales, sources of law and legal services; and to be able to transfer skills learnt in one context to another.

• Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring:

  • the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility
  • decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations
  • the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.

• Complete a master’s level dissertation by which you will be able to:

  • demonstrate knowledge and the ability to critically analyse a range of essential legal topics to enhance your
  • understanding of contemporary legal issues and the inter relationship between law and social co-existence;
  • demonstrate critical awareness of current problems and developments in highly relevant areas of national or international legal interest;
  • demonstrate self-direction, independent learning, and originality in tackling, solving and furthering your autonomy in the study of complex legal themes;
  • use a range of specialist and transferable skills enabling you to maximise employment opportunities in circumstances requiring sound judgement and personal responsibility; and
  • undertake research based on an understanding of research methodologies and advanced scholarship.

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

An LLB (Hons) Degree with at least a 2:2 classification or a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), Common Professional Examination (CPE), LLM CPE or LLM Law Conversion.

Applicants with a lower Degree classification or with equivalent qualifications may be considered on an individual basis.

Non-native speakers are required to hold IELTS with an overall band score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each element or equivalent.

International applicants should refer to the following link: Language entry requirements

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate on-site programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.

Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.

Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts; please see the following websites Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Action. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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