Course Overview

This course is designed for graduates with a qualifying law degree and a Diploma in Legal Practice/Professional Legal Practice. It operates as a research-based ‘top-up’ for Diploma graduates. It allows graduates of the Diploma to build on their previous study and focus on a particular area of law and legal practice by way of an extended, 20,000-word dissertation.

This course aims to offer suitably qualified graduates the opportunity to gain enhanced legal research skills and to engage in an in-depth study of their chosen area of interest. Whether you've already commenced your legal career and want to undertake a research project on something relevant to your professional practice, or you're just starting in your career and want to undertake research in a particular area to develop your understanding and enhance your employment prospects, this course will provide you with the skills and appropriate supervision to write a Masters’ level dissertation. This will allow you to demonstrate distinctiveness over others by enhancing your skill set and knowledge of your chosen study area.

General Eligibility

Academic requirements

First- or upper second-class LLB Honours degree and a qualifying Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice/Professional Legal Practice from a Scottish university. Your Diploma will typically have been obtained in the last five years. Older qualifications are not a bar to entry but will be reviewed case-by-case.

Where demand for places exceeds availability, the performance of applicants during their studies (i.e. generally, the relative performance of applicants in specified LLB classes and throughout their Diploma studies) will be considered.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 overall (no individual band less than 5.5)