Law Programmes for International Students

Undergraduate Programmes

LLB (Hons) Qualifying Degree

Full-time/Part-time/Distance Learning
The LLB (Hons) programme is designed to provide students with a thorough grounding of legal principles, with the aim of enabling them to develop skills which may readily be employed in legal practice or other work-related fields. The course can be studied full-time as well as on a part-time or distance learning basis, making it ideal for those students who are unable to attend the University on a full-time basis.

LLB (Hons)/M Law Exempting (Bar Professional Training Course)

Full-time
This programme integrates the undergraduate stage of legal education with the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), the vocational stage of training for aspiring barristers. It is the only programme of its kind in England and Wales. On successful completion of the programme, students will be qualified barristers and in a position to enter pupillage. The programme provides the opportunity to develop the skills essential to practice at the Bar. There is an opportunity for contact with the practising Bar via moots, mock trials and social events.

LLB (Hons)/M Law Exempting

Full-time

Formerly entitled LLB (Hons) Solicitors Exempting, this new route is an integrated Masters programme. Graduates obtain a Masters level qualification while at the same time achieving a Qualifying Law Degree and exemption from the Legal Practice Course, the vocational qualification for prospective solicitors. It enables students to go straight into a law firm as a trainee solicitor subject to obtaining a training contract. Students are introduced to legal rules and concepts in both their theoretical and practical contexts from day one. They engage in clinical and experiential learning throughout the course culminating in full case work on behalf of real clients in the final year.

LLB (Hons) Law with Business

Full-time

This programme provides an integrated Qualifying Law Degree. The specialist business modules enable students to develop a knowledge and understanding of the inter-relationship between law and business and associated concepts such as commercial and business awareness. The programme will be of interest not only to those wishing to go on to study on the Legal Practice Course or Bar Professional Training Course and qualify as a solicitor or barrister but also anyone with an interest in working in business, either as part of an organisation or as an individual entrepreneur.

LLB (Hons) Law with International Business

Full-time

An integrated Qualifying Law Degree, this programme combines two complementary subject areas to provide students with a detailed knowledge of the legal framework within which businesses worldwide operate, as well as an appreciation of the world of international business and an understanding of major business concepts. The programme is delivered by the School of Law in conjunction with Newcastle Business School, one of the longest established UK business schools with an excellent reputation both at home and abroad. With a student population of around 6,400 Newcastle Business School is a truly international business school and with 20 years of delivering international programmes students are given unparalleled opportunities to experience business in an international context.

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Professional Programmes

Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)

Full-time/Distance Learning/e-Learning
The Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) provides the academic stage of legal education for non-law graduates who intend to practise law. Successful completion of the GDL allows entry to the Legal Practice Course (LPC) for prospective solicitors or the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) for aspiring barristers.

Legal Practice Course (LPC)

Full-time/Part-time
The Legal Practice Course (LPC) is the required training for all students who intend to qualify as solicitors. The programme provides vocational training across a range of subjects and practical skills, enabling students to learn how to apply their legal knowledge in a practical context. The well-established, highly successful programme offers flexible learning options, a strong staff/student ratio, a guaranteed legal placement or professional mentor scheme and a wide range of electives tailored to both general and commercial practice.

Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)

Full-time/Part-time
The Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) is approved by the Bar Council, and is the vocational stage of training for students who wish to enter pupillage in order to qualify as a barrister. During the programme students develop a range of essential skills, which include Advocacy, Drafting, Opinion Writing, Conference Skills and Resolution of Disputes Out of Court. Evidence, Criminal Litigation and Civil Litigation are also taught as discrete subjects, as well as been integrated with the five main skill areas. All subjects and skills are developed through practical sessions, in which students work on case studies and carry out a range of tasks which are typical of pupillage.

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Postgraduate Programmes

Full-time

The following Masters programmes are available on a full-time basis:

LLM Commercial Law
LLM International Commercial Law
LLM International Trade Law
MSc Business with Legal Management

These programmes are taught from a practical viewpoint enabling students to understand the law in context and apply it to real-life situations. Teaching comprises lectures and workshops which require students to participate in a range of practical exercises designed to develop their knowledge, understanding and application of the subject.

Distance Learning

Northumbria Law School has an enviable reputation for its practical, innovative distance learning programmes, which attract a diverse and interesting student base from all over the world. Our range of distance learning programmes provides a flexible approach to learning and are well suited to those with busy lifestyles.
The following Masters programmes are available on a distance learning basis:

LLM Advanced Legal Practice
LLM Commercial Law
LLM Employment Law in Practice
LLM Information Rights Law and Practice
LLM International Commercial Law
LLM International Trade Law
LLM Medical Law
LLM Mental Health Law
LLM Mental Health Law Policy and Practice
Postgraduate Certificate in Business Law

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