International Human Rights Law and Development with Solicitors Practice LLM

Overview

Our two-year LLM International Human Rights Law and Development with Solicitors Practice is the first of its kind and gives you a clear and supported career pathway to qualification as a solicitor in England & Wales.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the professional body governing training and qualification for solicitors, introduced the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) as the new route to qualification as a solicitor in England & Wales. The LLM programme addresses this and provides a distinct route to prepare you for the SQE.

The LLM International Human Rights and Development with Solicitors Practice contains specialist preparatory modules (SQE1 Legal Theory & Solicitors Practice, and SQE2 Legal Theory & Solicitors Practice) that provide you with specific one-to-one support and guidance to perform effectively in both the SRA’s SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.

The LLM International Human Rights and Development with Solicitors Practice also gives you a rigorous legal education with an in-depth grounding in practical legal and transferable skills. The course develops your legal, academic and clinical skills at every stage of your journey.

The programme is taught by academic experts and practitioner lawyers, who put real-world clinical legal experience at the heart of the programme. They'll give you the tools you need to graduate as a capable and reflective practitioner, equipped for qualification as a solicitor in England & Wales.

As an LLM student, you'll benefit from working throughout your degree alongside staff in our Law Clinic who possess national and international legal experience and who have worked both regionally as well as in the City. This will enhance your employability and contribute to the two-year Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) required by the SRA for you to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales.

On graduation with an LLM International Human Rights and Development with Solicitors Practice, you will have:

• gained in-depth knowledge in areas including International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, Business Human Rights and Environment, Immigration & Refugee Law, Law and Gender, Data Protection and Privacy Law
• studied for, and passed SQE1, needed to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales
• studied for, and be ready to sit, SQE2 on completion of your studies with us
• undertaken invaluable work experience in our Law Clinic that will contribute to the two-year Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) needed to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales

Career prospects

Our two-year LLM International Human Rights Law and Development with Solicitors Practice is designed specifically for those who wish to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales. It is the first of its kind and gives you a clear and supported career pathway to qualification as a solicitor.

As an LLM student, you'll benefit from working throughout your degree alongside staff in our Law Clinic who possess national and international legal experience and who have worked both regionally as well as in the City.

The LLM programme also offers you the unique opportunity to explore a specialist area of the law. The programme is taught by research-active staff who have expertise in International Human Rights Law and Development, therefore ensuring you have access to cutting-edge research and thinking.

As such, on graduation it is envisaged you will have completed both mandatory Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) examinations, possess an in-depth knowledge of a specialist area of the law, and gained practice experience via the School’s Law Clinic, enhancing your career opportunities.

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.