Programme approval 2011/12
PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM SECTION 1 – THE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION 1.
Programme title and designation
2.
Final award
LLM – Master of Laws
LLM LLM in Competition Law LLM in European Law LLM in International Business Law LLM in International Financial Law LLM in Intellectual Property and Information Law LLM in International Tax Law LLM in Transnational Law Award Title Credit ECTS value equivalent LLM Master of Laws 180 90 3. Nested award Award Title N/A
N/A
4. Exit award Award Title N/A
N/A
Any special criteria N/A
Credit value N/A
ECTS equivalent N/A
Any special criteria
Credit value N/A
ECTS equivalent N/A
Any special criteria
5. Level in the qualifications framework
N/A
N/A
M
6. Attendance Full-time
Part-time
Mode of attendance
Yes
Yes
Distance learning No
Minimum length of programme
1 year
2 years
N/a
Maximum length of programme
3 years
6 years
N/a
7. Awarding institution/body 8. Teaching institution 9. Proposing department 10. Programme organiser and contact Details
11. UCAS code (if appropriate) 12. Relevant QAA subject benchmark/ Professional, statutory and regulatory
King’s College London King’s College London School of Law Professor Alexander Turk School of Law, Strand Campus
[email protected] 020 7848 1133 N/ M-level descriptors of the framework for higher education qualifications (2001)
PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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body guidelines 13. Date of production of specification 14. Date of programme review
Converted to Credit Framework April 2007 Revised January 2012 2018/19
15. Educational aims of the programme i.e what is the purpose of the programme and general statements about the learning that takes place over the duration of the programme • • • • • • • •
To provide students with the opportunity to obtain a systematic understanding of knowledge of English, European and/or international law in subjects chosen by the students from a wide range of legal areas To provide students with critical awareness of current problems and new insights in those subjects To enable students to develop a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research and advanced scholarship in their chosen subjects To ensure that students show originality in the application of knowledge To provide students with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret legal concepts To ensure that students have an understanding of a wide range of legal theories, concepts, values, principles and rules in the legal subjects they have chosen To enable students to evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in the area of law To enable students to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them and, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses
16. Educational objectives of the programme/programme outcomes (as relevant to the SEEC Credit Level Descriptors) The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding and skills in the following areas: Knowledge and understanding The programme provides a knowledge These are achieved through the and understanding of the following: following teaching/learning methods and strategies: 1. Systematic and detailed knowledge Lectures (1-5), student preparation for and understanding of a selected seminars (1-3), discussion-based number of areas of law, chosen by the seminars (1-3), opportunity to submit student written answers to questions for 2. Systematic and critical knowledge and comment by tutors (1-5). understanding of the legal concepts, values, principles and rules which Assessment: underpin these areas of law 3. Critical awareness of current problems Unseen closed-book examination (1-4), in those areas, which is informed by unseen open-book examination (1-4), the forefront of practice in the subject assessed coursework (1-5), research plan (4-5), assessed research essays 4. Comprehensive knowledge and (1-5), assessed dissertations (1-5). The understanding of a wide variety of academic approaches to the study of combination of methods of assessment PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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law, including socio-legal, theoretical, historical and critical studies of law 5. Detailed knowledge and understanding of research tools employed in legal studies 6. Appropriate personal and professional conduct in the context of the discipline
ensure that the graduate cannot pass the programme without acquiring the requisite knowledge and understanding.
Skills and other attributes Intellectual skills: These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies: 1. Identification and solution of legal problems Lectures (1, 4), student preparation for 2. Systematic, creative and original seminars (in which students are application of legal rules to reasonably expected to engage in independent complex factual situations reading and learning) (6), discussion3. Formation of critically reasoned based seminars (1-5), opportunity to judgments even in the absence of submit written answers to questions for complete rules comment by tutors (1-6) 4. Critical analysis and interpretation of a Assessment: substantial body of law 5. Critical evaluation of current Unseen closed-book examination (1-5), methodology and knowledge in the unseen open-book examination (1-5), legal areas chosen by the student with research plan (5-6), assessed research a view to developing critiques and essays (4-6), assessed coursework (4formulating new hypotheses 6), assessed dissertations (4-6). 6. Ability to devise a plan and structure for self-directed autonomous study Practical skills: 1. Appropriate application of research methodologies 2. Capacity to access, construe and analyse materials from a variety of sources in law 3. Ability to use interactive website and other electronic sources 4. Ability to formulate conflicting ideas and principles of law and to recognise practical implications for law and policy application in ones legal jurisdiction, including the identification of potential means of practical solution 5. Ability to advance their knowledge and understanding of law 6. Organisation and planning of self-study Generic/transferable skills: 1. Ability to structure and communicate ideas effectively both orally and in writing
These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies: Lectures (1, 4-5), student preparation for seminars (2-3, 5-6), discussionbased seminars (4-5), opportunity to submit written answers to questions for comment by tutors (1-6). Assessment: Unseen closed-book examination (1, 45), unseen open-book examination (1, 4-5), assessed coursework (1-6), assessed research essays (1-6), assessed dissertations (1-6).
These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies: Lectures (1, 3), student preparation for
PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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2. Personal management to work independently, including timemanagement, personal responsibility, use of initiative 3. Ability to use electronic communication technologies for learning and to research particular problems 4. Collaboration with others to achieve common goals 5. Ability to make decisions in complex and unpredictable situations
seminars and tutorials (2-4), discussion-based seminars (1, 5), discussion-based tutorials (1, 5), opportunity to submit written answers to questions for comment by tutors (13, 5). Assessment: Unseen closed-book examination (1, 3, 5), unseen open-book examination (1, 3, 5), assessed coursework (1-3, 5), assessed dissertations (1-3, 5).
17. Statement of how the programme has been informed by the relevant subject benchmark statement(s)/professional, statutory and regulatory body guidelines The subject has been informed by analogy of the subject benchmark statement, by the Framework for Qualifications in Higher Education. Even though the subject benchmark statement for law only applies to undergraduate programmes, it has been taken as a point of departure for M-Level work, as it attempts to capture ‘graduateness’ at the end of an undergraduate programme. The abilities and skills prescribed in the subject benchmark statement for Law have been adapted to suit postgraduate studies. Insofar as it was possible, the benchmark statement was used to supplement the M-Level descriptors. In the absence of a benchmark statement for Law, the programme has been informed to a large extent by the M-Level descriptors of the Framework for Qualifications in higher Education. At M-Level the analytical skills of graduates should be developed in relation to judging and evaluating research, assessing the merits of competing theories and explanations, as in synthesising and applying theoretical and empirical arguments in the resolution of contemporary problems. Their ability to reflect upon their own accumulation of knowledge and apply it to complex legal situations is a critical feature of study at this level. 18. In cases of joint honours programmes please provide a rationale for the particular subject combination, either educational or academic N/A
PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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19. Programme structure Please complete the following table and, if appropriate, to include joint, major/minor or other variations Code = code of each module available for the programme Title = title of each module available for the programme, plus its credit level and credit value Status = please indicate whether the module is introductory (I), core (Cr), compulsory (Cp), one or more of however many modules must be passed to progress (CrCp), (P) professional (i.e. module testing skills/competency that has no credit level or value but is a professional body requirement) or optional (O) for each type of programme. For postgraduate programmes use the "single honours" column Pre-requisite/Co-requisite = where appropriate please indicate whether the module is pre-requisite to another module or co-requisite by noting pre or co and the module code that it is pre/co-requisite to. Assessment = please indicate in broad terms the assessment for the module eg written examinations, coursework (Note: the availability of optional modules may vary slightly from year to year; the following are the modules available at the commencement of the programme) Code Title Credit Credit Status (I, Cr, Cp, CrCp, Pre-requisite/ CoAssessment Level Value P, O) for each type of requisite (Please note module the module code) Single Joint Major/ Single Joint Major/ Minor Minor To complete a pathway and gain that award students must complete 120 credits from modules specific to that pathway. Any remaining credits that may be required can be taken from modules on the general list or from other pathway modules if available LLM; Competition Law pathway modules 7FFLX001 Dissertation 7 40 Cr* Y 10,000-12,000 word dissertation 7FFLX002 Advanced Issues in 7 40 Cr* Y 10,000-12,000 word research essay Antitrust: Article 101 TFEU (Research module) 7FFLX003 Advanced Single Firm 7 40 Cr* Y 10,000-12000 word research essay Conduct (Abuse of Dominance) in a Transnational Perspective (Research module) PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLX004
7FFLX005 7FFLA007 7FFLA009 7FFLA011 7FFLA016 7FFLA059 7FFLA061 7FFLA562 7FFLA566
7FFLA576
7FFLA579 7FFLA592 7FFLA593 7FFLA595
Advanced Merger Economics for Lawyers (Practise module) Advanced EU Competition Law (Practise module) Competition law and regulated network industries Economics of competition law EU state aid and state regulation law European Union competition Law UK competition law US Antitrust law Law, Regulation & Governance Advanced antitrust: the objectives of article 101 TFEU Competition, intellectual property and the media industry EU public procurement law Advanced Merger Economics for Lawyers Competition Enforcement & Procedure Regulatory Policy and
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA596
Practise Understanding Regulation
LLM; European Law pathway modules 7FFLX001 Dissertation 7FFLX008 General EU law (Practise module) 7FFLX009 Open Government in the European Union (Research module) 7FFLX010 EU State Aid and State Regulation Law (practise module) 7FFLA006 European and Comparative Company Law 7FFLA011 EU state aid and state regulation law 7FFLA015 EU administrative law 7FFLA016 European Union competition Law 7FFLA018 European internal market 7FFLA019 European labour law 7FFLA069 EU tax law 7FFLA077 EU Financial Regulation 7FFLA501 Constitutional law of the EU 1: Foundations (not running 2014/15)
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA507 7FFLA509
7FFLA511 7FFLA537 7FFLA559 7FFLA566
7FFLA579 7FFLA585
EU external relations law Constitutional law of the EU 2: Judicial Protection (not running 2014/15) Judicial Protection in the EU Value added tax European Union environmental law Advanced antitrust: the objectives of article 101 TFEU EU public procurement law Security and justice in EU law
LLM; International Business Law pathway modules (applicable also to LLM; International Tax award) 7FFLX001 Dissertation 7FFLX012 Transnational Business Law, Foreign Direct Investment and Arbitration (research module) 7FFLX014 International Investment Law and Policy (practice project) 7FFLX020 Advanced Comparative Corporate Law (Research module)
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA004 7FFLA006 7FFLA027
7FFLA028 7FFLA029 7FFLA030
7FFLA031 7FFLA035 7FFLA036 7FFLA040 7FFLA056 7FFLA058
7FFLA063 7FFLA066 7FFLA067
Commercial banking law European and comparative company law International and comparative property law (not running 2014/15) International and comparative trust law International business transactions 1: Litigation International business transactions 2: Substantive law International commercial and investment arbitration International tax law International trade and shipping law Law of international finance 1 Taxation of business enterprises Transnational and comparative commercial and financial law World trade law International investment law Transnational Corporate Restructuring
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA090
Transnational Corporate Governance : Theories, Approaches, Applications 7FFLA503 Corporate governance 7FFLA515 Law of international finance 2: Project finance and loan sales 7FFLA537 Value added tax 7FFLA548 Law of international finance 3: Securitisations, derivatives and CDOs LLM; International Financial Law pathway modules 7FFLX001 Dissertation 7FFLX017 Law of International Finance (practise module) 7FFLA004 Commercial banking law 7FFLA021 Financial risk, stability and regulation 7FFLA040 Law of international finance 1 7FFLA058 Transnational and comparative commercial and financial law 7FFLA066 International investment law 7FFLA067 Transnational Corporate Restructuring 7FFLA077 EU Financial Regulation 7FFLA078 Private Equity Finance
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA515
Law of international finance 2: Project finance and loan sales 7FFLA517 Legal issues in corporate finance 7FFLA525 Regulation of the conduct of mergers and acquisitions 7FFLA535 Regulation of financial services: general 7FFLA536 Regulation of financial services: advanced 7FFLA548 Law of international finance 3: Securitisations, derivatives and CDOs LLM; Intellectual Property and Information Law pathway modules 7FFLX001 Dissertation 7FFLA025 International and comparative law of copyright and related rights 7FFLA026 International and comparative law of trademarks, designs and unfair competition 7FFLA048 Legal regulation of the music industry 7FFLA076 Privacy and information law 7FFLA514 Law of Copyright and designs
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA549
Law of Trademarks and brands 7FFLA552 Patents & Trade Secrets 7FFLA555 Commercialisation of intellectual property 7FFLA576 Competition, intellectual property and the media industry 7FFLA588 Information society law 7FFLA589 Electronic commerce law LLM; International Tax Law pathway modules 7FFLX001 Dissertation 7FFLX022 International Tax Law: Transfer Pricing (practice module) 7FFLA035 International tax law 7FFLA055 Tax & Estate Planning 7FFLA056 Taxation of business enterprises 7FFLA069 EU tax law 7FFLA537 Value added tax 7FFLA583 International tax law: transfer pricing LLM; Transnational Law pathway modules 7FFLX001 Dissertation 7FFLX012 Transnational Business Law, Foreign Direct
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLX013
7FFLX015
7FFLX016
7FFLA081
7FFLA082
7FFLA083
7FFLA084
7FFLA034
Investment and Arbitration (research module) Hard Cases and Regulatory Challenges in Transnational Law and Global Governance (research module) Transnational Law Colloquium (research module) Discrimination and Inequality: Legal Principle in Transnational Litigation (Practice module) Transnational Law: Actors, Norms, Processes Foundations and Perspectives Human Rights in War Times: Armed Conflict, Military Operations and Post-Conflict Justice Sociology of Law, Legal Culture and Transnational Challenges Law, Legal Systems and the United Nations: the 21st Century Landscape of International Law International Refugee Law
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA067
Transnational Corporate Restructuring 7FFLA085 The Transnational Regulation of Global Networks 7FFLA086 Inequality, Human Development and the Rule of Law in Transnational Perspective 7FFLA087 Transnational Criminal Law 7FFLA088 Transnational Law Enforcement 7FFLA089 International & Comparative Family Law 7FFLA090 Transnational Corporate Governance : Theories, Approaches, Applications 7FFLA091 Business and Human Rights 7FFLA092 International Human Rights Law 7FFLA093 Morality and the Law: Transnational Perspectives 7FFLA095 Comparative and Transnational Constitutional Law General modules (not under a specific pathway) 7FFLA001 Analytical and Quantitative
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PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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7FFLA070 7FFLA074
7FFLA079 7FFLA096 7FFLA572 7FFLA586
7FFLA587
7FFLA590 7FFLA591
Method for Lawyers Law and the technologies of the 21st century Constitutional history of Britain from the End of the 19th Century Law & Society in China Introduction to International Dispute Resolution Negotiations UK government and the constitution: reform and modernisation UK government and the constitution: principles and practice Labour law in the age of austerity International Mooting Current issues in political and constitutional reform International law and war
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7SSWM04 7 40 O N 9 7SSWM04 Political theory and 7 40 O N 7 international order If a Masters programme, are level 6 credit levels permitted within the programme? No Maximum number of credits permitted with a condoned fail (core modules excluded) 20 Are students permitted to take any additional credits, as per regulation A3? 20 PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
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Programme approval 2011/12
Are students permitted to take a substitute module, as per regulation A3? No Are there are any exceptions to the regulations regarding credits, progression or award requirements? (where relevant the information should also differentiate the particular requirements of pathways within a programme or nested/exit awards) N/A Other relevant information to explain the programme structure Please note that new students enrolling on the information provided on this section of the PAF will have these regulations stipulated throughout their programme of study. The only exception to this will be if there are changes made by Professional, Regulatory or Statutory Bodies that are noted to this programme. *. For each Pathway, students need to choose to take 40 credits from either the dissertation or the Research Modules or Practice modules specified in the above table except for the Intellectual Property and Information Law pathway which only has the dissertation option. To complete a pathway and gain that award students must complete 120 credits from modules specific to that pathway. Any remaining credits that may be required can be taken from modules on the general list or from other pathway modules if available. The basic requirement for admission to the LLM programme is a recognised first degree in law (or a degree with at least 70% law content) of at least high upper second class honours standard or an equivalent overseas qualification. Exceptionally we may consider candidates who are able to demonstrate comparable academic level through other graduate studies or who are able to demonstrate that they are suitable candidates for the LLM programme through work or experience. In the case of applicants who wish to enrol for the LLM in International Tax, we will also consider candidates who (i) hold a recognised first degree in ANY discipline of at least high upper second class honours standard or an equivalent overseas qualification (with a preference for degrees in accounting or other tax-related fields) and (ii) have at least 12 months’ work experience in the Tax sector. Candidates fulfilling these two requirements will not be required to hold a first degree in law (or a degree with at least 70% law content) as would otherwise be required. Candidates admitted to the LLM programme on this basis must enrol for the specialist LLM in International Tax and will be obliged to select modules offered under this specialist LLM only.
PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
Programme approval 2011/12
20. Marking criteria The College’s standard marking criteria apply
21. Will this Programme report to an existing Board, and if so which one? If a new Programme Board of Examiners is to be set up please note name of Board here LLM Programme Board
22. Please confirm that the process for nominating External Examiners has commenced, and if known, note whom the nominated External Examiner(s) may be Process has commenced following discussions with relevant College officials regarding the number of External Examiners permitted. Suitable appointments are currently being considered.
PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
Programme approval 2011/12
PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM SECTION 3 – SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Not all of the information in this section will be relevant for all programmes and for some programmes this section will not be relevant at all 1. Programme name LLM and pathways 2. Is this programme involved in collaborative activity? Yes
No
X
If yes what type of Collaborative Provision is it (tick appropriate box)? Does the programme have an access/feeder Programme for entry into it? Does the programme have an articulation/ progression agreement for entry into it? Dual Award
Franchised Provision
Joint Award
Partnership Programme
Recognition of Study or Award of Credit through off-campus study or placement Staff and student exchange
Validated provision Have the relevant stages and appropriate paperwork been approved and the paperwork forwarded onto ASQ Office? Yes
No
Not applicable
X
3. If the programme is a joint award with an institution outwith the University of London, validated provision or franchised provision, has the necessary approval been sought from College Education Committee? Yes
No
Not applicable
PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014
X
Programme approval 2011/12
Please attach a copy of Part 1 of the Partner Profile and checklist submitted to the College Education Committee 4. Partnership programme - in cases where parts or all of the programme are delivered away from one of the College campuses by a body or bodies external to the College please provide the following details Name and address of the off-campus location and external body N/A Percentage/amount of the programme delivered off-campus or by external body Nature of the involvement of external body Description of the learning resources available at the off-campus location What mechanisms will be put in place to ensure the ongoing monitoring of the delivery of the programme, to include monitoring of learning resources off-site or by the external body? Please attach the report of the visit to the off-campus location 5. Recognition of study or award of credit through off-campus study or placement please indicate how the time will be spent, the length of time out, the amount of credit and whether it is a compulsory or optional part of the programme Year abroad
Year in employment
Placement
Other (please specify)
Time spent ……………………Credit amount ………..Compulsory/optional..…………… 6. Please provide a rationale for any such time outside the College, other than that which is a requirement of a professional, statutory or regulatory body N/A 5. Please give details if the programme requires validation or accreditation by a professional, statutory or regulatory body Law Society and General Council of the Bar 289-293 High Holborn London WC1V 7HZ Date validation/accreditation commenced: TBC Date of last validation/accreditation: 2012/13 Frequency of validation/ accreditation: Every 6 years Date of next validation/ accreditation: 2018/19 PAF approved by QA&AA: 3 August 2007 PAF Modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25 May 2010 PAF updated ASQ: 20 September 2010 th PAF modified by ASQ for 2011/12: 6 April 2011 PAF revised following removal of some pathways: 3 February 2012 th PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7 February 2013 PAF modified re: pathways and research project: August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: October 2014