LLM Family Law

The Law School at Staffordshire University is recognised as one of the best Law Schools in the country for undergraduate, postgraduate and professional awards.

Our Common Professional Examination (CPE) is accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board. Our Legal Practice Course (LPC) has received the highest possible SRA rating of ‘Commendable Practice’ in all areas. Our LLM awards are the acknowledged way to further legal expertise and hone research skills.

Choose to complete the Family Law LLM masters at the Staffordshire University Law School and you will be taught by renowned academics and benefit from the expertise that stems from our links with major legal practices.

World-class, our Law School is purpose built, well-equipped and offers modern lecture theatres, an excellent Law Library with a Learning Resources Centre, mock courtroom with video facilities, Legal Practice rooms and study rooms.

Flexible study
Understanding that you may need to balance study around work, our LLM family law programme offers considerable flexibility in terms of time, content and outcome.

You may attend to study the LLM Family Law masters full-time (one morning and afternoon each week) or part-time (one morning or afternoon each week).

As well as Law graduates, students with non-Law degrees and from non common Law jurisdictions may study on the LLM. Students may be credited for prior study.

In our contemporary society, ideas of family, parenthood, children’s rights and what constitutes a family, are changing.  Recent major legislative changes begin to acknowledge this continually evolving field, but major developments are often the result of judgments from the higher courts, which are, themselves, based on academic research and insight.  The academic study of Family Law is therefore imperative for practitioners, or practitioners to be, who wish to specialise in this fast changing field.
Further-more our Family Law LLM masters degree offers a comprehensive examination of the role of law within the contemporary family law environment offering an excellent view on the issues concerning family law. Our family law masters will also provide a sound knowledge and understanding of the organisations and institutions associated with family law. Involved in the course are practical concepts underpinned by theoretical perspectives and ethical perspectives in which family law operates.

The LLM award (delivery by attendance)

For a general LLM award, you may offer the required credits from any combination of modules available within the programme. The 15-credit single module Legal Research Methodology is compulsory if you do not have postgraduate research training. It is also a good introductory module if you are returning to study after a gap. 


In addition, if you have graduated in a subject other than Law, or are a Law graduate from a non common-Law jurisdiction, you will normally be required to take part, or all, of the single module. For the award of LLM, where a dissertation is required, that dissertation may be on any legal topic.

Please note: not all modules may be offered in any single semester, or indeed in any single academic year, but every effort will be made to accommodate your wishes.

To receive a specific named award, such as the LLM Family Law masters, you must study at least 30 credits worth of taught modules in the designated subject area and your dissertation must also be in that area. Where there is the possibility of a number of named routes being available, you will be able to select the designation of your award when you submit your dissertation.

DEGREE CLASSIFICATION
Masters degrees are awarded in three classifications: pass, merit and distinction.

The LLM Family Law masters degree is particularly suited to legal practitioners looking for an alternative to the LLM Legal Practice, registered mediators and arbitrators, Citizens Advice Bureau employees, Law students seeking a specialist route prior to commencing an

LPC/BPTC, foreign practitioners looking to relocate to the UK and overseas-based practitioners looking to advise clients on UK Law.
For a full range of career opportunities, please refer to the general LLM award.

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