Welcome to your Legal Practice course

Welcome to University of Staffordshire

We know you're already passionate about your subject, which is why we're excited you've chosen University of Staffordshire as the place to turn possibility into reality.

To give you an insight into what life as a Legal Practice student is like, your course leaders have prepared introductions to the course and further activities.

Welcome to Legal Practice at Staffordshire University. We are looking forward to you joining us on the course. We realise you may have lots of questions before starting your postgraduate studies, but your course leader is only an email away, should you need anything.

First activity

Your first week will be a time where you can meet your teaching team and fellow peers, you will attend sessions to ensure you can navigate our virtual learning platform system, library resources and guided by our wellbeing services team as to the services we offer to support you during your time with us. In addition, you will undertake some substantive teaching of some modules as there is a great deal to pack in! Here you will be given full details about your course, depending on the mode of study you are undertaking.

All students (including blended learners, face to face students, part-time and full-time modes) will be required to attend the Foundation Week.

Details of your first week will follow via email. 

Pre-learning

You will be contacted via our virtual platform should you be required to prepare anything for the sessions during the foundation week.

Software

Software that can be downloaded before you start your course.

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Meet the team

Natasha Thomas

Senior Lecturer

Natasha is the Course Leader (and main contact) for the Legal Practice LLM course.

Dr Samantha Spence

Course Director Associate Professor

Samantha is the Course Director for Postgraduate Studies in the law department. Her main area of interest lies in feminism and international human rights law, specifically the rights of marginalised groups.

Samantha's profile

What to expect on Welcome Week

We're so excited for you to join us on campus and to welcome you to where you matter. During your welcome week you'll be able to meet our friendly student services teams, connect with new friends, join societies, explore on-campus venues attend club nights and much more.

We are really looking forward to you joining the School of Justice, Security and Sustainability in October. If you have any questions, please contact your Course Leader Racheal Stretch, rachael.stretch@staffs.ac.uk 

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