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MA Law

University of Bristol

Summary

Price
£9,600 inc VAT
Study method
Classroom
Duration
2 years · Full-time
Qualification
MA Law
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Location

Address
University of Bristol
Beacon House, Queens Road
Bristol
Avon
BS81QU
United Kingdom
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Overview

This programme is an accelerated, fast-track, senior status postgraduate degree in law. The curriculum builds on the fact that you have already benefited from a university-level education so you can graduate in just 21 months, rather than the three years it would normally take to obtain an LLB.

Carefully structured to cover the foundation areas of legal knowledge and to develop core legal skills, our MA also provides an opportunity for further specialist study. This means you can graduate with a deeper understanding of law and legal reasoning than can be obtained in a one-year GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law) - and access a wider range of career paths.

The MA will be recognised as a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD) for individuals accepting an offer before Autumn 2021 who can take the traditional route to qualification - completing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) following graduation. After this time, graduates will need to take the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). The route to qualification for barristers has already changed.

Qualification

MA Law

Description

There are four core units in year one, which are assessed by examination and/or essay. You will also have Introduction to Law lectures and seminars at the beginning of the degree. Year two includes three core units plus a further optional unit of your choice.

Individuals who have completed our MA have gone on to qualify as solicitors or barristers in the UK, and as lawyers in other jurisdictions. Some graduates work in private practice, as in-house legal counsel for businesses or in the public sector. Others act as advisers in international organisations such as the European Union or the United Nations, or for international NGOs and other agencies. A number of graduates go on to further study in the UK or overseas.

Requirements

An upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in any discipline.

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