Law - Employment Law and Practice PgCert

The School of Law in conjunction with Legal Island and the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) have created this postgraduate programme in Employment Law and Practice to: <br/><br/><br/>- Develop an understanding of the core concepts of employment law and how they relate to practice <br/><br/><br/>- Gain the skills and processes required to qualify them to practice in the employment law field as HR professionals/<br/><br/><br/>- lawyers/advisors<br/><br/><br/>- Develop the ability to reflect critically and learn from their practice <br/><br/><br/>- Gain an understanding of regional, national and international models of practice <br/><br/><br/>The course includes lectures from employment law expert practitioners, on-site visits and role play exercises with LRA staff and a mock Case Management Discussion adjudicated by the President of Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal (TBC on an annual basis).<br/><br/>**Professional Recognition** - Successful completion of the Mediation module at LLM level may lead to an OCN accreditation in Mediation.<br/><br/>(The University regularly ‘refreshes’ courses to make sure they are as up-to-date as possible. In addition it undertakes formal periodic review of courses in a process called revalidation’ to ensure that they continue to meet standards and are current and relevant. This course will be revalidated in the near future and it is possible that there will be some changes to the course as described in this prospectus.)