Legal Research LLM

USW’s LLM Legal Research is part of our comprehensive range of postgraduate LLM programmes. The course will begin with 3 taught modules so that you are part of a community of learning before you complete the main element of the course which is a thesis based on a legal topic of your choice, under the supervision of specialists. <br/><br/>The course is aimed at those in practice who would like to consider their area of law in more detail from a different perspective. This course is a stepping stone for students who wish to embark on a PhD but who are not quite ready and this course will form a solid foundation. Students will come from the UK and further afield, each able to draw on prior academic and professional experience from different jurisdictions<br/><br/>The course will have two specified modules which focus on research skills: · Advanced Legal Skills and Methods Research · Methodologies for Law <br/>The third module will be an optional module. The optional modules are subject to change but an example of the optional modules currently available are: · Employment Law and Practice · Artificial Intelligence Law    · Child Protection and Youth Justice in Practice · Information Technology Law  · Climate Change and the Law  · Private client in Practice · Law & Order · Cybercrime  · Transnational Criminal Law · Criminal Evidence and Forensics · International Business and Competition Law · Corporate Law and Governance <br/><br/>The final element of the course will be independent study (Legal Research Thesis), with the support from a specialist supervisor.