Master of Laws Professional Legal Practice (SQE1) LLM at Northumbria University

Programme overview

This course is designed to help you prepare for your SQE1 assessment; the first step in your journey to qualifying as a solicitor. Our LLM Professional Legal Practice course aims to develop the academic and legal knowledge required for the SQE1 assessment and professional practice. This course has been designed to build and develop your legal knowledge.

Faculty: Northumbria School of Law | Duration: 1 year Full Time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Property Law and Practice, Business Law and Practice, Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law and Practice, Wills and Administration of Estates, LLM Dissertation. Optional modules include International Dispute Resolution, Corporate Finance, Sales and Acquisitions, International Commercial Law, Law of the WTO, Cyber Law.

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Entry requirements

Applicants should normally have: A Qualifying Law Degree awarded at a minimum of a 2:2 honours, or a GDL qualification, both awarded less than 7 years ago. Relevant professional qualifications or suitable experience will also be considered. Please note that whilst you may not need a law degree to sit the SQE examinations to qualify as a Solicitor, we still require a QLD for entry onto this course. Northumbria do not accept non law degrees/overseas law degrees in lieu of a QLD as they do not cover the foundations of law which we require, as the LLM Professional Legal Practice only delivers 5 modules out of the 13 subject areas that candidates are expected to know in depth for SQE1. International qualifications: English language requirements: International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year Full Time

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