LLM Legal Practice (SQE) at University of Derby

Programme overview

Our LLM in Legal Practice (SQE) is designed to support students through preparing to sit their external SQE qualifications. Alongside this, we aim to develop your commercial awareness through multi-faceted client scenarios so you can gain valuable skills ready to excel in contemporary professional practice. You will learn in a supportive, flexible blended environment using an innovative mix of online lectures and activities, face-to-face workshops and independent study.

What you will study

In this module, you will have the opportunity to build on your development as a legal practitioner and to demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary legal practice in a specialist area of law.

Career pathways

This programme provides a supportive and engaging practice orientated learning environment, going beyond the SQE and enabling you to develop the competencies and commercial awareness along with professional, evaluative and legal skills required in the practice of law.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to the LLM in Legal Practice (SQE) is open to those who are holders of an undergraduate degree in any subject area at 2:2 or above.; Students wishing to obtain a Master’s qualification without completing all three stages of the LLM in Legal Practice (SQE) will need to evidence suitable recognised prior learning (‘RPL’) as assessed by the Programme Leader. This will be reviewed on an individual basis, where RPL requests will be mapped to learning outcomes, and considered on the basis of demonstration and evidence.; Applicants whose first language is not English will need to evidence proficiency in English (IELTS 7.0 with 6.5 in each skills area).

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,475 for the whole programme (2026/27). Full-time fee for the full course; UK full-time fees paid within one academic year are rounded down to the nearest £50 if applicable Source

Intake: September

Duration: Full-time: 1 year, Part-time: 2 years

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