Overview

Why this course?

The Professional Legal Practice programme at the University of Strathclyde is designed specifically for graduates with both a qualifying law degree and a Diploma in Legal Practice/Professional Legal Practice. It operates as a research based ‘top-up’ for Diploma graduates.

The aim of this course is to offer suitably qualified graduates the opportunity to gain enhanced legal research skills as well as to engage in in-depth study of your chosen area of interest. Whether you have already commenced your legal career and want to undertake a research project on something relevant to your professional practice, or you are just starting out in your career and want to undertake research in a particular area with a view to developing your understanding and enhancing your employment prospects, this course will provide you with the skills and relevant supervision to write a Masters’ level dissertation. This will allow you to demonstrate distinctiveness over others by enhancing your skill-set and knowledge of your chosen area of study.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Legal Research

This class is compulsory for LLM/PgDip students. It's offered by online distance learning across both semesters.

The aim of the module is to help you enhance your research abilities and skills with a view to improving your performance in course.

Dissertation

You'll undertake a 20,000 word dissertation on a particular area of law and/or legal practice.

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Civil & Private Law Master of Laws (LLM) View 34 other Masters in Civil & Private Law in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

First Class

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

First- or upper second-class LLB Honours degree and a qualifying Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice/Professional Legal Practice from a Scottish university. Your Diploma will normally have been obtained in the last five years. Older qualifications are not a bar to entry but will instead be reviewed on a case by case basis.

Where demand for places exceeds availability, performance of applicants during their studies (i.e. generally the relative performance of applicants in specified LLB classes and over the duration of their Diploma studies) will be taken into consideration.

Tuition Fees

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5750 GBP / year

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Funding

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