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The LLB Honours programme by part-time study at the mini´«Ã½ is a hybrid programme combining written and online learning materials with weekly face-to-face and online evening seminars. It has both academic and professional components. It provides students with a solid foundation in legal and academic skills. The students benefit from weekly evening seminars characterised by various interactive activities and enriched with a reflective approach when appropriate. It explores legal issues confronting the real world and looks for practical and workable solutions, as well as considering theoretical and reflective positions on the law. A variety of assessment methods, closely aligned to the learning outcomes of its modules and the programme itself, provide students with contemporary approaches to problem-solving and legal application.

The LLB provides the seven foundations of legal knowledge required for the ‘academic component’ of training articulated by the Bar Standards Board as necessary for qualification as a barrister. It also provides preparation for the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations. It complies with the QAA Subject Benchmark for Law, also required by the Bar Standards Board for qualification as a barrister.

All Modules are assessed through a variety of methodologies, as set out below and in the Module Specifications. The Part-time LLB Programme and its assessment strategy are designed to impart legal knowledge, ensure students acquisition of practical skills, enhance ability to perform in court and other public speaking roles, and, finally, provide critical and analytical abilities essential for legal practice and public or private sector posts. It also fosters negotiation skills essential for legal practice and variety of roles, for example in management or diplomacy.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you wish to qualify as a lawyer in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales after graduating from mini´«Ã½ Law School, it is recommended that you consult the accreditation authority of that jurisdiction to ensure you satisfy its requirements for qualification as a lawyer.

• To provide the seven foundations of legal knowledge and the opportunity for study of specialist subjects in law.
• To develop the skills necessary to analyse and evaluate complex legal problems and issues.
• To develop students’ confidence and communication skills through seminar discussion.
• To give students the opportunity to examine and discuss aspects of law and practise a number of key skills that will be useful to employers both inside and outside the traditional practise of law.
• To foster intellectual self-confidence and stimulate intellectual inquiry through pro-active teaching and high quality feedback.
• To develop effective oral and written skills
• To develop transferable personal and work place skills which are suited to both a career in law and outside it
• To foster intellectual self-confidence and stimulate intellectual inquiry through pro-active teaching and high quality feedback.
• To develop ability to research from a range of primary and secondary legal sources

• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
• Relevant Subject Benchmark Statement(s)
• Other (list)

Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided. More detailed information on the learning outcomes, content and teaching, learning and assessment methods of each course unit/module can be found in the departmental or programme handbook. The accuracy of the information contained in this document is reviewed annually by the mini´«Ã½ and may be checked by the Quality Assurance Agency.