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  • Qualification

    LLM - Master of Laws

  • Location

    Oxford Brookes University

  • Study mode

    Distance / Online

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    13 months

Course summary

Overview

Our LLM in Legal Practice provides practising, qualified graduates with an additional qualification. With our legal practice postgraduate degree, you can pursue a speciality with support and advice from expert tutors; reflecting on your experience in your career so far.

The programme recognises your professional achievements and helps you to take them further. Graduates from England and Wales, or countries with a common law heritage, can convert their professional law qualification into a masters degree. Examples of these qualifications include PG Dip in Legal Practice, LPC (Legal Practice Course), BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course).

The course is taught online, so you can balance your learning with your personal and professional commitments. The course is ideal for:

  • solicitors
  • barristers
  • practising lawyers
  • those about to enter the legal profession

Careers

This course allows you to develop specific expertise within your legal field. A recent graduate, who works in employment law, has pursued a specialism in religious discrimination. Another has covered the increase in remote trials during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the implications this has on the right to a fair trial.

You’ll be confident in overcoming complicated legal challenges with new and interesting ideas. Your research skills and your ability to understand complex policies will be useful in many professions.

Our academic staff will help you explore your career options, and they’ll support you in taking the next steps.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 5,450per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

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Oxford Brookes University

  • University League Table

    46th

  • Campus address

    Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0BP, England

Oxford is a city full of history and renowned for academic excellence and culture. Just over 1 hour from London, with 24-hour bus links to major airports.
Oxford Brookes courses give students the fundamental skills and experience needed to succeed in their chosen career and become internationally employable.
Starting university is exciting but also a time of great change, so Oxford Brookes does all it can to help you settle in, feel at home and make new friends.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    52nd out of 109 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    112 51%

    85th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    40th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.90 72%

    92nd

    1

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