Law and Banking LLM

Postgraduate

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Start date

    September

This programme is designed to equip students with a general yet comprehensive education in a range of areas within International Banking Law. The course will enable students to master the following important aspects of the discipline: core attributes of a bank (credit institution), different types of banks (retail, commercial, private, etc), regulatory authorities in the UK (FSA, Bank of England and H.M. Treasury); some of the important EU/international banking entities, e.g. ECB, EIB, EBRD, the IMF, Federal Reserve and the World Bank; Authorisation and ‘passporting’ of credit institution activities within the EEA; Capital Adequacy principles/Basel III; the notion of insider trading and the Market Abuse Directive; the supervision of investment firms within the EU and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID); Money Laundering and the three anti money laundering Directives; Islamic Finance and, lastly, Conflict of Laws in a banking/financial services context. Students will have a wide range of Banking Law options to choose from, and may therefore acquire broad as opposed to specialised knowledge.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course



The course aims to enable understudies to: Develop a critical understanding of the basic principles of research design and strategy (including how to formulate researchable questions), sufficient to enable them to make appropriate choices for their own research.

Develop a critical awareness of a broad range of research methods and tools (underpinned by a strong conceptual understanding of the research processes and their underlying philosophies).

Identify, and reflect critically upon, the problems associated with legal research, and develop the appropriate analytical skills for their relevant LLM programme.

Appreciate and use appropriate legal research methods and skills in relation to the submission of legal essays and a dissertation.

Understand how to write an appropriate methodology and literature review for a research project.

Understand how to present a research project proposal.

Develop appropriate communication skills and in particular the ability to communicate in a clear and succinct manner and present relevant legal and policy arguments

Use legal Welsh and/or legal English appropriately in essays and dissertation.


Employment opportunities for graduates of the programme will include work with international law firms; banks or investment firms (as in house counsel); specialised banks or central banks e.g. European Investment Bank, EBRD, the ECB (the EU’s central bank), the African Development Bank, the IMF and the World Bank; national financial regulatory authorities and international organisations such as the World Trade Organisation, the European Union, international courts and tribunals, ‘think tanks’ and research centres, and government (eg. Ministry of Finance). Having taken one of our programmes, there will, of course, also be possibilities for academically inclined students to pursue careers in teaching and research.

IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each individual component score
Pearson PTE: a score of 62 (with no element lower than 58)

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Competition Law
  • International Criminal Law
  • Conflict
  • International Banking
  • Credit
  • IT
  • Teaching
  • LLM
  • International
  • Banking
  • Financial
  • Law
  • Financial Training
  • International Human Rights Law
  • International Commercial Arbitration
  • European Human Rights Law
  • Global Trade Law
  • Comparative Corporate Governance
  • EU Internal Markets Law
  • International Law of Armed Conflict
  • Dealing with the Legacies of the Past

Course programme

Teaching will mostly be seminar based which will promote group and individual interaction, which also ensures that every individual student is encouraged to contribute to discussions. Seminar based teaching enables lecturers and students to discuss issues and investigate topics in greater depth, and develops critical thinking and solution based learning skills in students; whilst also allowing the course teachers to monitor closely each individual’s progress. Emphasis will be placed on the use of virtual learning through the mechanism of the Blackboard computer assisted learning system and databases such as Westlaw and LexisNexis. Throughout all modules, comparative elements with other legal systems will be emphasised. Teaching will be in English; however, according to the University’s Welsh language policy, students who so wish may be examined and present essays, coursework and dissertations through the medium of Welsh. Modules Compulsory Modules: Legal Research Methods International Banking Law Dissertation on any topic within Law & Banking Optional Modules (choose 4): International Criminal Law International Human Rights Law Children’s Rights in Domestic and International Law European Human Rights Law EU Internal Markets Law Competition Law Global Trade Law Comparative Corporate Governance International Commercial Arbitration Intellectual Property Law International Law of Armed Conflict Dealing with the Legacies of the Past Programmes and modules are constantly updated and reviewed. As with most academic programmes, please remember that it is possible that specific modules or programmes may not be offered in any particular year, because a member of staff is on study leave, for instance, or too few students opt for it. Bangor Law School reserves the right to vary or withdraw any course or module.

Law and Banking LLM

£ 11,750 VAT inc.