LLM (Commercial Law)

LLM (Commercial Law)

Mode: full-time part-time

The LLM (Commercial Law) offers you the unique opportunity to engage with issues that are of real and practical relevance to those who operate in today’s financial markets and are concerned with the legal and regulatory issues of tomorrow. The programme, while offering a broad spectrum of commercial law modules also allows for specialisation in new and dynamic issues such as competition law and the prevention and control of fraud and financial crime. Options will be led by some of the leading international experts in these fields and combine a unique blend of practical knowledge and application.

Preparing you for practice

In today's competitive employment market an additional qualification in a specialist subject will set you apart from other candidates and facilitate your career progression. BPP's LLM (Commercial Law) is practice-focussed and as such includes the following elements:

• taught by a mix of experienced practitioners and academics
• first rate resources designed to simulate life in practice
• speaker programme developed to give you as wide exposure as possible to the commercial law environment
• personal tutor support and guidance to increase your confidence and assist you in realising your potential
• a wide range of modules giving you the opportunity to specialise in a particular area of commercial law
• fees inclusive of all manuals, books and other materials needed throughout the programme
• opportunity to gain clinical legal experience through our award-winning Pro Bono Centre
• access to a job vacancies database with a large range of legal posts, including some which are exclusively open to BPP students
• networking with like-minded students wishing to specialise in comercial law
• full-time and part-time study modes to suit your needs

How is the programme taught?

The programme is taught by a mix of staff from academic and practice backgrounds. This enables BPP to provide you with an advanced knowledge of the academic and theoretical framework of these specialist areas as well as ensuring that what we teach is relevant to the needs of firms and chambers.

The focus of the programme is on self-study and research and learning in small groups with a one and a half hour seminar held in each module per week and a one hour whole group session every fortnight. This gives you the maximum opportunity to interact with and exchange ideas with both tutors and your colleagues on the programme.

Guest speaker programme

Our guest speaker programme is designed to give you as wide exposure as possible to the international commercial law environment and includes talks from a variety of eminent academics, commercial law practitioners, those involved in international business, commerce and the public sector.

Assessment

The method of assessment for each module will be made through a combination of:

• memorandum of advice (30%)
• written examinations (70%)

You must also submit a dissertation of 10,000 words on a subject related to commercial law. To help you succeed you will be supervised throughout this assignment by an academic and a practitioner from a relevant area of law.

You will receive feedback and advice on your work throughout the programme, to ensure that you make progress and achieve your goals.