What you’ll study The main teaching course covers the following seven modules.
What’s next The diploma award is graded, so that students may be awarded a Pass, Commendation or Distinction. Successful completion of this course enables you to progress on to our highly regarded LLM LPC for prospective solicitors or the LLM BPTC for intending barristers. At Nottingham Law School, we don’t view the GDL in isolation, but as part of a programme with the LLM LPC and LLM BPTC courses. We have a dedicated Employability team, which provides practical advice and will support you in your search for a training contract or pupillage. Many firms will appreciate your well-rounded knowledge, and the commitment demonstrated by completing the GDL. Even if you decide not to pursue a career as a solicitor or barrister, you’ll have gained a range of transferable skills that are highly valued by employers.
• Contract Law • Law of Torts • Land Law
• Law of Trusts • Criminal Law • Constitutional and Administrative Law • EU Law
You’ll also cover an additional area of study as a research project. This is an extended essay of around 5,000 words. The main objective of this exercise is to improve your research skills in an area of interest. Alternatively, selected students can become involved in our pro bono module and work on projects facilitated by the Legal Advice Centre. Lectures and tutorials are designed to encourage interactive learning, as our students learn in small groups. Your study options The full-time course begins with an induction programme, giving you an introduction to the English legal system, legal method, and legal research. You will then study the seven core modules of Law. There are six or seven one-hour long lectures and six or seven one- hour seminars per week, plus significant independent study. Class hours are usually between 9 am and 5 pm. Depending on your timetable, you may be expected to attend more than one seminar a day. Attendance at seminars is compulsory. We have modern lecture theatre facilities, which are ideal for our professional courses. Small-group sessions also take place in purpose-built teaching rooms. Our newly refurbished Boots Library provides IT and AV resources, study areas, and library services. Our mock courtrooms provide a realistic environment for both advocacy and mooting. Many GDL providers build and deliver courses around their IT provisions – we believe that a course of this complexity needs to be taught by humans and supported by IT, rather than the other way round. We generate top-quality teaching materials on site, and then make them available 24-7 through our remote-access systems. Exemptions Students who have previously studied law may be eligible for exemptions. In this situation, you should contact nls.enquiries@ntu.ac.uk for clarification. Any requests for exemptions must be submitted to us before the 31 May 2019 . Assessment Assessment is by a combination of in-course assessments (approximately 30%), including three assessed courseworks and a research project or a reflective report based on experience gained in the Legal Advice Centre and end-of-year examinations (approximately 70%) in each of the core modules.
Caitlin Coady Graduate Diploma in Law (full-time) “My first degree was in History, which I absolutely loved. I enjoyed drawing information from a range of sources, analysing it and then building it into an argument, and so I wanted to pursue a career that used similar skills. When choosing where to study my GDL, I was keen to pick somewhere that had an emphasis on small-group learning and where I would be able to learn from tutors who had first-hand experience of the legal industry, as either solicitors or barristers.”
Who will teach me? Clare Smith Course leader Graduate Diploma in Law (full-time)
Clare previously worked as a corporate / commercial solicitor in private practice at Eversheds and Shoosmiths. Her areas of research include EU Law and Company Law.
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