Manchester Metropolitan University Law School

LLM Legal Practice

This course combines SQE preparation with a legal master’s (LLM). It consists of three core units, covering an introduction to professional practice, as well as two research projects. Students can also take up to 60 credits of optional units, such as MMU’s two 30-credit SQE preparation modules.

• Full-time: 1 year
• Part-time: 2 years
• Cost: £11,500 full-time, £1,917 part-time per 30 credits studied each year

LLM (Master of Laws)

Manchester Metropolitan University describes their LLM (Master of Laws) as an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the law, whilst developing advanced analytical and research skills. This includes a focus on how the law governs relations between countries and how it relates to individuals, businesses and societies in and across countries. The course also explores law’s impact on policy and policy-making processes at national, regional and international levels.

Students are required to study the following core units – Advanced legal systems, skills and research 1 + 2, and advanced independent study – and can also choose from a range of optional units focusing on different practice areas.

• Full-time: 1 year
• Part-time: 2 years
• Cost: £9,250 full-time, £1,542 part-time per 30 credits studied each year

Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)

MMU’s Graduate Diploma in Law is a route for non-law students to enter the legal profession. The course focuses on the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in the sector. It includes eight core units covering contract law, legal skills and practice, land law, law of torts, criminal law, equity and trusts, public law, EU law in the UK, and legal technology.

• Full-time: 1 year
• Cost: £10,000 full-time

LLM Graduate Legal Studies

This course is an alternative to the GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law), which provides the foundational knowledge needed to pursue a career in law. The eleven core units include professionals in practice, public law 1 & 2, contract, tort, land law, criminal law, equity and trusts, business and legal practice, as well as two research projects (inside professional practice, law and practice). Students can also choose up to 30 credits of optional units, such as commercial law, digital lawyering, family law and practice, and SQE1 preparation.

• Full-time: 1 year
• Cost: £11,500 full-time

Bar Training Course (BTC)

This course, which can be studied either full-time, part-time, or flexible-part time, provides the foundational knowledge and skills needed to qualify as a barrister in the UK. It includes the following core units: civil litigation, criminal litigation evidence and sentencing, professional ethics, professional practice, conference skills, opinion writing and legal research, advocacy civil, drafting and advocacy criminal.

• Full-time (1 year): 40-45 hours per week
• Part-time (2 years): 20-25 hours per week
• Flexible part-time (2-5 years): 15-25 hours per week
• Cost: £12,500 full-time, £1,042 part-time per 10 credits studied each year

LLM in Legal Practice at the Bar

This course incorporates the essential skills and knowledge from the BTC, as well as masters-level legal research skills to prepare students for life as a barrister. It includes the following core units: civil litigation, criminal litigation evidence and sentencing, professional ethics, professional practice, conference skills, opinion writing and legal research, advocacy civil, drafting, advocacy criminal, and advanced independent study. Students will work within a mini chambers group of other students, which is designed to mirror the real-life practices.

• Full-time (1 year): 40-45 hours per week
• Part-time (2 years): 20-25 hours per week
• Flexible part-time (2-5 years): 15-25 hours per week
• Cost: £14,000 full-time, £778 part-time per 10 credits studied each year