2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
LLM Law and Social Justice
Programme code: | LLM-LAW/LSJF | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Mitchell Travis | Contact address: | M.Travis@leeds.ac.uk |
Part time variant available
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Normally an upper second class degree or non-UK equivalent and English Language IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Law
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Law
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Provide students with advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, policies and practices at the forefront of contemporary understanding of Law and Social Justice;
- Provide students with the opportunity to study Law and Social Justice is an inter-disciplinary context with a range of modules provided by the School of Law as well as the School of Sociology and Social Sciences to an understanding of the extent to which social change promotes / find expression in the reshaping of the law as well as the converse. The programme of necessity reflects this reality in its module options.
- Encourage students to develop other transferrable skills including strong writing skills critical and analytical thinking skills, and oral presentation skills;
Provide students with the opportunity to undertake independent research and to contribute in seminar discussions to the critical evaluation of issues relating to equal treatment; privilege, prejudice and the fair distribution of resources; and
- Require students to complete a 12,000 word dissertation. During the course of their dissertation they will receive supervision and guidance from their academic supervisor.
As members of the School of Law and also the Centre for Law and Social Justice students will be part of a lively academic environment and will be encouraged to take advantage of the many extra curricula opportunities available. Centre for Law and Social Justice events include:
- The Centre for Law and Social Justice Public Seminar Series, during which UK and international scholars give papers practitioners, academics, students, social policy advocates and others;
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
LAW5400M | Theories of Social Justice | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5662M | Postgraduate Legal Research Skills | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5780M | Dissertation | 60 credits | 1 Jan to 31 Oct |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 30 credits from the following list of ‘compulsory’ optional modules:
LAW5401M | Inequalities, Law and Justice | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LAW5405M | Social Care Law: National and International Contexts | 30 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
LAW5862M | Human Rights and Disabled People 1 | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5863M | Human Rights and Disabled People 2 | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study up to 45 credits from the following optional modules:
LAW5330M | European Human Rights | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5812M | Environmental Law | 15 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
LAW5861M | International Human Rights | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LAW5864M | Global Human Rights Advocacy | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED5626M | Global Justice | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5301M | Researching Society and Culture | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP5302M | Contested Bodies | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5304M | Que(e)rying Sexualities | 15 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
SLSP5305M | Social Policy Analysis | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5306M | Social Policy Debates | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5307M | Quantitative Research Methods | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5308M | Qualitative Research Methods | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5311M | Disability and Development | 15 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
SLSP5345M | Public Administration: Policy, Planning and Development in a Globalised World | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP5360M | Researching Inequality in the Media | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 11/09/2019
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