Postgraduate Laws programme:
Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate
Exemptions
Students who have obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in law or a Postgraduate Diploma in law
from a College or Institute of the University of London may be considered for exemption in accordance
with the rules given below.
Professor David Schultz
LLM graduate, USA.
Teaches within the Graduate School of Public Administration and Management,
Hamline University.
“I decided to pursue the LLM for several reasons. First,
as a professor who teaches criminal justice, I have been interested in developing more of a comparative
knowledge between the United States and other countries of the world. The University of London
programme lent me the opportunity to study the criminal justice system of England. Second,
I have also been interested in learning more about the European Union and the LLM programme also
afforded me the opportunity to do that. Overall, I leave the programme with a richer understanding
of the European Union and a better appreciation of how the British (and now the American) criminal
justice process works.”
- At the discretion of the University, students who satisfy the relevant entrance requirements
to register for a programme of study and are appropriately qualified may apply for exemption
from specified subjects. Applications will be considered on the basis of studies successfully
completed at a level considered by the University to be appropriate.
- Students can be considered for exemption from up to one third of the programme
concerned. Exemption can be granted from core and optional subjects, but cannot be granted from
the dissertation, project or final examination (as appropriate) of the programme.
- No exemption will be granted unless the student has made an application in accordance with
the University’s procedures and deadlines.
- Applications for exemption cannot be considered after a student has made entry to the examination
for the subject concerned. Students who have failed an examination may not, at a later stage,
apply for exemption from that examination.
- A fee is payable for all applications for exemption. The exemption application fee is £50
and is non-refundable.
- All exemptions are granted at the discretion of the University.
- Exemptions are valid only for a limited time and as indicated in the offer of exemption. If
a student does not enter an examination within this period, then the exemption will lapse and
it will be necessary to make a fresh application.
- Exemptions are valid only for the particular programme of study and subject for which they
have been awarded. Exemptions will no longer be valid if the programme is withdrawn before the
student registers. Students who transfer their registration to another programme may be required
to submit a further application for exemption.
- Students who are exempt from a specific subject are not required or permitted to offer the
same, or equivalent, subject at a later stage.