LLM Employment Law

Course Overview

Master of Laws (LLM) in Employment Law, offered by The University of Law, is a postgraduate degree designed for law and non-law graduates to enhance your academic legal knowledge. This internationally recognised Master’s will provide you with the opportunity to explore issues surrounding employment law in the UK and can open up pathways to careers such as chartered governance professional or company secretary within large organisations, private companies and charitable organisations, governorships, and directorships.

The jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal has grown from a limited administrative role to a forum for enforcing a range of individual rights, including unfair dismissal and discrimination. This online course will cover the growth of the Employment Tribunal and employment law, including the shift in focus from collective rights to individual ones. You’ll consider the effectiveness of the individual-enforcement model in the context of discrimination and harassment, covering the limitations of the protected characteristics approach and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. You’ll also explore how employment law can support diversity aims, for example through the gender pay gap requirements.

Course details

Mode:100% online
Length:Full time (12 months); Part-time (24 months)
Fees:£7,400 upon scholarship deduction of £4,300
Start dates:February and September
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Next start date:September 2024
Application deadline:September 2024

How you're assessed

Modules are assessed by a three-hour unseen written examination or a 4,500-word coursework assignment.

All assessments are conducted online.

The dissertation module will be assessed by submission of a thesis (15,000 words) and provides an opportunity for sustained, in-depth and intensive investigation into, and reflection upon, a specialist area of Employment Law.

What are the entry requirements?

Students should possess a UK undergraduate degree in any subject at 2:2 or above, or an equivalent qualification.

A compulsory two week induction is required for all students, unless they can evidence the successful completion of either:

  • an LLB or equivalent; or
  • a minimum of 3 legal modules, worth at least 80 QCFcredits that must include;
    • English Legal System
    • Contract Law
    • Law of Tort

English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English

  • An English language level equivalent to IELTS 6.5 or above, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component. If you don’t have Alternative English Language Qualifications, we will offer you the University of Law English Test (ULET) to meet your English Language condition.

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