The Faculty of Law at the University of Leicester has been involved in the provision of postgraduate programmes in Law for over twenty years. The programme has recently expanded, to offer over 50 options over two semesters. Programme Structure You will spend the second semester at the University of Leicester. This begins at the end of January. There are eight teaching weeks from January to March, then there is a one month break, and teaching starts again at the beginning of May for a further four weeks, after which time is given for the preparation of the essays, which are due in June.
Teaching is by fortnightly seminars of two hours duration.
You will be given a reading list and asked to prepare questions, or legal opinions, either individually or as a group. The seminar is a group discussion of the topics covered. Assessment is by a research paper of between 3,000 and 5,000 word, on a topic to be approved by the course tutor, who may either set a list of essay titles or allow students to select their own research topic, subject to approval. Assistance will be offered in the design of the research paperand in carrying out research, although it is expected that students also carry out independent research. The marks obtained in Leicester will count towards your LLM programme in Helsinki.