| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2025-02-01 | - |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The LLM Investment Regulation Online program provides graduates with the legal knowledge and skills for careers in financial law. Course highlights include elective modules in various specialized areas, online assessments, and industry-informed program development through strategic partnerships. Graduates benefit from enhanced employability and earning potential, but the program is not a direct route to legal professional qualification in the UK.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The LLM Investment Regulation Online is a postgraduate degree designed for law and non-law graduates to enhance their academic legal knowledge. This internationally recognized Master’s course will give you the skills to enhance or pursue a career within banking, insurance, wealth and asset management, compliance, regulation, and more.
Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct and evaluate research.
Outline:
Terms 1 & 2 (full-time) or 1-4 (part-time):
- General Induction: Introduces the program.
- Two-week Induction: Covers the Key Principles of the English Legal System. This is compulsory for non-law students, but also open to students wanting a refresher in the fundamentals of the law of England and Wales.
- Compulsory Modules:
- Investment Regulation Law
- Research Methods Training
- Elective Modules (choose three):
- Banking and Debt Finance
- Compliance and Regulation
- Insolvency Law
- Insurance Law
- International Finance Law
Term 3 (full-time) or 5 & 6 (part-time):
- Dissertation: Dissertation in Investment Regulation Law.
Course Schedule:
- Start Dates:
- September 2024
- February 2025
Assessment:
- Modules: Assessed by a three-hour unseen written examination or 4,500-word coursework assignment. All assessments are conducted online.
- Dissertation: Assessed by submission of a thesis (15,000 words).
Teaching:
- Faculty: Taught by a combination of former and current practitioners, as well as research and teaching academics who are focused on legal practice, not just theory.
- Teaching Approach: Predominantly learner-centered. Each taught module is divided into a number of Units which are presented using the Prepare, Engage, Consolidate approach.
- Prepare: Students complete work before attending the relevant workshop. Traditional lecture content is presented in short bite-sized segments. Guided independent research and reading are expected.
- Engage: Interactive element of the Unit. This could be a face-to-face workshop, a synchronous online workshop, or an asynchronous online activity.
- Consolidate: Students check their understanding of the Unit immediately after their Engage activity or as part of their revision.
Careers:
- Potential Career Paths: Banking, insurance, wealth and asset management, compliance, regulation, and more.
Other:
- Strategic Partnerships: The program benefits from strategic partnerships with firms, regulators, and accreditation bodies, which inform program development.
- Graduate Outcomes: 95% of postgraduate students in employment were in highly skilled employment 15 months after graduating (2020/21 Graduate Outcomes data).
- Earning Potential: Postgraduates on average earn £6,500 more than their graduate counterparts.
- Visa Regulations: Students who require a Student Route visa to study are not permitted to study online.
- LPC Compatibility: This course cannot be chosen to study alongside the Legal Practice Course (LPC).
- Barrister/Solicitor Qualification: The Master of Laws (LLM) programmes are not a direct route to qualification as a Barrister or Solicitor in the UK.
