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LLM

Law, Technology and Innovation

LLM Law, Technology and Innovation will enable you to apply for exciting career opportunities for tomorrow’s job market in the legal, finance and technology industries.

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Key Course Details

The course, which is conducted by leading academics, centres around seminars and lectures in which you critically evaluate legal issues such artificial intelligence and developments of law and policy arising from technology and associated emerging issues. Students from both the UK and further afield will be able to draw on prior academic and professional experience from different jurisdictions.

Module Overview

Specified modules 

  • Advanced Legal Skills and Methods  
  • Artificial Intelligence Law  
  • Dissertation  
  • Information Technology Law  
  • International Intellectual Law  

 

Optional Modules

  • Climate Change and the Law  
  • Law & Order 
  • Cybercrime  
  • Law of Obligations  
  • Research Methodologies for Law  

The following modules are also options because they run on our other LLM programmes but are not specific to Law, Technology, and Innovation: 

  • Transnational Criminal Law 
  • Criminal Evidence and Forensics 
  • International Business and Competition Law 
  • Commercial & Consumer Law 
  • Corporate Law and Governance 

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Typical qualification requirements:

A minimum 2:2 Honours degree in any discipline or a relevant professional qualification such as the Institute of Legal Executives and others that include some element of law.

For applicants who do not possess formal qualifications, relevant professional experience may be considered via the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)/Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) mechanism (university regulations will apply).

Additional requirements include:

Please note that whilst this course does not require a DBS Check for entry, some professions will not consider candidates who have certain types of criminal convictions. If you have a criminal conviction and you are considering a particular career path, we recommend that you check with the relevant professional body or refer to their recruitment policy to make sure that your conviction will not disadvantage you.

International applications welcomed:

We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence please view our dedicated country pages.

English language requirements

International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.

Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.

If you have previously studied through the medium of English IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

If you do not meet the English entry criteria please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.

Contextual offers

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.

USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.

 

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Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch and we'd to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.

 

Additional Costs

As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.

Course Highlights

How you’ll learn

The taught element of the course requires full-time students to attend the university two days per week, and part-time students one day per week. Teaching utilises a blended learning approach consisting of lectures and workshops. During the workshops, students will be expected to engage in discussions based on pre-reading suggested by the lecturers. Outside these formal sessions, all LLM students are expected to carry out preparatory work and research.

Teaching staff

Law lecturers engage in a variety of research activities which result in the presentation of papers at conferences, the publication of journal articles and textbooks. All our areas of research feed directly into your studies, so you will benefit from a cutting-edge curriculum that is taught by staff who are at the forefront of their subject area. We have a programme of high-profile guest speakers who will give you an insight into the practice of law and help you understand the many career paths available when you graduate.

Support

The course leader is available in regular weekly office hours.  Each member of the course teaching team will have at least one scheduled office hour per teaching week. These office hours will be drop-in sessions, which students will not need to book. Students are encouraged to take an active part in peer support programmes.

Facilities

The University of South Wales has impressive study facilities for law.  The award-winning Legal Advice Clinic(Opens in a new tab) sits in the main law building.  We also have a courtroom with digital video facilities, a legal practice library, and dedicated teaching and practice rooms. You can take part in a range of activities, including moots and mock trials in our Moot Courtroom. We run simulations in our Hydra suite to provide real world experiences in a supportive environment.

Careers and Employability

Possible career paths

This course will open doors to a wide range of opportunities from a legal technologist within legal firms to working within IT companies or the Intellectual Property Office.

Careers support

The University’s Career Services offers a range of advice and guidance to students, and references to the services available to all listed at southwales.ac.uk/careers will be added to the course website by default. However, if there are other important course or subject specific initiatives run at local a level, there is an opportunity to add further details here. Whether this includes connecting with professionals, industry experts or mentors, or strategies to enhance their competitiveness and aspirations in the job market, further details will provide prospects with the confidence, encouragement, and motivation to commit to applying.