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  Barristers Training Course LLM


Nottingham Trent University    Nottingham Law School

Full time September LLM 9 months full time
Law (22)

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The Barristers Training Course LLM at Nottingham Law School offers a nine-month programme designed to prepare you for a successful career at the Bar. By completing this course, you will be eligible to be called to the Bar and proceed to pupillage. The LLM qualification is internationally recognized and can be funded through the UK postgraduate government loan. This programme incorporates practical elements, including the opportunity to work on realistic case studies in criminal and civil law. You will also have the chance to study advanced topics such as vulnerable witnesses and expert evidence. Entry requirements include a qualifying law degree or equivalent. Nottingham Law School provides excellent facilities and support from experienced legal professionals.

About the course

Why choose this course?

Successful completion of this course enables you to be called to the Bar, and proceed to pupillage. Our nine-month LLM BTC gives you the opportunity to gain the award of a Masters (LLM), assuming successful completion of the BTC and an additional module, Advanced Advocacy, Advice and ADR, which has been created to give you experience of issues that are at the cutting-edge of practice, such as vulnerable witnesses and expert evidence.

The LLM qualification is internationally recognised and is eligible for the UK postgraduate government loan. Our LLM incorporates a number of unique, practical elements which are at the forefront of legal practice and which will aid you in your future career.

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Entry Requirements

You will need one of the following options:

- Qualifying law degree (2.1 or above); or
- Graduate Diploma In Law or Common Professional Examination, with undergraduate honours degree (2.1)
- (A 2.2 honours degree will be considered with evidence of exceptional achievement elsewhere in the application, e.g. awards, scholarships, work experience – paid or unpaid).

All applicants should provide evidence in their supporting information document of their commitment to a career in law and will be required to provide a full reference in support of their application.

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Student Profiles

Nishaat Ara Roojee

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-courses/courses/our-students-stories/law/nishaat-ara-roojee

Jack Stuart

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-courses/courses/our-students-stories/law/jack-stuart

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