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To get the Diploma you must study and pass 80 units from the list below
To get the LLM, you must study and pass 160 units. This can be 160 units of taught courses from the list below, or 120 units of taught courses from the list below and a dissertation (worth 40 units) or three research papers (worth 40 units).
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LLM Program
Courses and Academic Programs
Norway Law School offers a legal curriculum whose breadth and depth is unmatched in legal education. Rather than emphasizing any single area of law, the School provides both introductory and advanced courses in every major area of legal endeavor. This varied and challenging educational program prepares students for leadership within legal practice, the judiciary, government and other public service, academia, and business.
Because of the range and diversity of the WCS faculty, students benefit from a curriculum that can adjust quickly to changes in the legal profession and the world. In recent years, for example, WCS has enhanced its offerings in terrorism, corporate responsibility, and Islamic law.
Norway Law School students also learn by working directly with clients throughout the community. Numerous classes, such as administrative law, family law, and civil rights law, have clinical components, which allow students to make practical use of what they learn in the classroom in a wide variety of legal settings and organizations.
The course is taught in a dynamic, multicultural environment, it focuses on law's relations with personal life, the economy, the political system, and the culture generally. The College is committed to an international and cross-cultural perspective. We also encourage a vision which embraces both the inner logic of the law and its social roots and implications. We offer both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and have adopted a number of innovative approaches to teaching. Our highly regarded LLM program is offered on a full-time basis.
In the competitive area of law, it is becoming increasingly apparent that many recent graduates wish to improve their academic profile by undertaking a period of postgraduate (LLM) study. Further to this, both newly qualified solicitors and more experienced practitioners may find it necessary to enhance their career prospects by obtaining a postgraduate qualification.
The Department of Law aims : |
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to have an international reputation for high quality legal study and research;
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to excel in learning and teaching;
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to have strong and mutually beneficial links with the legal profession, the judiciary, other academic institutions and disciplines, and governmental bodies at all levels.
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LLM Course Structure : |
Legal Writing
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Writing like a lawyer and also as an academician is what we will experiment, by using different techniques, concentrating on the best use of English language in getting our message forward as simply and efficiently as possible.
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Public International Law III
This course concerns legal relations between states, as well as the role of The United Nations and other international organisations and, in the fields of human rights and international criminal law, the rights and duties of individuals. Students will be expected to have a grasp of basic principles of international law, including its sources, jurisdictional immunities, treaties and state responsibility, and of the application of those principles in such fields as international environmental law and the law of the sea. Public international law is important not only to provide an informed understanding of international affairs but also to increase the working understanding of the practitioner in a modern legal environment in which rules made at the international level have a growing impact domestically. |
Private International Law III
The private international law, also known as the conflict of laws, is the body of rules applied by the Courts to cases with a foreign element. It may be used to answer three questions: whether the Court should hear the case at all (jurisdiction) where it does hear the case, what law should apply to determine the substantive issue (choice of law) whether a judgement, decree or award of a foreign Court or tribunal should be recognised and enforced in England and Wales. Despite statutory implementation of a number of International Conventions and Law Commission reports, many issues on private international law are answered by reference to case law.
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European Union Law III & IV
These courses will provide an introduction to the law of the European Union (EU). EU law is a newer legal system with some of the characteristics of international law combined with some features of a national legal system based on a written Constitution. In addition to studying the areas of social and economic life in which the EU has exclusive or shared power to act, a large part of the course will deal with the relations between EU law and national law. The social, political and economic context of the EU and the legal rules and judicial decisions will be analysed. |
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Company Law III
This course deals with the way in which the law regulates companies and the facilities that the law offers to those in business such as limited liability and transferability of shares. It is also concerned with the corresponding burdens that they shoulder, such as duties of disclosure, compliance with statutory procedures and common law duties and the dynamics of the relationship between the shareholders, who own the company and the directors who manage it. The European Union policy of harmonising the company law of its members and the legislative changes of the United Kingdom will be analysed. The students will also be exposed to learning the skill of interpreting complex statutes and develop a critical analysis of the reasons for the change. |
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Cyber Law
The regulation of the Internet via international law and the possible legislation to avoid internet-related “crimes” will be discussed. It also covers the intellectual property law as software comes under that law according to Bern Convention.
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International Business Transactions
We will discuss international trade as regulated by the EU, NAFTA, and other international organisations/instruments in light of the case law that has accumulated over the years. It also covers the rights, duties and responsibilities of WTO and other international organisations
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Modern Legal Research Methods
We will concentrate on legal research methods, including classic research through law books, as well as more modern research through the Internet and other research means |
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
This course will deal with the advantages and disadvantages involved in resolving disputes through other means than litigation. Accordingly, we will analyse arbitration, mediation, negotiation, conciliation, fact-finding etc.
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International Environmental Law
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the legal and administrative framework that regulates decision-making concerning the environment. It deals with legislation relating to town and country planning, certain special controls designed to protect the environment, and the basic statutory regime concerning the control of pollution. It is intended to give students an understanding of the legal concepts, processes and techniques which have been developed and the problems involved in defining and enforcing environmental standards, the way of making official decisions affecting the environment and the methods by which these decisions can be challenged.
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Masters Thesis
The student is required to work with an approved advisor to prepare a well-researched and organised thesis in a topic to be approved by the Faculty.
At the start of your programme students will be assigned to a member of staff who acts as a personal tutor and who can offer support and guidance where necessary. Teaching takes the form of lectures, seminars and tutorials. In regular tutorials, you will meet subject tutors as part of a small group to analyse problems and to discuss selected topics. Seminar groups are larger and meet to discuss assigned materials. Assessment is based on written examinations held at the end of each academic year and on coursework that includes the individual project in year three. The final degree classification is calculated on the results gained in the second and third years.
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Entry Requirements :
Good honours degree in law or good honours degree in another discipline, plus either the CPE or GDL conversion qualifications for LLM.
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The entrance requirements may be satisfied where passes in equivalent examinations conducted overseas have been obtained.
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English Language requirements :
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List of postgraduate courses
Advertising & Marketing Law (20 units)
Agency & Insurance Law (20 units)
Banking Law (40 units)
Banking Law (half option - 20 units)
Company Law (40 units)
Comparative Securities Regulation Law (40 units)
Conflict of Laws (40 units)
Corporate Insolvency (20 units)
Environmental Law (40 units)
Intellectual Property Law (40 units)
International Law (40 units)
International Trade Law (40 units)
Law of the European Union 1 (20 units)
Law of the European Union 2 (20 units)
Law of World Trade (20 units)
Sale of Goods (20 units) |
