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LLM in Human Rights and Criminal Justice | Cross Border
Provided jointly by
School of Law, Queen's University Belfast and
Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway
Introduction
The School of Law, Queen's University Belfast and the Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway have established two exciting new Masters programmes. These LL.M. degree programmes, the first such law programmes in Ireland, will entail students attending classes for the first semester in Belfast (September to January), the second semester in Galway (January to June), and spending a summer in either location completing their dissertation.
Activities
A number of activites are organised for postgrad Human Rights Students, see further details of Activities for LLM Human Rights Students .
Prize for the best LLM Dissertation
The Human Rights Centre is pleased to announce that the NI Human Rights Commission has agreed to provide a prize for the best LLM dissertation on a Human Rights topic. The prize will be 500 pounds, and will be presented to the recipient at a public ceremony hosted by the Commission. The recipient will be asked to make a short presentation on the dissertation at the prize giving ceremony. The successful dissertation will subsequently be published on the NIHRC website. (Any LLM student who is a staff member of the Commission or a Commissioner is ineligible for this prize.)
Background
Queen's
Law has been studied and taught at Queen's since 1845. As well as a range of undergraduate programmes, Queen's Law School already provides a range of postgraduate courses in Human Rights, Criminology and Computers and Law. With the Law School, human rights teaching and research has been carried out under the auspices of the Centre for Human Rights since 1990. Within the field of criminology and criminal justice, teaching and research is carried out under the auspices of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice , established in 1995.
Galway
The Galway Law Faculty has also been involved in teaching and research of law since the mid-nineteenth century. The Faculty provides a number of undergraduate programmes. In addition, since the Faculty provides a post graduate LLM in International Human Rights Law. Teaching and Research in Human Rights Law is carried out under the auspices of the Irish Centre of Human Rights within the Faculty established in 1999.
Course Organisation
Students will be required to spend the first semester in Belfast , the second semester in Galway and a summer in either location completing a dissertation. Students will be required to complete a combination of compulsory and elective modules as well as their dissertation worth a total of 180 credits in order to complete the degree/s. Please note that a student accepted on to the Cross Border programme is expected to move to Galway in January; students will not be allowed to transfer to a QUB only LLM programme absent extraordinary circumstances.
Semester One (Belfast)
Students are required to take the following compulsory modules:
- Human Rights Law (30 credits)
- Criminal Justice Processes (30 credits)
Semester Two (Galway)
Students must choose modules to the value of 60 credits (30 ECTS) from the choices offered by the Irish Centre of Human Rights
Summer
Twenty thousand word dissertation to be written at either institution (60 credits, 30 ECTS).
Assessment
All modules are primarily assessed by way of an essay. Dissertations are 20,000 words.
Entrance Requirements
For the LLM in Human Rights and Criminal Justice (Cross Border) applicants must normally have a good second class degree in a relevant social science (e.g. law, sociology, psychology, etc.). Previous experience in a relevant legal or criminal justice setting may be taken into account.
Closing Date for Applications
The closing date for application to this course is 30th June 2008. Late applications may be considered if places are still available.
Contact Addresses
For further information please contact:
| Queen's University Belfast: | National University of Ireland, Galway: |
Postgraduate Secretary Tel: (44) 028 9097 3476 |
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| See Admissions Office for details of : Application Procedure Human Rights Centre Bursaries for incoming LL.M. students, 2007 >> More |