The Legal Cheek View
In 1838, the University of Westminster was founded as London’s inaugural polytechnic institution, with the purpose of providing education to the city’s labour force. Nowadays, the University continues to build on its established reputation, providing a wide variety of practice-based courses. The Westminster Law School is no outlier, offering a range of full and part-time courses within the heart of Central London.
The Law School’s undergraduate offerings include the classic LLB, as well as LLB variations which give law students the chance to spend time abroad, such as the Law with French Law LLB and the European Legal Studies LLB. At postgrad, Westminster Law School candidates can choose between ten different interesting LLM options, all of which are available both full-time and part-time. These include Entertainment Law LLM, International Commercial Law LLM, and Law and Technology LLM to name a few, all of which offer postgrad students the chance to specialise and spend a year carving out their research niche.
For students interested in preparing for qualification, Westminster Law School also offers a number of legal practice degrees run both part-time and full-time. Law graduates can go for either the Legal Practice Postgraduate Diploma, a one-year course priced at £12,500, or its LLM counterpart priced at £14,500 which includes an added dissertation. For non-law graduates, there’s a dedicated Professional Legal Practice Postgraduate Diploma, and its LLM counterpart, also priced at £12,500 and £14,500 which both provide a solid foundation into the legal industry over the course of a year. One particular bonus of the LLM programmes, outside of carving out a research specialism, is that students on the course are eligible for student financing.
The Westminster Law School facilities aren’t too shabby either. Located between Fitzrovia and Marylebone, and a stone’s throw from the trendy bars and restaurants of Great Titchfield Street, it’s fair to say that the law school has a prime location. The building isn’t bad either, an art deco gem opened by the then Queen in 1929. Inside the law school is split over 10 floors, including two large lecture theatres, multiple smaller seminar rooms, a mock court room and an audio-visual suite, as well as multi-faith prayer rooms and a quiet room. The ground floor cafe apparently does a decent flat white and is better value than some of the fancy nearby cafes. For students looking to do some shopping between lectures, Oxford Street is just a five-minute walk away.
Courses
Legal practice courses
Legal Practice LLM
This course allows students to gain a masters while also obtaining the necessary knowledge to qualify as a solicitor.
- Full time (1 year): £14,500 UK, £15,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £7,250 per year UK, £7,500 per year International
- Intake in September
Legal Practice Postgraduate Diploma
This course provides students with the necessary knowledge to qualify as a solicitor.
- Full time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £13,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): Evening only £6,250 pear year UK, £6,500 per year International
- Intake in September
Postgraduate law courses
Corporate Finance Law LLM
Westminster Law School describes this LLM as providing the essential knowledge for lawyers, bankers and financiers who are keen to develop professional skills in corporate fundraising, deal structures and transactional management.
- Full-time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £17,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £6,250 per year UK, £8,500 per year International
- Intakes in January and September
Entertainment Law LLM
This course is linked with the university’s Centre for Law and Popular Culture, and gives you a systematic and structured knowledge of the entertainment business and the impact of the law on it, and specific areas of entertainment law.
- Full-time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £17,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £6,250 per year UK, £8,500 per year International
- Intakes in January and September
International and Commercial Dispute Resolution Law LLM
This course explores the three main forms of dispute resolution process – adjudication, alternative dispute resolution and negotiation.
- Full-time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £17,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £6,250 per year UK, £8,500 per year International
- Intakes in January and September
International Commercial Law LLM
According to the university, this course addresses today’s most important business and legal challenges, including the study of commercial relationships in the international arena, the role and impact of electronic commerce, and the gradual harmonisation of international commercial law.
- Full-time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £17,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £6,250 per year UK, £8,500 per year International
- Intakes in January and September
International Law LLM
This course, as the law school describes, prepares you for a future career in the international arena through enhancing your understanding of the key principles of public international law, the main developments within the public international law framework and the process of globalisation and its significance for international law. The course is linked with our Centre for International Law and Theory.
- Full-time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £17,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £6,250 per year UK, £8,500 per year International
- Intakes in January and September
Law and Technology LLM
This course explores the ethical questions around the impact of technological developments on law.
- Full-time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £15,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £6,250 per year UK, £7,500 per year International
- Intakes in September
Law conversion courses
Professional Legal Practice LLM
According the law school, this course provides a solid foundation for non-law graduates to qualify either as a solicitor or a barrister, whichever profession students decide upon, while also completing a dissertation to achieve an LLM.
- Full time (1 year): £14,500 UK, £15,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £7,250 per year UK, £7,500 per year International
- Intake in September
Professional Legal Practice Postgraduate Diploma
This course, as described by the University of Westminster, provides a solid foundation for non-law graduates to qualify either as a solicitor or a barrister, whichever profession students decide upon.
- Full time (1 year): £12,500 UK, £13,000 International
- Part-time (2 years): £6,250 per year UK, £6,500 per year International
Locations
The University of Westminster Law School’s courses are available at the University’s Regent Street campus, on Little Titchfield Street in central London.
Scholarships
Home Postgraduate Part Fee Scholarship
Amount: £2000
Deadline: 17 November 2023
This scholarship provides a one-off £2000 tuition fee award paid directly to the University towards tuition fees in the first semester.
International Postgraduate Part Fee Scholarship
Amount: £3,000
Deadline: 5 November 2023
This scholarship provides a one-off £3,000 tuition fee award and is open to full-time overseas fee-paying students who meet the criteria.