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Humanities and Social Sciences School of Law * This course is subject to validation by the University The LPC stage of the LLM in Legal Practice is accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The LLM is designed to enable graduates of the Legal Practice Course (LPC) to obtain a higher degree by studying in depth an area of legal practice to which they were introduced on the LPC. The LPC is a compulsory vocational course for all intending solicitors, offered by the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (OXILP) in full-time and part-time modes. OXILP is a department of the School of Social Sciences and Law which specialises in professional legal education. The OXILP LPC has achieved the highest SRA grading across all assessment areas and is validated by Oxford Brookes University and the University of Oxford. OXILP prides itself on the level of one-to-one support it can offer its students. Due to its relatively small size, in premises centred in and around Headington Hill Hall, OXILP has a friendly, collegial atmosphere where students are treated as individuals. All of the tutors at OXILP are ex-practitioners who teach the areas in which they practised. The OXILP LPC is a broadly based course suitable both for commercial and non-commercial practice. OXILP alumni go on to work in all areas of the law - at large City firms, regional commercial firms and High Street practices. The course is designed to maximise students? employability, and significant careers support is provided. It includes a distinctive emphasis on the law firm as a business, developed in conjunction with local law firms. Course content The LLM in Legal Practice will include a short taught course on legal research methods, covering writing skills, research in an academic context and guidance on writing a dissertation. Students will then write a 15,000 word dissertation on a topic of legal practice. On the LPC element of the LLM, students study the following subjects: Compulsory elements: Business Law, Property Law, Litigation, Solicitors' Accounts, Business Accounts Pervasive and core areas: Business Accounts, FSMA, Probate, Professional Conduct, Solicitors? Accounts Skills: advocacy, drafting, legal writing, legal research, interviewing Elective subjects: (students choose three): Commercial Law, Commercial Property, Debt Finance, Employment Law, Equity Finance, Family Law, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence, Private Acquisitions, Private Client, Criminal Litigation (subject to validation). Teaching, learning and assessment The research methods course will be taught in seminars and workshops. Supervision and group discussions will be provided to support students through the writing of their dissertations. The LPC element of the degree is taught as follows: Full-time: the majority of teaching is delivered through Small Group Sessions (SGS) with 16-18 students in each group. The focus is on collaborative learning. About a third of teaching is delivered in Large Group Sessions (or lectures). Students typically have 12-15 contact hours with tutors each week, though OXILP is dedicated to providing individual support to students at all times. It is used to support rather than replace teaching. Part-time:students attend 11 weekend sessions per year (sessions run over three days). All teaching takes place in SGS. Lectures are delivered via podcast so that students can listen to lectures at times that suit them in between the study sessions. Exams on both courses are open book. We offer a range of courses to help you meet the academic and English language entry requirements for this course and also familiarise you with university life. You may also be able to apply for one student visa to cover both courses. Take our Pre-Master's course to help you to meet both the English language and academic entry requirements for your master's course Take our University English course to help you to meet the English language requirements of your master's course For mor