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The University There are an abundance of reasons that WELCOME............................................................ 2
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Contents
of Westminster’s make the School of Law the wise choice for
Course information
School of Law postgraduate study. We were one of the
offers a broad and original providers of the Graduate Diploma conflict prevention, dispute resolution MA.... 4
innovative range in Law, since which time we have corporate finance law llm............................ 9
of postgraduate developed vast experience of offering SCHOOL OF LAW entertainment law llm.................................. 14
academic and courses directly validated by professional postgraduate graduate diploma in law (CPE)...................... 17
professional courses. bodies. We have the highest rating possible
The School has an extremely strong from the Solicitors Regulation Authority for courses European union law llm.............................. 20
suite of Masters courses based in fields our Legal Practice Course and we are a Full-time and part-time international and commercial dispute
of business, finance, international and leading provider of courses for the resolution law llm........................................ 24
European institutions and entertainment. Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. International banking law llm.................... 28
All of our postgraduate Masters courses are Needless to say, our contacts with the international commercial law llm.............. 32
orientated to the world of practice in professions are among the strongest in the international law llm................................... 37
their areas. Many, like the Corporate Finance country. Members of staff serve on the legal practice llm........................................... 42
Law LLM have substantial input from committees of the professions and are legal practice postgraduate diploma (LPC)... 44
industry, based in world centres of recent or current consultants to the Legal CHARTERED institute of legal
excellence like the City of London. Most are Services Board, the Bar Standards Board executives course (CILEx)................................ 48
also linked to centres of excellence built on and the Law Society.
postgraduate occasional studies
our research expertise. Academics teaching All of our courses have been developed
programme and CPD short courses............ 50
these courses are active researchers in our by experts to achieve the right academic
research centres. For example, the and practical balance. All practical work alumni PROFILE.................................................. 52
International Law LLM is linked with the is designed and delivered to illuminate the
Centre for International Law and Theory subject, not just to develop skills. The unique research.......................................................... 54
and the Entertainment Law LLM is linked with practical orientation of our Masters courses key staff........................................................... 60
the Centre for Law and Popular Culture. and our close proximity to, and relationships
Our substantial cohort of research students with, key organisations are reasons why About the university of westminster........... 66
work closely with our internationally our graduates have an exceptional track living and studying in london.................... 68
recognised research staff. Research students record in gaining relevant employment in
have their own seminar programme and international law firms, multinational AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE......................... 70
attend weekly staff seminars in term time. companies, international and European studying at westminster................................ 72
Postgraduate students on our LPC and Masters institutions, top universities and national
courses have areas of the School of Law government agencies. ACCOMMODATION, fees and funding............ 74
building set aside for their personal use and If you’re looking for culture and location.......................................................... 76
PhD students are located nearby in their entertainment, London offers a vast array of
own office suite in Great Portland Street. options and our historic building is located contact us...................................................... 78
This high level of activity and interaction in the heart of it. Set just behind the city’s
lends intellectual vibrancy to postgraduate main retail centre, Oxford Street, there are
study at the School of Law. excellent transport links to all the main
attractions that this vibrant city has to offer.
The School of Law offers you a unique Course enquiries
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Conflict
Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution MA
Course content
The course aims to provide an opportunity
for in-depth study of the issues and the
practices involved in the field of conflict
prevention and dispute resolution, including
the mechanisms of prevention, emergence,
avoidance, management, resolution
and regulation.
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International Commercial Arbitration
Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution MA
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Corporate Finance
Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution MA
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Legal Aspects of International Finance
Corporate Finance Law LLM
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Entertainment
Entertainment Law LLM
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Graduate Diploma
Entertainment Law LLM
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Course content Criminal Law Law of the European Union Legal Skills
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European union Core modules
European Union Law LLM
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International Environmental Law Associated careers
European Union Law LLM
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International Core modules Option Modules include
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Foreign Direct Investment Arbitration Negotiation Associated careers
International and Commercial Dispute Resolution Law LLM
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International
International Banking Law LLM
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International Corporate Governance:
International Banking Law LLM
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International
International Commercial Law LLM
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Option modules INCLUDE Law of International Sales Protection of Commercial Industrial
International Commercial Law LLM
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International
International Commercial Law LLM
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Core modules International and European
International Law LLM
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United Nations Law
International Law LLM
Associated Careers
On completion of the course, you will “Coming from a background in
be able to specialise in a wide range of languages, and working in the
International Law and Development Peaceful Settlement of careers or academia. Graduates have management consulting field, I had
You will study law and policy relating to International Disputes worked for organisations such as Amnesty worried about my inadequacy in this
international development, including the You will be introduced to the various International, the United Nations, or in
new field and my adaptability in class.
right to development in international law, techniques and institutions available in legal departments within international
organisations and governments. There However, when classes commenced
international development assistance and international law for resolving disputes these worries quickly went out the
poverty alleviation, and law and policy between states. This module examines are also opportunities for further research
or teaching. window. I found that the course
relating to overseas development assistance diplomatic means of dispute settlement,
structure, lecturers, teaching styles
in the UK and the EU. The module will give including negotiation and mediation, and
you a greater understanding of the global legal means of dispute settlement – arbitration and student body provided for a truly
challenges for development, and will give and adjudication. You will also consider the Entry Requirements invigorating and advanced learning
you the skills to undertake informed policy availability of alternative mechanisms for atmosphere. The classes were very
You should hold a good Second Class
and advocacy work internationally. the resolution of inter-state disputes, and the international, comprising students
Honours degree (or equivalent from a
range of international courts and tribunals non-UK institution), with an average of 55
from all over the world and equipped
International Law of the Sea that now exist. The module refers to specific per cent or above in Law, Social Science, us with our very own United Nations.
This module will introduce you to the past and pending cases and disputes, and International Relations or a related subject. We were all given an opportunity and
comprehensive legal framework of the there will be a special emphasis on the law, Applicants who lack standard qualifications encouraged to learn, share, participate
international law of the sea. You will practice and procedure of the International but have significant professional experience and progress throughout the course,
examine the various maritime jurisdictional Court of Justice. in the relevant field or related professional practicing the cardinal rule of sovereign
zones recognised in international law, qualifications may be considered. If your equality of all class members.
including principles relating to the territorial first language is not English, you will need
sea, archipelagic waters, international It was a great experience
an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent. Please and hopefully, we’ll all attain our
straits, contiguous zone, continental shelf, visit the International Law LLM course page
exclusive economic zone, high seas, and career expectations.”
on our website for more information on
deep seabed. The module also considers the specific IELTS requirements Chichi Umesi
the resolution of competing claims to westminster.ac.uk/law. The University International Law LLM
maritime areas and resources, and focuses offers pre-sessional summer programmes
on concerns arising from human use of if you need to improve your English before
the oceans, such as maritime security and starting your course. Related Courses
piracy, exploitation of offshore resources,
• International Relations MA
fisheries management, the conservation of
marine biodiversity, and marine pollution.
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Legal Practice LLM Pathway One – Dissertation only
Legal Practice LLM
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Legal Practice Course content Commercial Law
Legal Practice Postgraduate Diploma (LPC)
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Entertainment and Media Immigration Law
Legal Practice Postgraduate Diploma (LPC)
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CHARTERED Institute Course content Level 6 Single Subject Certificate
cHARTERED Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx)
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Postgraduate
Postgraduate Occasional Studies Programme
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“Generally, I consider the University The School of Law is in the heart
“The opportunities
Alumni profile: In their own words
Research
School of Law
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise Our PhD programme is administered by
we submitted the work of 28 of our staff; the Graduate Centre in the Department of
85 per cent of the School’s research was Advanced Legal Studies. Our research
judged to be of international quality, centres produce a wide range of work
with 35 per cent of that valued as being within core areas of law, including:
of international excellence. This reflects commercial, banking and corporate law;
the extraordinary growth in the research criminal law; European Union law;
profile of the University of Westminster’s international law; maritime and transport
School of Law over the last 15 years. law; and the legal profession. Our research
A key component of our reputation for also takes place within interdisciplinary
quality research and our dynamic research fields such as: Law and Geography; Law
environment is the strength of our research and Literature; Law and Philosophy; Law
degree students. and Art; Law and Society; and Law,
We offer both MPhil and PhD research Gender and Sexuality. We welcome
degrees in Law and Law-related topics, applications from prospective research
with training and supervision in these two students who are interested in any aspect
research degrees on both full-time and of law and legal institutions. More
part-time tracks. We currently have over information is available at westminster.ac.
35 registered research students, one of the uk/courses/research-degrees
biggest Law research degree programmes
in London. Research students have their
own dedicated office space with computing
and telephone facilities and a community
area. They are also encouraged to attend
the weekly research seminar series, which
is devoted to speakers from both within
and outside the University, as well as the
various other research events that form part
of the vibrant research community of the
School. Where possible, we attempt to
involve research students in teaching, and
help them gain a Postgraduate Certificate
in Education so that they are properly
qualified teachers. This enables them to
graduate with a rounded portfolio of skills
and qualifications.
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Research Centres Centre for Legal Profession and
Research
Research
Legal Services
and Groups Westminster’s School of Law has been at the
forefront of research into the legal profession
AHRC Research Centre for Law, Gender and and related areas. This group builds on the
Sexuality (CentreLGS) School’s strongest bodies of research in the
Founded in 2004, this Centre involves a legal profession, access to justice, dispute
partnership between the law schools at the resolution, globalisation, legal ethics and
universities of Kent at Canterbury – the main legal education. Funders include the ACCA,
physical base for the centre – Keele and the ACLEC, the ESRC, The Law Society and
Westminster. The overall aim of CentreLGS is the Nuffield Foundation.
to pioneer work that analyses, investigates and
deepens understanding of the relationship Centre for the Study of Law, Society and
between law, gender and sexuality. Popular Culture
We have an established reputation in the
Centre for Capital Punishment Studies (CCPS) broad field of law and popular culture,
Formed in 1993, CCPS has established which includes sport, film, media and
a forum for research and debate on the music. This reputation has been achieved
death penalty. This forum aims to encourage through curriculum development, academic
students, scholars and practitioners publications, conference papers and links
worldwide to participate in the work of the with a broad range of professionals. The
centre. CCPS has maintained a programme Centre has recently secured funding for
of lectures, seminars and conferences and is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with
engaged in a number of research projects. Brentford Football Club.
Centre for International Commercial and
Financial Law Studies
During 2012 a new research centre on
International Commercial and Financial
Law studies will be established. As well
“My first degree was a Business and I’m a lecturer now, and without my PhD as providing a research presence in this
Management BA in Lithuania, and then from Westminster, I wouldn’t have the job field in London, the Centre will manage
I did a Commercial Law LLM, but coming I’m doing. I teach Competition Law, which the teaching of our highly successful LLM
to Westminster was my first experience of is the area I specialised in for my PhD, degrees in Corporate Finance Law and
studying in the UK. The learning and I’m also a visiting lecturer at Vytautas International Commercial Law.
environment for studying towards a Law Magnus University in Lithuania.”
PhD at Westminster was good, and the Centre for International Law and Theory
Jurgita Malinauskaite This Centre brings together diverse
location was excellent. The main library Law Lecturer at Brunel University,
I used was the institute for Advanced yet overlapping strands in the study of
Law PhD international law, with a strong emphasis
Legal Studies library, which was just a
ten-minute walk away in Russell Square, and on interdisciplinary and critical theoretical
there were many other facilities close by. analysis. The Centre focuses on the link
I arrived in London a few months between the applied and the theoretical,
before my PhD started, so that I could as it seeks to facilitate common scholarly
earn some money and get used to the activities and projects, and provide the sort
city. My supervisor was very good and of supportive context within which radical
supportive, and the other PhD students new research can flourish. Drawing on our
were also really helpful – in the end it strengths in international law, governance,
was like a big family. criminology, economics, human rights
and legal theory, the Centre encourages
collaboration both at a national and
international level, through public guest
lectures, open fora such as conferences,
workshops and seminars, internships, guest
invitations, and online publications.
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PhD opportunities Entry requirements for MPhil/PhDs
Research
Research
Our research programmes and centres You should normally hold at least an
produce a wide range of work within Upper Second Class Honours degree,
core areas of Law, including Commercial, and preferably a Masters degree. If your
Banking and Corporate Law; Criminal secondary level education has not been
and Comparative Law; EU Law and conducted in the medium of English you
Competition Law; International Law; should also demonstrate evidence of
Human Rights; Entertainment, Media and appropriate English language proficiency,
Intellectual Property Law; International normally defined as 6.5 in IELTS (6.0 in
Trade Law; Public Law and Maritime and every band).
Transport Law. We also produce work
within interdisciplinary fields, such as Law How to apply
and Geography; Law and Literature; Law
and Philosophy; Law and Society; Law, The University of Westminster accepts
Gender and Sexuality, and many others. applications through the national, online
We welcome applications from prospective UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical
research students who are interested in any Service (UKPASS) system. Once you have
aspect of law and legal institutions, and registered you can apply free of charge.
we particularly encourage interdisciplinary Before submitting an application you
and critical approaches. From time to time, need to contact a prospective supervisor to
the School will also offer PhD studentships discuss your research ideas. Our research
to highly qualified applicants. More interests are listed on our website
information is available at westminster.ac.uk/research-degrees-law.
westminster.ac.uk/research-degrees-law Alternatively, candidates may direct initial
enquiries to Dr Oliver Phillips
Course structure for MPhil/PhDs (o.phillips01@westminster.ac.uk) or
You will usually first enrol as an MPhil/PhD Professor Reza Banakar
Research approach Research students have their own
student. You will then be required to pass (r.banakar@westminster.ac.uk).
dedicated office space with computing and
We offer both MPhil and PhD research telephone facilities and a community area. a formal interview (with an independent The admissions timetable is available at
degrees in Law and Law-related topics, A research seminar series is run weekly for assessor) about half way through your westminster.ac.uk/research-degrees-law
with training and supervision in these all staff and researchers during term time; course of study before you can transfer to For more information and to apply visit
two research degrees on both a full-time this is devoted to speakers from both within full PhD student status. Only in exceptional westminster.ac.uk/research-degrees
and part-time basis. Normally, you are and outside the University. Research situations (usually when an applicant If you are suitably qualified and we can
expected to study for a period of at least students are strongly encouraged to attend. already has an MPhil degree) can students offer supervision in your chosen area, you
33 months (or 45 months in the case In addition a research methodology register directly for PhD study. will need to attend a formal interview;
of part-time enrolment), and to have seminar series specifically for graduate Within four months (or six months if telephone interviews may be arranged if
completed your doctoral research within a research students runs throughout the year. part-time) of initial enrolment, you will be you are based abroad.
maximum of four years (eight years if part- Where possible we attempt to involve required to submit a formal application for If you have any enquiries regarding the
time). We currently have over 35 registered research students in teaching. This enables MPhil/PhD registration. This includes a fully admission process you can contact our
research students. The PhD programme is them to graduate with a rounded portfolio developed, detailed plan of academic Research Office team on +44 (0)20 7911
administered by the Graduate Centre in of skills. work. MPhil/PhD registration is only 5731 or email researchadmissions@
the Department of Advanced Legal Studies. confirmed when this application has been westminster.ac.uk
Supervisors are allocated to students, formally approved by the University.
and the Centre oversees their supervision Once admitted as a PhD student, you will
and monitors their progress. In all cases have a supervisory team with a Director of
students have more than one supervisor Studies. We provide a research training
and this team may include experts from programme which you will take alongside
other institutions. Research students are your own research activities. The PhD is
assured of regular supervision. assessed by the submission of a thesis and
a viva voce examination by a panel that
includes an external examiner.
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HEADS OF DEPARTMENT David Amos Key staff Chris Ellins,
Key staff
Key staff
Head of the Department of Senior Lecturer
Professor Andy Boon Professional Legal Studies Pamela Abrams, Course Leader,
Dean of the School and and Head of the Department Senior Lecturer Entertainment Law LLM
Head of the Department of of Applied Legal Studies Course Leader,
Advanced Legal Studies Legal Practice LLM Chris has been the course
David is the Head of leader of the Entertainment
Professor Boon was a Professional Legal Studies, Pamela is a qualified Law LLM since 2007
solicitor in private practice which is responsible for the Graduate barrister and solicitor. She and has taught on the programme since
(1976 – 82) before joining Diploma in Law (GDL) and the Legal Practice worked as a civil litigator its inception in 1999. He specialises in
London South Bank Polytechnic as Senior Course (LPC). He is also the Head of prior to joining the University in 1996. Intellectual Property Law and European
Lecturer. He was Honorary Legal Adviser Applied Legal Studies which is responsible She teaches on the Solicitors Exempting Union Law and has research interests
at South Lambeth Citizens Advice Bureau for the CILEx courses. He qualified as a Degree LLB and on the Legal Practice in these areas. Chris has been in legal
(1982 – 89), and Associate Research solicitor in 1993. He started teaching at Course. She has carried out legal policy education since 1993. He established and
Fellow at the Institute of Advanced legal Leeds Metropolitan University in 1998. At research for the Nuffield Foundation, teaches the modules Intellectual Property
Studies, before joining the University of Leeds, he was the Course Leader for the Department for Constitutional Affairs and and Merchandising in the Entertainment
Westminster in 1989 as a Principal Lecturer part-time LPC. He moved to Manchester the Law Society. Her teaching areas are Business. He also lectures in general
in Law. Professor Boon has served on Metropolitan University in 2005 where he Tort, Litigation and Legal Ethics, Methods Intellectual Property Law and European
various training and education committees was the Course Director for the LPC. and Skills. Her research interests include Union Law. He is a current university
for the Law Society and the General David joined Westminster in June 2009 the legal profession, funding and reform external examiner and also a former
Council of the Bar of England and Wales. to set up the Department of Applied Legal of civil procedure. practising solicitor.
He has also published numerous papers on Studies and the new Solicitors Exempting
lawyers, legal profession, legal education LLB degree. He is currently module leader Richard Earle, Gerard H. Kelly,
and professional ethics. for Client Care Skills on CILEx and teaches Senior Lecturer Senior Lecturer
His teaching areas are lawyers’ skills on the CILEx Civil Litigation course. He also Course Leader, Conflict Deputy Director, Corporate
and common law, and his research contributes to various areas of the LPC. Prevention, Dispute Finance Law LLM and
interests include legal profession, practice, David was a member of the Solicitors Resolution MA International Banking
ethics and education, civil litigation, and Regulation Authority working party on the Law LLM
Course Leader, International
dispute resolution. Written Standards for the LPC. He is also and Commercial Dispute Gerard currently
on the SRA validation panel for the LPC and Resolution Law LLM teaches on the Corporate Finance Law
related courses and has performed a similar
Richard is formerly a practising solicitor, and International Banking Law LLM
role for the Law Society of Scotland and other
and is the creator and course leader of programmes. A graduate of Trinity
universities. He is employed as an external
the LLM in International and Commercial College Dublin (LLB, First Class) where
examiner by the SRA. He is also a Council
Dispute Resolution Law, and the Conflict he was the recipient of the Julian Prize
member of the Central Applications Board.
Prevention, Dispute Resolution MA. He and the University of Oxford, where he
teaches several modules on the Masters was awarded a Freshfields Bruckhaus
degree programme. Deringer Scholarship (B.C.L., Distinction).
His academic focus is on legal and other Gerard is also an Attorney-at-Law
aspects of conflicts and disputes; admitted to the Bar of New York and
international and commercial prevention a Solicitor (non-practicing) in Ireland.
and resolution processes; corporate foreign Before returning to academia, Gerard
direct investment and arbitration; and practised corporate law with a leading
international tax and taxation. He has New York headquartered firm in London.
previously published on issues in His research interests are primarily in the
international commercial arbitration and field of environmental law and regulation,
international tax law. especially the development of market
trading and expansion of the European
Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme.
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Derek Lavery, Dr Adam Lazowski, Dr Simon Newman, Catherine Pedamon,
Key staff
Key staff
Senior Lecturer Reader in European Law Senior Lecturer Senior Lecturer
Course Director, Graduate Course Leader, European Course Leader, Deputy Director,
Diploma in Law (CPE) Union law LLM International Commercial International Commercial
Derek qualified as a Adam is a Reader in Law LLM Law LLM
solicitor in 1991, and Law at the University of Simon took his Catherine joined the
worked full time in private Westminster. He obtained a undergraduate degree in University of Westminster in
practice until 1999, his principal areas Masters degree in 1999 and a PhD in 2001 Law at University College, Oxford in 1994, 2010 and currently teaches on a number
of practice being civil litigation, personal from the Faculty of Law of the University and completed his PhD (awarded May of LLB and LLM courses, including teaching
injury and employment law. of Warsaw. Between 1999 and 2003, he 2000) at the University of Sheffield, on ‘The modules in Law of International Sales, Law
Derek joined the School of Law in 1999 lectured at the University of Warsaw. During European Community and the Philosophical of International Trade, Corporate Social
as a member of the LPC team. He became the next two years, he worked as a senior Basis of Copyright Law: Author’s Rights, Responsibility Issues and Comparative Law.
leader of the part-time Graduate Diploma researcher in European law at the TMC Freedom of Contract, and the Information She is a graduate of the University of Paris
in Law in 2004, and is now the overall Asser Institute (The Hague). Adam’s scientific Society’. From 2000 he was Research II - Pantheon-Assas. She holds a Masters
Course Director of the GDL programme. interests include the law of the European Assistant then Research Fellow in from Harvard Law School where she was a
Derek’s areas of teaching include Contract Union as well as public international law. Information Technology Law at Queen Fulbright Scholar, in addition to her Masters
Law on the GDL, Civil and Commercial His research has so far led to a number Mary, University of London. In 2004 he degree from the University of Paris II. She
Litigation on the LPC; he also teaches of books, articles, contributions to edited joined the University of Westminster as a is admitted to the New York and Paris bars
Solicitors’ Accounts and Advocacy. volumes and conference papers. Senior Lecturer. and has practised internationally in New
Derek’s other current duties include that At the University of Westminster Adam is a His primary teaching areas include York, Paris and London with leading
of Learning, Teaching and Quality co-leader of the EU Law LLM and teaches the e-commerce Law, industrial and intellectual law firms.
Representative on the University’s Course following modules: Procedural Law of the property rights, and Contract. He also Before joining the University of
Validation and Review Panel and a School European Union (LLM), Internal Market of the researches in these areas, with a particular Westminster, she set up the LLM in
of Law Staff Appraiser. He has been European Union (LLM), Criminal Law of the focus on the philosophical basis for – International Business Law with Professor
involved in validation and monitoring of a European Union (LLM), Enlargements of the and arguments against – current IP laws. Barry Rider at BPP Law School. She started
number of external law courses, including European Union (LLM), External Relations of Recent research publications include her academic career at the University of
that of LPC External Examiner for the SRA. the European Union (LLM), EU and UK ‘The development of copyright and moral Texas at Austin teaching comparative
Competition Law (LLB) and EU Law (LLB). rights in the European legal systems’ and finance and corporate law. She was
In 2003, his monograph on non-judicial ‘Human Rights and Copyrights: A Look at research assistant to Professor von Mehren
remedies in EU law received first prize in a Practical Jurisprudence with Reference to at Harvard Law School working on
nationwide competition for the best book on Authors’ Rights’. comparative law. Her fields of interest
EU law organised in Poland by the include international trade law, corporate
Foundation for the Promotion of European social responsibility and comparative law.
Law. Since 1999, Adam has actively She has written articles on corporate social
participated in various EU law training responsibility, the harmonisation of
programmes for practitioners in Poland, practices in international project finance
Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Estonia. and arbitration.
In Estonia, he served as a mid-term expert
in an EU-financed biannual project. In that
capacity, he provided extensive training to
national lawyers as well as co-writing a
distance-learning course combined with a
series of case studies aimed at Estonian
judges. Over the past years Adam delivered
guest lectures at University of Sussex (UK),
University of Surrey (UK), University of
Warsaw (Poland), University of Tartu
(Estonia), Université Libre de Bruxelles
(Belgium), European Law Academy (ERA) in
Trier (Germany), European Institute of Public
Administration (Luxembourg), University of
Zagreb (Croatia), University of Luxembourg
and University of Rotterdam (the Netherlands).
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Dr Oliver Phillips, Reader Dr Marco Roscini, Dr Martin J. Skirrow, Professor Joseph Tanega,
Key staff
Key staff
School Research Director Reader in International Director of Legal Practice Reader in International
Oliver has a Law degree Law Course Leader, Director of the Full and Financial Law
from the University of Cape International Law LLM Part-time LPC Course Leader, Corporate
Town, and a PhD from the Marco holds a PhD from Martin has overriding Finance Law LLM
University of Cambridge. the University of Rome ‘La responsibility for the Legal Course Leader, International
Prior to Westminster, he Sapienza’. He specialises Practice Course (as validated Banking Law LLM
was based at Goldsmiths, Birkbeck, Keele in the international law of by the Solicitors Regulation Authority). He
armed conflict, nuclear non-proliferation Having degrees in Philosophy from
and Columbia (New York) Universities. was awarded his Doctorate in 1988 for Princeton University, Social Anthropology
Oliver supervises both undergraduate and law and international criminal law. His research in the field of corporate insolvency
scholarship has appeared, or is forthcoming, from Oxford University and a juris
postgraduate dissertations and oversees the and subsequently qualified as a solicitor doctor from the University of San Diego,
administration of the research in the Law in important peer-reviewed journals. His in 1991, with a leading City practice.
books and articles have been widely cited School of Law, Joe Tanega teaches
School. His own teaching and research Martin has been in legal education since various postgraduate modules including
interests are drawn from the broad fields in legal literature and judicial decisions. 1995, teaching at Middlesex University
He is the Co-ordinator for the Legal Aspects of International Finance,
of crime and deviance, sexuality and and the University of North London before International Corporate Governance. He
gender, post-colonialism and rights. He has International Law and Armed Conflict joining Westminster in November 2000.
Cluster at the Centre for International Law was formerly a Deputy Attorney General
written widely on law, sexuality, and HIV/ Martin became Director of Legal Practice in of the Department of the Attorney of
AIDS in Southern Africa, and remains a and Theory at the University of September 2006. He now teaches exclusively
Westminster. He is also a member of the Hawaii, an Investment Banker at Nomura
guest lecturer at the Southern and Eastern on the LPC, focussing on Business Law Securities and Kleinwort Benson Securities,
African Regional Centre for Women’s Law International Law Association’s Committee and Practice, Business Accounts, Taxation
on Nuclear Weapons, Non-proliferation a Director of Business Risk Consulting
(SEARCWL) at the University of Zimbabwe. and Drafting. He also leads the LPC Stage with Ernst & Young in charge of financial
He has many years of experience and Contemporary International Law and 2 Entertainment and Media elective and
of the European Union Non-proliferation institutions and capital markets, and a
campaigning for political and sexual rights is responsible for the delivery of the LPC senior legal consultant to the International
in the region and serves on the board Consortium. He is on the Editorial Board of Immigration Law elective including the
several scientific journals. His current Finance Corporation, World Bank. He
of numerous international and Southern Exemption from Level 1 Accreditation scheme. has provided legal and consulting advice
African advocacy organizations and research interests include the international
law of armed conflict (in particular cyber to major financial institutions, companies
charities, including the International Gay Kate Sutherland and governments in 16 countries. He is
and Lesbian Human Rights Commission warfare), non-proliferation law (in CILEx Course Director
particular nuclear weapon-free zones and the author of 54 publications of which
(IGLHRC). Oliver acts regularly as an Kate Sutherland undertook there are 14 books and 30 major articles,
expert witness to Immigration and Asylum the WMD-free zone in the Middle East) and
the fragmentation of international law. Legal Executive studies and his main research area is in law and
Tribunals considering applications for whilst working in the Paris finance, including securitisation, securities
asylum from Zimbabweans. office of a major City law regulations, governance, project finance
firm, flying to London to sit and energy law. Joe is also a Professor
her exams. On her return to London, Kate of Regulation and Supervision of Retail
secured employment as a Legal Executive Banking at the University of Bologna, Alma
lawyer with a magic circle firm in the City of Graduate School, and Professor of Law,
London. Initially specialising in Corporate King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Immigration, following her move to another
City law firm, Kate broadened her practice
base to include Employment Law. Kate has
more than nine years experience working
in private practice initially as a Fellow of
the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
and then a solicitor.
Having completed her legal professional
studies on a part-time basis whilst maintaining
full-time employment, Kate has a full
appreciation of how to juggle part-time
evening studies with a hectic work life.
After completing a Postgraduate Teaching
Certificate in Higher Education at the
University of London, Kate worked for
Middlesex University before joining
University of Westminster in 2006.
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For more than 170 years the University The University of Westminster has a
about the University of Westminster
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The University of Westminster’s central
Living and studying in London
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With one of the UK’s largest international English language courses and support
An International Experience
An International Experience
student populations, the University of We run a number of English language
Westminster has plenty of experience courses, from stand-alone short courses
in giving you the help and support you (including IELTS preparation), pre-sessional
need to make the most of your time with courses as well as courses on English for
us. Before you arrive, you will receive Academic Purposes (EAP)
a full information pack with details of westminster.ac.uk/efl
your enrolment, healthcare and other
information. You will be regarded as Pre-sessional English course
a priority for accommodation, but it is If you have been offered a place on a
still important to apply early. We also Masters or research degree at Westminster,
provide a ‘meet and greet’ service for our pre-sessional English course will help
students landing at Heathrow and Gatwick you to develop the language and study
airports on specific days towards the end skills you will need. Over 11 weeks (if
of September. Our team will meet you at you have a current IELTS score of 5.5) or
the airport, and arrange transport for you six weeks (for those with an IELTS score
to travel with other international students of 6.0), this intensive course will bring
to your Halls of Residence or private your English level up to the equivalent
accommodation. Once you are here, we of an IELTS score of 6.5, the minimum
can give you comprehensive help and requirement for most of our taught Masters
assistance including a whole range of courses and research programmes. For
services and activities to help you settle more information visit westminster.ac.uk/efl
in. The International Students’ Welcome
Programme gives you the chance to meet Study Abroad Programme
fellow new students and Westminster staff, Our Graduate Study Abroad programme
find your way around the University and lasts for one semester and allows you
London, learn about our facilities and to take a range of our graduate level
services, and meet current international modules. You may be able to transfer the
students. For more information visit Westminster credit back to your Master’s
westminster.ac.uk/international level studies or you may wish to take the
programme for as part of your career
Meet us in your country development or year out activities.
Members of the university frequently travel For more information visit
overseas to meet and interview potential westminster.ac.uk/studyabroad
students at exhibitions, schools, partner
institutions, alumni receptions and other
events. We also work with representatives
around the world who can help you with
your application on our behalf. Visit
westminster.ac.uk/international to see
our calendar of visits and a full list of the
overseas representatives we work with.
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How to apply and Entry requirements Modular scheme
Studying at Westminster
COURSE STRUCTURE
Most courses have the following minimum Modular study schemes are based on
entry requirements standard entry requirements: a system of accumulating credits, and
• a good first Honours degree from a offer the most flexibility and choice in
Taught Masters recognised university, or qualification or your course programme. You can transfer
The University of Westminster accepts experience deemed to be equivalent, and credits you have gained to other courses
applications through the national, online • English language competency judged or institutions, and every course combines
UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical sufficient to undertake advanced level core and option modules which, as you
Service (UKPASS) system. Once you have study, equivalent to an IELTS score of complete them, bring you closer to gaining
registered you can apply free of charge, at least 6.5 (or as specified in the your higher degree.
and there is no application deadline for course criteria). Your previous study or experience,
UKPASS, so you can make your course If your first qualification is from outside whether through paid work or in a
choices one at a time or all together; the UK please look at westminster.ac.uk/ voluntary capacity, may mean you can
for more information and to apply, visit international for information on our gain exemption from some modules.
ukpass.ac.uk requirements from your country. The Assessment of Prior Certificated
Alternatively you can contact our Any specific entry requirements for a Learning (APcL) accredits certificated
Course Enquiries Team, course are given in the course description. learning such as Open University modules
T: +44 (0)20 7915 5511, or in-company training. The Assessment of
E: course-enquiries@westminster.ac.uk. Research degrees Prior Experiential Learning (APEL)
International students can get an Separate application and admissions recognises knowledge or skills acquired
application pack from one of our partners procedures apply for MPhil/PhD research through life, work experience or study –
around the world; to find out more, degrees. See p59 for details. such as computer programming or
visit westminster.ac.uk/international/ organisational skills – which have not been
advice-and-visas/countries/visits Course structure formally recognised by any academic or
Masters courses (MA, LLM) professional certification.
Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice
Postgraduate Diploma and CILEx courses Full-time study Intensive block study
Applications for the full-time LPC and Courses last for one calendar year Some Masters courses are offered in
Graduate Diploma in Law should be made (48 weeks). You will probably attend the short, intensive study periods of one to
online at www.lawcabs.ac.uk University for seminars or lectures at least four weeks. They are full-time and may
Applications for the part-time LPC two days a week during the teaching year include weekend and weekday study.
should be made by contacting the (31 weeks). The delivery and assessment Single postgraduate modules can
University directly: of taught modules will normally be carried sometimes be studied in this way.
E: LPCadmin@westminster.ac.uk out between September and June, but
T: +44 (0)20 7911 5017 it’s likely that you will need to study over MPhil/PhD courses
Applications for the part-time the summer months for your independent See the research section on p59.
Graduate Diploma in Law should be research – usually a project or dissertation.
made via UKPASS.
To apply for CILEx courses visit
westminster.ac.uk/cilex Part-time study
There are part-time routes in most
subjects, and you can study during the
day or the evening, or a mixture of both.
Achieving a postgraduate qualification
part-time normally takes at least a year
(usually two), studying two evenings each
week of the academic year, with a further
six to 12 hours each week of personal
study. Some employers enable you to study
by day release from work, while intensive
block study courses (see below) allow
you to study full-time for one week
followed by 12 weeks of personal
study using an Independent Learning
Package (ILP) approach.
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Accommodation
Accommodation, Fees and Funding
Halls of Residence
Postgraduate students studying at
our central campuses can apply for
Marylebone Hall or Wigram House
the latter of which is our exclusively
postgraduate hall. Students studying at
the Harrow Campus can apply for
Harrow Hall. The majority of rooms
are single study bedrooms with shared
kitchens; some rooms also have their own
bathroom. All of our halls are a short
distance away from the teaching sites
and give students a great base to study
and to explore London. Rents vary from
£112 – £189 per week depending on
the room type and the price includes bills.
Applications can be made following the
instructions on our website.
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Course Enquiries Meet us in
contact us
contact us
Our Course Enquiries team can provide your country
you with information and advice on Members of the university frequently
a range of issues, including: travel overseas to meet and interview
• all course information and
potential students at exhibitions, partner
course outlines institutions, alumni receptions and other
• attendance
events. We also work with representatives
• associated careers
around the world who can help you
• campus tours – dates and times
with your applications on our behalf.
• contact details for Admissions Offices
Visit westminster.ac.uk/international
and Admissions Tutors to see our calendar of visits and
• entry requirements
local representatives.
• fees
• funding and bursaries
• how to apply
• IELTS tests – how and where to take them
• Postgraduate Information Evenings –
dates, times and locations
• prospectuses – how to order a
printed copy
• qualifications
• scholarships
• non-UK qualifications equivalencies.
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