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Course Overview

Students may also assist in family law proceedings and will receive training in client care and management, representation, dispute resolution, and family law. Students will also have the opportunity to engage their interest in the provision of legal services more generally as they are required to develop and manage the ‘Ulster University Law Clinic’.

The function of the course is to supplement the existing range of legal service providers by focusing on, and meeting, ‘unmet legal need’ in the fields of employment law and social security law. In doing so, students are tasked to analyse ‘unmet legal need’, the availability and consumption of legal services, and reflect on wider issues of access to justice, ‘equality of arms, and dispute resolution.

To this end, students receive training in social security law, employment law, alternative dispute resolution, and tribunal representation in preparation for providing advice and advocacy, to members of the public with appeals before Social Security or Employment Tribunals. Students will also receive training in client care and case handling and family law with a view to assisting in family law cases. This advice and representation will be provided through the ‘Ulster Law Clinic’, Social Justice Hub and/or on placement with advice sector organisations in semesters one, two, and three. The programme also involves students in the development and management of the ‘Ulster Law Clinic’.

Entry Requirement 

You must satisfy the General Entry Requirements for admission to a first-degree programme, and hold a GCSE pass in English at grade C or above (or equivalent).

Admission Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Have gained (i) a second class honours degree or better in law or law-related discipline from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council for National Academic Awards, the National Council for Educational Awards, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or (ii) an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in law or an approved alternative qualification; or (iii) a degree in a relevant discipline with appropriate work/professional experience in the field of access to justice; or (iv) a comparable professional qualification; and
  • Provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English (GCSE grade C or equivalent); or, as an alternative to (a) (i) or (a) (ii) and/or (b):
  • In exceptional circumstances, where an individual has substantial and significant experiential learning, a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate qualities (including subject-specific outcomes, as determined by the Course Committee) may be considered as an alternative entrance route. Evidence used to demonstrate graduate qualities may not be used for exemption against modules within the programme.

English Language Requirements:

English language requirements for international applicants
The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5. Trinity ISE: Pass at level III also meets this requirement for Tier 4 visa purposes.

Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.

Fees

Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland Fees

£6570

International Fees

£14910


This information was accurate on : 13/04/2021
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