Launch of full-time course looms

As the IBA-College of Law’s full-time LLM in international legal practice moves closer, this entire issue of our e-newsletter is devoted to its innovative learning experience Preparations continue for the launch of the International Bar Association-College of Law full-time LLM in international legal practice as the course kick-off date of January 2011 approaches. Course promoters from both the IBA and the College were fielded at the association’s recent annual conference in Vancouver, from where they reported significant interest in the innovative London-based LLM.Younger delegates were specifically targeted at the event in British Columbia, where the joint marketing team focused on the LLM's cultural experience of offering a year’s study and an insight into how law is practised in the heart of legal London. Those joining the full-time course are also being lured with the benefit of a free two-year fellowship to the IBA.Organisers are aiming to have about 20 students on the full-time LLM when it launches at the beginning of next year. Modules include:

• Business, finance and the legal services market
• International arbitration practice
• International mergers and acquisitions
• International intellectual property practice
• International joint ventures
• International anti-trust practice
   

The cost of the full-time LLM is £12,000; for more information and to register, e-mail LLM@lawcol.co.uk, see the web site, or contact The College of Law by phone on Tel: + 44 (0)1483 216 000  Freephone: 0800 289997