Hi everyone,

I've already posted this in the Distance Learning Discussions Board but wondering if anyone has any experience in either of these 2 law schools?

"I want to do a distance learning LLM in IP and I've found 2 courses that I'm interested in/should hopefully qualify for:

1) University of Edinburgh
2) University of London

I've read some discussions re. UoL's external programme and it seems that a lot of people are concerned about its legitimacy (as a result of the fact that the final parchment will note that the LLM was awarded via the external programme and, although the programme is held jointly with Queen Mary and UCL, UoL will be the only college noted on the parchment).

Can anyone tell me anything about either of these 2 colleges, your experiences, etc.?

Thanks for your help/thoughts,
A very confused LLB Graduate"

Hi Daisychain...I am copying my response to your similiar post here.
Choosing to do the LLM by distance is usually a result of having other commitments so even though going full-time is quicker and much more difficult (due to juggling many things) I wouldn't dissuade you from the distance programme. I only know about the Edinburgh programme so I can tell you that the distance students take on the same work-load as the full-time students, it is just more spread out in time. The forum discussion session that are highly utilised by the distance students give a good taste of what it would be like to be sitting in the seminar. Plus, the faculty which is involved is highly committed to ensuring that the distance students receive the exact same level of education that those who are full-time on-site students receive. You should contact Charolette Waelde and have a good chat about what you want from studying at the LLM level and whether the design of Edinburgh suits those goals.
Best of luck!
www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/llmintellectual