UK LLM for Public Law and Human Rights

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Posted Jun 19, 2011 07:05

Hi all,

Nice to meet you all here! I am a final year LLB student from Hong Kong and my GPA will probably end up at 3.5 which might qualify me for a first class honor. I would like to ask for your insights, disregard the school's reputation (and perceptions), as to which law school offers the best program in England for public and human rights laws. Many thanks in advance.

cng1238

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Good Gosh

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Posted Jun 19, 2011 12:17

in my opinion LSE has the strongest programme going at the moment in HR. Cambridge and Oxford are not very strong at all on HR, only running one course or so a year, whereas at the LSE you are unbelievably spoilt for choice.

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cng1238

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Posted Jun 19, 2011 15:26

in my opinion LSE has the strongest programme going at the moment in HR. Cambridge and Oxford are not very strong at all on HR, only running one course or so a year, whereas at the LSE you are unbelievably spoilt for choice.

Hi Good Gosh,

Thanks for your kind reply. Understand you are doing LLM at LSE and your first hand information is highly appreciated. As a follow up question, have you done any PL or HR course there and if so, how do you feel about them (specifically focus (e,g, global v local), teaching methodology, quality of professor, content (e.g. how advance/interesting they are, practicality etc.) and work load - I do have some idea by going through LSE's website and reading the threads here but would be grateful if I could hear from a current student. Also could you kindly share with me how one organizes his LLM major at LSE - would some ends up with a LLM in Public AND HR from LSE or they must be mutually exclusive, although I find some of the subjects are actually overlapping. Thank you very much in advance.

Regards,

cng1238

<blockquote>in my opinion LSE has the strongest programme going at the moment in HR. Cambridge and Oxford are not very strong at all on HR, only running one course or so a year, whereas at the LSE you are unbelievably spoilt for choice. </blockquote>

Hi Good Gosh,

Thanks for your kind reply. Understand you are doing LLM at LSE and your first hand information is highly appreciated. As a follow up question, have you done any PL or HR course there and if so, how do you feel about them (specifically focus (e,g, global v local), teaching methodology, quality of professor, content (e.g. how advance/interesting they are, practicality etc.) and work load - I do have some idea by going through LSE's website and reading the threads here but would be grateful if I could hear from a current student. Also could you kindly share with me how one organizes his LLM major at LSE - would some ends up with a LLM in Public AND HR from LSE or they must be mutually exclusive, although I find some of the subjects are actually overlapping. Thank you very much in advance.

Regards,

cng1238

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Good Gosh

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Posted Jun 19, 2011 18:40

this year i read terror and the rule of law as well as human rights in the developing world. i really enjoyed both classes, especially the terror class. i learnt a lot and found them both to be worthwhile endeavours.

with regards to the major, you have to take 3/4 classes from a major to get it on your degree. you can only have one 'major', even if the classes satisfy more than one requirement. i could get a HR major, but am getting a PIL one instead. hope that's helpful.

and you're right, many of the classes do overlap somewhat, but not substantively so..

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cng1238

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Posted Jun 20, 2011 07:57

this year i read terror and the rule of law as well as human rights in the developing world. i really enjoyed both classes, especially the terror class. i learnt a lot and found them both to be worthwhile endeavours.

with regards to the major, you have to take 3/4 classes from a major to get it on your degree. you can only have one 'major', even if the classes satisfy more than one requirement. i could get a HR major, but am getting a PIL one instead. hope that's helpful.

and you're right, many of the classes do overlap somewhat, but not substantively so..

Hi Good Gosh, thanks for the prompt reply. I just noticed you implied in another post that you would be equally happy (if not happier) to be in UCL for your LLM, could you elaborate your view point on that?

IMHO, I think USL has a great LLM program with diverse courses in PL and HR. In particular, I find the courses such as Judicial Review (by Prof. Rawlings), Comparative Human Rights Law (by Mr Colm O'Cinneide) and Judges, Courts and Judicial Decision-Making (by Prof. Cheryl Thomas) are particularly interesting, just wonder if you or others in this forum have any first-hand experience to share.

<blockquote>this year i read terror and the rule of law as well as human rights in the developing world. i really enjoyed both classes, especially the terror class. i learnt a lot and found them both to be worthwhile endeavours.

with regards to the major, you have to take 3/4 classes from a major to get it on your degree. you can only have one 'major', even if the classes satisfy more than one requirement. i could get a HR major, but am getting a PIL one instead. hope that's helpful.

and you're right, many of the classes do overlap somewhat, but not substantively so..</blockquote>

Hi Good Gosh, thanks for the prompt reply. I just noticed you implied in another post that you would be equally happy (if not happier) to be in UCL for your LLM, could you elaborate your view point on that?

IMHO, I think USL has a great LLM program with diverse courses in PL and HR. In particular, I find the courses such as Judicial Review (by Prof. Rawlings), Comparative Human Rights Law (by Mr Colm O'Cinneide) and Judges, Courts and Judicial Decision-Making (by Prof. Cheryl Thomas) are particularly interesting, just wonder if you or others in this forum have any first-hand experience to share.

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Good Gosh

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Posted Jun 20, 2011 08:29

my point is just that UCL has a great faculty and great courses, and is on a par with the LSE, not below it. their llm programme is also a bit better organised than the LSE in some aspects. for example, there is no unified LLM timetable which is pet peeve of mine. to find out what runs, say, on a wed afternoon in the llm you literally have to click the link for all 80 courses to see when they run and compile your own timetable. v irritating.

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cng1238

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Posted Jun 20, 2011 08:44

Thanks Good Gosh for the sharing.

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