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The Law School offers three research degrees: LLM by Research, MPhil and PhD. LLM by Research degree. The LLM by Research normally involves one year of study if the research is undertaken full-time, and two years if undertaken on a part-time basis. It requires the submission of a 40,000 word thesis, critically evaluating and testing ideas current in the literature. In addition to the.
The School of Law is interested to receive PhD proposals relating to all core law subjects, and those relating to the specialist areas of its staff (including banking and finance, company law, employment law, environmental law, the law of evidence, intellectual property law, the law of the internet and legal pedagogies and practice). The Law School has a strong commitment to the promotion of.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin philosophiae doctor or doctor philosophiae) is the highest university degree that is conferred after a course of study by universities in most countries. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. As an earned research degree, those studying for a PhD are usually required to produce original research that.
During the first year of your PhD, you will undertake subject-specific training in research methods in the School of Law, as well as a number of development courses run through the Graduate School as part of the Reading Researcher Development Programme. These will provide you with excellent transferable skills and enhance your personal development.
As a UK law degree is an undergraduate qualification, becoming a lawyer in Britain after earning a scientific PhD is a slightly different process from the clerk programmes in the United States.
In the last year Law School staff have given invited research papers around the world including in Australia, the United States and Brazil as well as across Europe and the United Kingdom. We welcome PhD and MPhil proposals not just in those areas of specialism listed, but in all areas of law and legal education. We hold regular research talks to which all staff and research students are.
The Law School also welcomes part-time PhD and MPhil students. Part-time research degrees provide a great opportunity to research in an area that relates to your profession. They also enable you to undertake postgraduate research and gain a PhD or MPhil without having to leave employment.