Applicants to this LLM (Top-up) programme need to be holders of Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) from HK or an equivalent qualification such as Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Vocational Course (BVC) from the UK. If you have a LLB but without a PCLL, you can consider our another programme LLM in International Corporate and Financial Law.

Both the LLM International Corporate and Financial Law and the LLM ( Top-up) are accredited by the Hong Kong Law Society for CPD points.

All teaching will be delivered by the professional teaching team from the School of Legal Studies (SLS), University of Wolverhampton. A supervisor from SLS, who possesses the expertise of specific subject areas, will be assigned to each student for the supervision of the dissertation.

Some modules have examination and assignment, and some modules have assignment only without examination. This depends on the nature and design of the module.

The programme will be delivered in a block mode by which students will be given pre-course reading (where appropriate) for preparation around 2 weeks before the face-to-face teaching, then the face-to-face teaching of about 30 hours will be arranged over 9 days, followed by assessments which usually take place 3 weeks after the last class.

The face-to-face teaching usually schedules as follows:

DAY	TIME
Saturday	14:00 – 21:00
Sunday	10:00 – 17:00
Monday	FREE
Tuesday	18:30 – 21:30
Wednesday	FREE
Thursday	18:30 – 21:30
Friday	FREE
Saturday	14:00 – 21:00
Sunday	10:00 – 17:00

There will be individual assignment clinics scheduled normally on the last Sunday and Monday for each module for students to meet with the lecturer individually to discuss their study and prepare for the assessment.

When the lecturer is back to UK, email contact is the most helpful and convenient way to get in touch with the lecturer. Students can also make use of SCOPE's web-cam facilities to have video conferencing with the UK lecturers if desired.

Attendance is not an assessment requirement. However, students are strongly advised to attend all the classes as this will affect students' learning and there may be group assignment for some modules for which students need to work with other classmates.

Additionally, many modules of this programme are CEF (Continuing Education Fund) reimbursable courses; a minimum attendance of 70% is required for the purpose of reimbursement.

Students will be given a set of well-structured study material for each module from the University of Wolverhampton's e-learning platform and can access CityU's library with remote access to selected e-resources.

Classes are usually held in SCOPE@CityU (Kowloon Tong) or SCOPE Admiralty Learning Centre (Admiralty), or other designated SCOPE Learning Centres.

If necessary, shortlisted applicants may be invited to attend a selection interview.

We accept applications from current final year students who will be completing their Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) before commencing this programme. Applicants can submit application with the transcripts that they have for our initial consideration and will be required to submit the final transcript/certificate to us later on.

Applicants will be notified of their application results by mail 5-6 weeks after submission of application and necessary documents. Applicants can check their status on our website at www.cityu.edu.hk/ce/enrol/que seven working days after submission of application. An acknowledgment of application will also be sent to applicants via email.

An offer letter will be issued to applicants who are admitted to the programme. Applicants will then be required to pay the 1^st instalment, together with the processing and registration fee for the Accreditation for Prior Achievement (APA) and graduation fee, in 2 weeks' time to confirm their acceptance of the offer.

It depends on which route you choose. If you choose Route 1, you can start up your dissertation in the middle of the Research Methods and you may be able to complete the whole programme in as fast as 1 year. If you choose Route 2, the duration depends on the schedule of your selected module.

You will be asked to indicate your choice of route, and also your selected module if you choose Route 2, by the time you accept the offer.

You will be taking the 15-credit Research Methods with the students of LLM in International Corporate and Financial Law. And to finish with the extra 15 credits, you will be required to attend additional sessions which are to be arranged with you by the Module Leader.

Yes. You will be joining the students of LLM in International Corporate and Financial Law for your selected 15-credit module.