LLM Offer Holders FAQs

The LLM campus enrolment is scheduled for Friday 15 September.  All new students are expected to complete campus enrolment on this date.  Should any students be unable to arrive on campus on this date, further information regarding where and when you can complete campus enrolment will be sent out over summer 2023.

As per the enrolment information pages here, although the School expects you to complete campus enrolment on time, you will have the opportunity to complete campus enrolment by booking a slot via the LSE Student Hub upon arrival to campus.Further information should appear on that page in due course about late enrolment, but we would also advise visiting the Student Services Centre if you are unsure where/when to enrol when you do arrive. There is also information about steps to take when enrolling late here.

Please note that the School has a late registration deadline, beyond which you cannot register- this will also be published in the enrolment information page. If enrolling late, and you miss the School's induction events, it is also important to familiarise yourself with the course selection process. There is lots of information about this on the website here but also please feel free to contact law.llm@lse.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Extensive background reading is not essential, but it is advisable for you to do some reading before commencing the programme.  You can view recommended readings via the online course guides. 

The programme regulations for the 2023/24 academic year can be found here.

You can find the term dates here. Lectures and seminars are normally scheduled on week days. Lectures and seminar timetables can be found here, so you will be able to see what days and times courses are timetabled. Lectures and classes are scheduled on weekdays and there are no classes at the weekend.

Once you are enrolled as an LSE student and enrolled to classes, you will also receive a more detailed, personal timetable to help you plan your week.

You will be able to browse (but not select) courses from 10am on Monday 18 September 2023. Course selection for postgraduate students will open at 10am on Thursday 21 September until 5pm on Friday 6 October 2023.

Information on the course selection process is here. We will also send out detailed information in one of our offer holder emails before you arrive.

We would recommend in the meantime that you familiarise yourself with the regulations for your programme. Listed in the programme regulations you will find course guides which include information on the content and assessment criteria for each course. This is a great place to start shortlisting which courses may be of interest to you.

Students will have the option to request a specialism to be recorded on their degree certificate.  Students must be registered on eligible courses to the value of 2.0 units (usually 4 half unit courses) to qualify for their chosen specialism.  The LL4F9 Legal Research and Writing Skills (Dissertation) course can be used to qualify for a specialism so long as the topic that you are writing your dissertation on matches your chosen specialism.  Students will be invited to request a specialism in Lent Term.  Please click here for further information and details about which course qualifies for which specialism.

LLM students can take courses up to the value of 1.0 unit (usually two 0.5 unit courses) that are offered from other Departments at LSE. You can discuss your preferred courses when you meet with your Academic Mentor when you arrive at the School.

If you would like to take an outside course we would also recommend checking whether you are eligible for the outside course you wish to apply for, as well as the course selection procedures of the Department (as they may be different from our own). Course selection won’t begin until you arrive at the School so you will need to wait until welcome week to start that process.

Auditing a course means that you can, with permission from the Course Convenor, attend classes for that course, but you will not receive academic credit for it, and you are not responsible for formative or summative assessment.

Should you wish to audit a course, you should contact the Course Convenor at the start of the academic year to seek permission for you to sit in their class.  Details of each Course Convenor can be found via the course guides.

You will be allocated to your seminar groups either by self-selection when you choose your courses OR auto-enrolled, depending on the course and the number of seminar groups available. For Law courses, the vast majority of courses are taught in small seminar groups and there may only be one group/class available, therefore you will be auto-enrolled should only one group be timetabled.

If you are studying part-time you will usually take half of the required courses in the first year and half in your second year (2 units worth each year). You will submit your dissertation at the end of your second (or final) year.

The Law School will allocate your Academic Mentor at the start of Autumn Term. Due to resourcing considerations across the Law School, it is not possible for students to request a specific mentor or to be assigned to areas of research interest. It’s important to note however that you are not restricted to meeting only with your mentor and you will still be able to meet with members of faculty even if they have not been allocated to you as your mentor. In fact, in relation to subjects of specialism we would encourage you to speak with any member of staff in the Law School (and the whole School for that matter) via academic office hours, which are bookable via the LSE Student Hub

Law courses usually take the form of seminars. These are taught in smaller groups and are for taking in the concepts you have learned during the course and discussing them in more detail. A typical class size will be 30 students.

Some courses (e.g. from outside of the Law School) will be taught in other ways – for example via lectures or workshops. Course Convenors will provide further information on how their course(s) will be taught.

For each course you will usually undertake both formative and summative work. Formative (non-assessed) work is designed to help you prepare for your summative (assessed) work. Summative assessment will vary from course to course across the School, but for Law courses, you will be assessed by exam or essay.  You can find information about how courses are assessed on the course guides which are available through the School calendar and also the programme regulations. 

Formative and summative work will take place throughout the academic year and further details about your assessments will be shared with you by your Course Convenors.

Assessments for Law courses take place in May and June. If you are taking courses outside of the Law School we would recommend consulting the course guide as to when assessments will take place for those courses.

The School summer term exam timetable is published mid-way though Winter Term.

The Disability and Wellbeing Service supports students with disabilities and long-term medical conditions. We recommend you contact them before you start your studies at LSE, or as soon as possible afterwards, so they can work with you to put appropriate support in place for you at the very start of the academic year.

You can watch videos of past LSE students talking about their experiences here

Your health and wellbeing are extremely important to us and the School has lots of support available to students during your time here. Take a look here, where you will find a wealth of resources including, but not limited to:

• Student Counselling Service
• Health Care in the UK
• Peer Support (student-to-student support for you)
• Safe Contacts
• External sources of support

Both the LLM Professional Services Team and the academic staff within the Law School are here to offer pastoral support throughout your studies.

• The LLM Professional Services Team are available for you to meet with so you can discuss any concerns and ask them any questions on a 1:1 basis.
• Your Academic Mentor is available as a key source of support to you. You will be allocated an Academic Mentor in Week 1 of Autumn Term. Take a look here for some of the ways in which the Academic Mentor relationship can help support you.  You can also find more information on your Academic Mentor in the ‘Your Studies’ section above.