Law with SQE Preparation

Keele University
Postgraduate LLM Full-time 1 Year LawPolicing

About this course

Embark on your journey as a solicitor with our Law with SQE programme, which aims to equip you with enhanced knowledge in legal and non-legal theories, principles and frameworks. Combining both online and in-person teaching, our LLM allows flexibility around employment/volunteering responsibilities. The course will help you prepare for your SQE 1 and 2 examinations through dedicated teaching from experts in law, enabling you to develop your legal knowledge and skills in your chosen pathway. Pathway options include Social Care and Social Justice, Employment Law and International Law.

We are in the process of refreshing our curriculum for the 2025/26 academic year to reflect best practices and the latest advancements in academia. New course content and modules will be available on this course page in due course.

Why choose this course?

  • Embark on your legal career as a solicitor through master's study aligned to the new SQE framework

  • Global Top 250 for Law (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2024)

  • Global Top 100 for International Outlook, Law (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2023)

  • Hybrid delivery including online and in-person teaching

  • Supportive preparation for SQE 1 and SQE 2 examinations

    Throughout this master's programme, you will enhance your expertise of legal theories, principles, frameworks and methodologies whilst developing a range of independent research skills. You will explore complex issues and engage in the critical analysis of theory alongside devising reasonable arguments whilst demonstrating your professional and practical skills.

    Our LLM is designed to enhance your legal career with the flexibility of studying alongside your current employment and/or volunteering responsibilities. Graduates will attain strong transferable skills including communication, problem solving and in-depth legal knowledge, demonstrated through the application of law.

    About Keele

    Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

    We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

    Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1136 Human resource managers and directors
    4135 Library clerks and assistants
    2419 Legal professionals
    3520 Legal associate professionals
    2412 Solicitors and lawyers
    4113 Officers of non-governmental organisations

    Course Details

    Qualification
    LLM
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Keele
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Law, Policing