Legal Research Methods

This module considers the diverse spectrum of legal scholarship and methodologies. Students will refresh or enhance their legal research skills and receive training in a range of research methods and techniques. On completion it is expected that students should be able to:

• Identify various approaches to legal scholarship and characterise their own research interests and scholarship
• Apply research skills and methods, including being able to use, interpret and locate legal sources, as is necessary to address a research topic
• Design and write a research proposal and evaluate it

Legal Research Methods is a compulsory part of the School’s MA in Socio-legal and Criminological Research. It is also followed by first year MPhil or PhD students in the School who have not previously taken the module. It is available to those LLM students who seek, on completion of the LLM, to pursue their research careers with a higher degree by research (LLM (Research Track)). LLM students seeking to follow this module should first consult with the the module convenor in the first week of term (Induction Week)