Course description
This course provides a stimulating and challenging intellectual environment for the development of knowledge and understanding of the philosophy of disputation, along with the guiding principles of conflict avoidance, management and resolution in the context of the law, practice and procedure of dispute resolution beyond the confines of national courts.
Students will be prepared for professional alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice, combining academic rigour with practical hands-on training in case management, quasi-judicial decision making and the third party facilitated settlement process. The course provides a thorough grounding in the practices and procedures involved in arbitration, conciliation and mediation and the procedural law governing ADR processes, reinforced by the study of specialist areas of law.
The LLM is fully validated by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) enabling successful graduates to apply for membership, to
Fast-Track to interview for fellowship and to then undertake the CIArb programs to become respectively a listed mediator, a listed adjudicator and/or a chartered arbitrator.
Whilst the course covers the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE Parts 1-3) syllabus and the University of Glamorgan is an examination centre for ICE, the external ICE examinations must be successfully completed in addition to the LLM in order to satisfy the requirements of the ICE.
Course Content
You will study the following core modules:
* Arbitration Law
* Dispute Resolution
* ADR Practice and Ethics
* Private International Law
* Research Methods
* Obligations (ICE 1)*
* Dissertation
You can choose from a list of optional modules that includes ICE 2 and 3.*
*ICE 1, 2 and 3 can be studied alone or as part of the LLM
How To Study
The scheme will be taught through a combination of lectures and small group activities, with the emphasis on the latter. Students will be expected to prepare thoroughly and participate fully in all teaching and learning activities. Much of the assessment during the scheme is continuous, practical and skills-based, although other aspects are subject to formal unseen examination. 60 credits are required for the certificate, 120 for the diploma, and 180 for LLM.
Career prospects
ADR practice provides additional career opportunities for professionals in many fields, but is rarely treated as the primary form of employment. It broadens the professional portfolio of lawyers and is widely used in the construction industry and in import/export maritime-related commerce for the settlement of disputes.
