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Diploma in English Law & Legal Skills (\u201cDELLS\u201d) Regulations 2023-2024\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n
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The following regulations apply to all Diploma Participants studying for the 1-year DELLS Diploma in 2023-2024 with the British Law Centre (\u201cBLC\u201d). They reflect the agreements concluded between Juris Angliae Scientia (\u201cJAS\u201d), as course provider, and the universities which co-organise the Diploma course (\u201cHost Institutions\u201d).<\/p>\n
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1. COURSE CURRICULUM<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>The Diploma is taught by providing Participants with written and audio-visual materials, supported by small-group classes and training exercises with members of the BLC teaching team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Diploma focuses on 4 core areas of substantive law (English Legal System, Contract Law, Tort Law and Trusts) which are the subject of 8 x 4hr small-group classes which happen on weekends (usually Saturdays 10.00-14.00) or weekday evenings (usually 17.00-21.00) in accordance with the teaching timetable for each BLC location (see the\u00a0Calendar\u00a0<\/strong>section below in section 2D).<\/p>\n
A variety of legal skills are taught in small-group online sessions in addition to the 8 x 4hr classes focusing on substantive law.<\/p>\n
The substantive law and legal skills taught on the Diploma are as below:<\/p>\n
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SUBSTANTIVE LAW<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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English Legal System<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Contract Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Tort Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Trusts Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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LEGAL SKILLS:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Legal research and case analysis\/preparation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Oral advocacy (inc. making speeches and questioning witnesses in court proceedings)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Contract negotiation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Contract drafting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Statutory interpretation, working with legal precedent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Legal writing and persuasive writing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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To successfully graduate the Diploma, you must pass 4 written assignments, one from each of the substantive law modules above. Each assignment involves preparing written work (approx. 2,000 words) to test the knowledge and skills learned during the relevant module. Written assignments are completed at home throughout the academic year, not in a traditional exam-style session. For further details, see \u2018Assessment\u2019 in Section 4 below.<\/p>\n
2. TEACHING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>General structure of the Diploma\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Diploma Participants are registered on a dedicated website, from which they can access specially prepared workbooks and other written materials on the relevant substantive law and legal skills modules.<\/p>\n
Diploma Participants can access lectures delivered by the BLC teaching team and\/or special guests (including expert legal practitioners and academics from renowned UK teaching institutions). Lectures are recorded and made available on the BLC website, but there may also be opportunities to participate in some live lectures streamed online (usually on weekdays at 18.30-20.00 CET). In total, there are approximately 80 lectures (each 90 mins) available as part of the Diploma course materials (i.e.,\u00a0100 hrs of available lectures<\/strong>).<\/p>\n
Participants receive small-group classes, to complement and deepen their understanding of the legal issues discussed in lectures and written materials.\u00a0There are 8 small-group teaching sessions throughout the Diploma, each lasting 4hrs (i.e.,\u00a032 hours of small-group classes on substantive law<\/strong>).\u00a0Additional sessions are run on legal skills at a variety of times, so Participants have a choice of if\/when to attend these. We will provide you with a timetable of available times once the course commences.<\/p>\n
Impact on fees still owed<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Within 14 days of us having accepted your application and offered you a place on the course*<\/p>\n
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No fees are payable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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More than 14 days after we accepted your application and offered you a place on the course*<\/td>\n
\u20ac200 First Payment must have been paid (and remains due if not paid). But no further course fees are payable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After 31 October<\/td>\n
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You are obliged to pay the full course fees, but can pay in instalments if you wish. The Second Payment\u00a0 must be paid by this date.<\/p>\n
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At this stage, you may also choose to:<\/p>\n
(i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 transfer to another BLC location; or<\/p>\n
(ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 transfer to\/from an Online group to another BLC location.<\/p>\n
(iii)\u00a0 suspend your participation in the Diploma until the following academic year (and \u2018freeze\u2019 the price payable, so that you not be affected if course fees have increased by the time you return).<\/p>\n
However, before exercising any of these options, you must first pay the full course fees.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After 28 February<\/td>\n
100% of your course fees must have been paid by this date, if they were not already paid earlier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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* The 14-day period will be deemed to have expired<\/u> on 31 October<\/strong> in any case (e.g. if someone is offered a place on 20 October, the 14-day period will be deemed to have expired on 31 October).<\/p>\n
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If we inform you that, for whatever reason, we are unable to conduct at least 4 of the 8 teaching sessions as face-to-face visits to your BLC location, you will be entitled to choose between the following options:<\/p>\n
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Transferring to another BLC location or transfer to an Online group;<\/li>\n
Continuing the course at the same location but with fewer than 4 face-to-face visits (\u201cModified Course\u201d); or<\/li>\n
Deferring your participation on the Diploma course until the following academic year (at no additional cost, even if course fees have increased in the year in which you return after deferral); or<\/li>\n