Emma Brooks, UK

LLM in Computer and Communications Law - Distance Learning

"Studying for the Distance Learning LLM in Computer and Communications Law at Queen Mary is both inspiring and challenging as an advanced learning experience. From the first day I received my syllabus to the minute I started getting stuck into my 20,000 word dissertation I have been greatly impressed by the depth and breadth of knowledge my tutors have.

Their professional approach and working knowledge of the industry has always helped make the most technical and challenging aspects of this niche area of law so much easier to understand. The hardest part has always been deciding which modules to take!

The flexibility of the course overall, which allows students to choose
the number of modules they wish to take each semester, is coupled with a very strong internal structure and course outline within each module. Tutors are on-hand via the web discussion pages which also make for ideal forums in which students can exchange ideas. The format of the online tutorial programme standing alongside regular written assessments provides for a perfectly balanced and motivating pace of study which both captivates and stretches abilities. The residential weekends are a great opportunity for students at home and abroad to present seminars in areas they have studied and for us all to meet the tutors. It is always amazing to sit in a lecture theatre or in an online tutorial with study partners from another continent.

The Institute of Computer and Communications Law delivers a level of expertise in its teaching staff which I have found absolutely invaluable and they provide insight and guidance in respect of a specialist area that constantly develops and changes. ICCL has enabled me to study for the LLM whilst at the same time completing the Legal Practice Course and practising as a Trainee Solicitor with a London firm which has been an excellent way of both broadening and expanding my theoretical and practical legal skills whilst attaining other goals. I would thoroughly recommend this course to both budding academics and practitioners."