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Admission requirements for Postgraduate Diploma program

To be eligible to apply to the Postgraduate Diploma program, applicants must:

I. POSSESS A BACKGROUND IN LAW

1. Possess a law degree with a high academic standing from an accredited university; or
2. Have been admitted to practise law; or
3. Have obtained either the Common Professional Examination of England and Wales with good results, provided that the candidate has also obtained at least a second class from an accredited university; or
4. Hold another degree in a discipline other than law with at least second class honours or a qualification of equivalent standard from an accredited university and provided that the Law School’s Admissions Committee is satisfied that by reason of candidate's background, experience and professional qualifications, if any, the candidate is fit to follow the program


II. POSSESS A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Applicants who are not from an English speaking country can satisfy the English language requirements in a variety of ways:

  • Meeting the Law School’s TOEFL or IELTS requirements (in a test taken no more than 24 months before the date of application):
    • IELTS overall band score of 6.5, with no less than 6.0 in any component
    • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language):
      • Paper-based TOEFL: 577 with a minimum score of 4.5 in the Test of Written English (TWE)
      • Computer-based TOEFL (CBT): 233 plus a score of 4.5 in the Essay writing component
      • Internet-based TOEFL (IBT): 90 with a minimum of 21 in the Writing section

Your original TOEFL or IELTS test report form should be sent through to the Law School before the start of the Semester.

More information can be found at the following sites (for TOEFL at http://www.ets.org/toefl/ and for IELTS at http://www.ielts.org/)

  • Satisfactorily completing secondary or undergraduate studies in a country where English is the official language (applicants from countries with more than one official language may be required to meet TOEFL or IELTS requirements).
  • Satisfactorily completing at least one of the final two years of undergraduate studies (within the period of five years before the date of application) in an approved program with English as the medium of instruction and assessment.
You must provide formal advice from the institution to support your claim that you have satisfied this requirement.

The Law School may, at its discretion, require a telephone interview with the candidate