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BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?

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Canadian1

Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 21
BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Tue May 06, 2008 03:47 PM
Not at Cambridge - you can only submit one dissertation in lieu of an exam (so you'll have 3 exams minimum). However, you can submit a further essay in some of the courses (worthf 1/3 of your grade) that means you still sit a 2-hour exam worth 2/3 of your grade.

Can't speak to the Oxford requirements.
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Blueprint

Joined: 01 Feb 2008
Posts: 13
BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Wed May 07, 2008 02:00 AM
Is anyone riding the fence pending scholarships and/or college admission?
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sydneycat

Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 49
BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Wed May 07, 2008 03:48 AM
Yes, I'm in the same boat - funding would make up my mind between the two, but I don't think we'll hear about Cantab funding until maybe August/ September - by which point the decision will already be made.
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Andrea M

Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 35
BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Sun May 11, 2008 07:50 AM
Does anyone know how many contact hours are there for the BCL per week? Does it differ between the terms?
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Andrea M

Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 35
BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Tue May 13, 2008 09:26 AM
Hmmm....anyone?

Also, can someone tell me whether any/some exams for the BCL are open book unseen exams? I believe at Cambridge some are.



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treatise

Joined: 19 Mar 2008
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BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Tue May 13, 2008 08:20 PM
All exams are closed book and unseen. Jurisprudence, which counts as one subject, is a take home exam. You have 6 weeks to write 3 questions. Closed or open book exam -- this should not be a key consideration whether to go to Oxford or Cambridge.

[Edited 13 May 2008 by treatise]
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Andrea M

Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 35
BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Wed May 14, 2008 02:18 AM
Yes, of course - just was wondering....

treatise, how many contact hours are there per week for the BCL?

thanks again for your thoughts!
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satinedint

Joined: 13 May 2008
Posts: 4
BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Wed May 14, 2008 12:01 PM
One more question, LL.M. students at Cambridge are obliged to write the so called Seminar Paper for one subject and defend it on August, or is there a possibility of doing 4 written exams and finish in June?
Thanks!
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Canadian1

Joined: 11 Apr 2007
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BCL v Camb LLM - thoughts?
Wed May 14, 2008 05:38 PM
There is no general obligation to defend your LL.M. dissertation, though if you are on the brink of an exceptionally high or low grade, or if there is suspicion that you have cheated, then the committee could likely require you to defend. You could also write four exams and not submit a dissertation.

Even if you had to defend, you would likely be done in June, since graduation normally falls in late June or early July!
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