Faculty of Laws Newsletter : May 2023 : issue 8

Abstract

At Faculty Board meeting held on 28th April, it was confirmed that members of boards of examiners of dissertations and long essays were to assess the version of the dissertation / long essay uploaded by the Student on Turnitin. The current system, whereby Examiners receive a soft copy of the dissertation / long essay by email is being discontinued, after it resulted that at least one student had uploaded one version on Turnitin and sent another version to the Faculty.

At the same Faculty Board meeting, the draft M.A. Preparatory programme was approved. This M.A. Preparatory programme has been designed as part of a change which the Faculty of Laws has proposed to, and discussed with, the UM Rector and Academic Registrar. The idea is to amend the M.Adv. and M.Not. regulations introducing a new requirement whereby students must obtain an average of 65% in the LL.B. Hons course the UM offer, to be eligible to join the M.Adv. or M.Not. Those who do not manage to obtain this average grade in the LL.B Hons offered by our Faculty, will be offered opportunity to undergo the M.A. Preparatory programme, which is essentially a revision of the main aspects of our LL.B Hons core subjects. If they sit for this programme and obtain an average of 65% they will be eligible to join the M.Adv. and M.Not. Studies courses.