LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF LAWS

Master of Laws (LLM)

Induction Schedule 2023

Please find below a schedule of induction events aimed at ensuring you have access to
the services you are entitled to as a student at UCL, and all the information you require to
commence your Master of Laws (LLM) programme in UCL Faculty of Laws.

By the end of induction week, you should:

1. Have been welcomed to UCL and UCL Laws and be introduced to some Faculty
colleagues including academics, management and professional services.
2. Be familiar with UCL support including IT, Student Support and Wellbeing, Library
Services, IALS, and the Students Union.
3. Be familiar with sources of UCL Laws support e.g. LLM Programme Director,
Graduate Office, Careers.
4. Aware of the available non-accredited activities including the Graduate Law Society
and Student Representatives.
5. Be comfortable with using online tools and systems including UCL email, Moodle,
the UCL Timetable.
6. Have met your Academic Mentor (Personal Tutor) Group and made some
connections with other LLM students
7. Know where to go for help if you need it.

Some useful other information about this timetable and induction week:
• Zoom links for live events are provided below where available, or will be added to
the New LLM Student Moodle page on the day of the event for you to access the
session.
• For sessions with pre-recorded videos, video links will also be made available on
the New LLM Student Moodle page on the day of the scheduled activity for you to
view.
 Monday 25 September 2023
(UCL Week 5)
Registration and Welcome to UCL Laws

Time Description Location Presenter(s)

Please complete your registration

with UCL Laws and collect your
welcome pack at the following
time (depending on the first letter The Hub (first floor)
of your surname/last name): UCL Laws The Graduate Office team will
be on hand to welcome you
10:00 – 12:00
• 10:00: A – D Bentham House and answer any questions you
• 10:20: E – H 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens may have.
• 10:40: I – L London WC1H 0EG
• 11:00: M – P
• 11:20: Q – T
• 11:40: U – Z

12:00 – 14:00 Break

Professor Eloise Scotford

14:00 – 14:30 Welcome to UCL Laws Professor of Environmental

Law and Dean of the Faculty
of Laws

Beveridge Hall
Professor Olga Thomas
Senate House
14:30 – 15:00 Welcome to UCL Laws Malet Street
Vice-Dean (Education) and
London
WC1E 7HU Director of Education

Ms Sarah Campling
15:00 – 15:45 An introduction to the LLM
Director of Graduate Taught
Programmes

15:45 – 16:00 Break

Beveridge Hall
Dr Tim Causer
An introduction to Jeremy Senate House
16:00 – 17:00
Bentham Malet Street Senior Research Associate
London The Bentham Project
WC1E 7HU

Monday Checklist

✓ Find your best photo and add it to your UCL Outlook email account and Moodle account.
✓ Ensure you can log into Zoom using your UCL account (and not a personal Zoom account).
✓ Download Microsoft Teams in case you need to have a one to one meeting online.
 Tuesday 26 September 2023
LLM Induction Presentations

Time Description Location Presenter(s)

Dr Lucinda Miller
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
10:00 – 10:45 Beveridge Hall Vice-Dean (Equality, Diversity
at UCL Laws
and Inclusion)
Senate House Ms Sarah Campling
Meet the Graduate Office Team Malet Street Ms Jamie Smith
10:45 – 12:00 London Ms Rouba Farah
Catch up with the Director of WC1E 7HU Ms Amrit Phagura
Graduate Taught Programmes
Mr Valdrin Osmani
12:00 – 12:15 Break

Beveridge Hall
Dr Michael Veale
Senate House
12:15 – 12:45 Studying for an LLM
Malet Street
Vice Dean (Education and
London
WC1E 7HU Innovation)

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch (not provided)

13:45 – 14:45 LLM Academic Legal Skills Professor Graham Penn

Why you should get involved with

the Graduate Law Society Former LLM students speak
Beveridge Hall
14:45 - 15.00 about their experiences on the
Becoming a Student Senate House programme
Representative at UCL Laws Malet Street
London Professor Jane Holder
15:00 – 15:15 Laws Teachers’ Programme WC1E 7HU Ms Anna Saunders
LTP Leads
Ms Rachel Knowles
15:15 – 15:30 Centre for Access to Justice Head of Legal Practice at the
UCL CAJ
15:30 – 16:00 Break
Beveridge Hall Dr John Sorabji
An introduction to Mooting at UCL
16:00 – 16:15 Associate Professor and
Laws
Senate House Mooting Coordinator
Malet Street
Introduction to Careers Support at London Mr Stephen Gurman
16:15 – 16:30
UCL Laws WC1E 7HU Laws Careers Consultant
Cruciform Lecture
Optional PGT UCL 101 Talk Theatre 1, B304 UCL Welcome and Induction
Team
This session is designed to help Cruciform Building
18.00 - 19.00
students get to know UCL support Gower Street You must register for this
services and find out some 'insider WC1E 6BT talk on Eventbrite prior to
tips' on student life at UCL attending
Livestreaming

Tuesday Checklist

✓ Check that you can access your UCL email, Portico, and Moodle accounts (if you have fully enrolled).
✓ Check in Portico that you are registered on the correct modules, specialism programme (where
applicable) and that your taught modules add up to 135 credits.
 Wednesday 27 September 2023
Morning: Live Online Introduction to the Common Law for those new to the area
and Online Sessions to complete at your own pace

Time Description Location Presenter(s)

Introduction to the Common Law

Aimed at students new to the

Common Law but open to
10:00 – 11:00 Dr Alan Brener
everyone. Zoom meeting link

Please read the handout on the

Moodle page before you attend.
Video will be available
Academic Legal Writing course on New LLM Student Ms Jackie Thomas
Moodle page
Here to support you
guide
Student Support and Wellbeing UCL Student Support and
Resources Supporting you Wellbeing
through your studies
video
Undertake UCL’s Understanding
Academic Integrity course
Online course UCL
Send a copy of the Certificate to
the Graduate Office at llm-
law@ucl.ac.uk by 13 October.
The Active Bystander Programme Online course
Self-led /
aims to train UCL students to
online courses
to be recognise and challenge You will be invited to
completed problematic behaviours, such as register for a a second UCL Students’ Union
during the bullying, harassment and sexual part of this course
week misconduct both on- and off- which will take place in
campus. person in November.
Start your sustainability learning
experience at UCL by completing
the online course. Find out what
Online course UCL
UCL is doing to tackle the climate
emergency and how you can play
an integral part.
Netiquette: good online behaviour Read the Guidance on
how to practise good UCL
at UCL
online behaviour
UCL Student Psychological and
Counselling Services - dedicated
Read the SPCS
to helping UCL students with UCL SPCS
webpage
personal, emotional and
psychological concerns
Optional PGT UCL 101 Talk XLG2 Auditorium UCL Welcome and Induction
Team
This session is designed to help Christopher Ingold
12:00 – 13:00
students get to know UCL support Building You must register for this
services and find out some 20 Gordon Street talk on Eventbrite prior to
'insider tips' on student life at UCL WC1H 0AJ attending

Various times Meet your Academic Mentor Faculty of Laws Academic

between Various rooms
Mentors
15:00 – 18:00
(1 hour group meeting followed by
 a 1 hour campus tour to start
anytime from 15:00 onwards)

You can find out more information

about the role of your Academic
Mentor on the Moodle page. The
Academic Mentor is also known
as a Personal Tutor in UCL
surveys.

You will be allocated to a group

and advised of the time and
location of your meeting which will
be held at various rooms around
the campus and followed by a
campus tour.

You can find details of your group

/ timeslot / location on the New
LLM Student Moodle page no
later than Tuesday 26 September.

Ms Sarah Campling

Director of Graduate Taught

Induction for new part-time and Programmes
18:30 – 19:00 Zoom meeting link
modular/flexible students
Ms Jamie Smith
Manager of Graduate Taught
Programmes

Wednesday Checklist

✓ Consider which non-accredited activities that you may want to join and sign up.
 Thursday 28 September 2023
Introduction to EU Law and student networking event

Time Description Location Presenter(s)

Ms Sarah Campling
Director of Graduate Taught
Drop-in with Sarah Campling Programme
10:00 – 11:00 Zoom meeting link
Optional online session to ask
Ms Jamie Smith
questions
Manager of Graduate Taught
Programmes

An Introduction to the European

Union and EU Law (for students
new to the area)

This session is designed to

11:30 – 12:30 introduce students to the basic Zoom meeting link Dr Oliver Gerstenberg
structure and role of the EU, its
institutions and some core legal
principles. The primary objective
of this session is to help you to
get the most out of the EU law
aspects of your LLM studies
Optional PGT UCL 101 Talk UCL Welcome and Induction
Logan Hall
Team
This session is designed to help
12.00 - 13.00 Institute of Education
students get to know UCL support You must register for this
20 Bedford Way
services and find out some talk on Eventbrite prior to
WC1H 0AL
'insider tips' on student life at UCL attending
13:00 – 14:00 Break (an opportunity to catch up on online induction materials if needed)
Group Networking Event

Students registered on a
specialism will be invited to a
Various times meeting with your peers in that
between specialism.
14:00 – 18:00
Those registered on the General
(Some groups LLM degree programme will be Ms Sarah Campling and
may be allocated to one of three groups Various rooms Faculty of Laws specialism
scheduled on with fellow General LLM students. leads
a different day
which we will This is an opportunity to meet with
share in due your peers and a Faculty member
course) for one hour. Details of your
allocated session / timeslot /
location will be made available on
the Moodle page no later than
Wednesday 27 September.
Join us on the main UCL
South Cloisters / campus for an opportunity to
Japanese Garden meet your LLM peers with
some tea and cake.
18:00 – 20:00 Tea Party Social UCL Wilkins Building
Gower Street Please ensure you have
London registered your attendance no
WC1E 6BT later than noon on 22 Sept to
plan for catering.
 Friday 29 September 2023
Introduction to the Research Essay and Library Skills

Time Description Location Presenter(s)

'Getting Started with UCL Library
Services: Online Induction'
introduces everything you need to
know to get started with
Self-led / accessing and using library
Watch the Videos UCL Library Services
online video resources, online and in our
libraries, the services available to
you remotely and on site, and
training and support that is
available.
Dr Silvia Suteu
Introduction to the Research
10:00 – 10:30 Zoom meeting link Research Essay Module
essay
Convenor
Ms Suzanne Traue
11:00 – 11:45 UCL Law Library Resources Zoom meeting link
UCL Law Librarian
11:45 – 12:00 Break
Ms Alice Tyson
IALS Access Librarian
Institute of Advanced Legal
12:00 – 12:45 Studies (IALS) Presentation and Zoom meeting link
Ms Laura Griffiths
Q&A
IALS Academic Services
Manager
12:45 – 14:00 Break
Starting point:
The Treasure Hunt!
The Graduate Office
Students are invited to take part in Room 201 (2nd floor)
a Treasure Hunt/Quiz with their
Academic Mentor Group. Each Bentham House
group should nominate one 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens
person to be the Treasure Hunt London WC1H 0EG
Organiser.
Various start
Please only send the
times between
The Organiser will be required to Organiser to Bentham
14:00 – 16:30
collect their Treasure Hunt/Quiz House and arrange for
questions from The Graduate the rest of the group to
Office at the allocated time. meet at another
outside location.
The results of the Treasure Hunt/
Quiz and the winners of the prizes The treasure hunt will
will be announced in week take you on a route
commencing 2 October! around the UCL
Bloomsbury campus.

Friday Checklist

✓ Sign up for the Buddy Scheme (on Moodle) to pair up students from differing Common Law and Civil
Law backgrounds. We encourage you all to sign up for this.
✓ Think about running to be the Graduate Law Society President or Officer.
✓ If you are running to be a Student Rep, think about your manifesto to send to the Gradaute Office.
✓ Vist IALS, collect your student card if you have registered online already.
✓ Sign up for the Study Group Scheme (on Moodle) for your various modules.
✓ Start thinking more deeply about your Research Essay.
✓ Sign up for the optional Academic Legal Writing Course (on Moodle).
 Monday 2 October 2023
(UCL Week 6)
LLM Module Teaching Commences

9:00 onwards You can access your personal teaching timetable on the UCL online timetable.

You are advised to check your timetable regularly as sometimes room allocations may
change.

Wednesday 4 October 2023

Dean’s Welcome Reception

Time Description Location Presenter(s)

Jeremy Bentham UCL Faculty of Laws
Room
Please ensure you have
18:00 – 20:00 Dean’s Welcome Reception UCL Wilkins Building
registered your attendance no
Gower Street
London later than noon on 27 Sept to
WC1E 6BT plan for catering.