Doctor of Laws - LL.D. - Degree Course

L.N. 142 of 2011

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Laws - LL.D. - Degree Course

(Amendment) Regulations, 2011

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5)

and 75 (6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University

of Malta has promulgated the following regulations made by the Senate of

the University of Malta by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles

75 and 79 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Doctor of Laws – LL.D. – Degree

Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 and shall be read and construed as one with

the Doctor of Laws – LL.D. – Degree Course Regulations, 1997, published as Legal

Notice 9 of 1997, hereinafter referred to as the “principal regulations”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall apply for courses commencing in October 2011 or

later.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For sub-paragraph (ii) of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of regulation

4 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(ii) for courses commencing from October 2011 onwards, have obtained at

least 55% average in the study-units assigned to the compulsory programme of

studies of the Laws main area of study in the Bachelor of Laws course; or in the case

of students who were awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Legal and

Humanistic Studies have obtained at least 54 UoM/108 ECTS credits in the Laws

main area of study and have at least a Grade C average in the Final Examinations

held in that area of study,

provided that the examinations and the credits for study-units in the Laws main area

of study shall be those indicated by the Board as necessary for a student to proceed

to the LL.D. course, and

provided further that the Faculty Admissions Committee shall still allow a student to

proceed to the LL.D. course if he has obtained an overall mark of 54% in the

compulsory programme of studies of the Laws main area of study in the Bachelor of

Laws course, if the student has obtained an overall mark of at least 55% in each of

the second and third years of the course mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above, and

provided further that the provisions of this sub-paragraph shall not apply to students

who commenced the Bachelor of Laws course on 1 st October 2007 or earlier, and to

students who obtained the Bachelor of Arts in Legal and Humanistic Studies degree

and, in both these cases, the matter shall continue to be regulated by the provisions

of regulation 4 (1) (b) (i).”

For paragraph (4) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“(4) Candidates in possession of the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Legal and

Humanistic Studies or the Bachelor of Laws who do not have the necessary

requirements to register for the Course in terms of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of

paragraph (1) of this regulation, as well as candidates in possession of a degree in

law other than the Bachelor of Arts in Legal and Humanistic Studies and the

Bachelor of Laws that is considered by the Board to be of an equivalent standard,

may be allowed by the Board to register for a qualifying year of studies made up of

Law subjects as determined by the Board. Such candidates shall become eligible to

be admitted to the Course leading to the Degree if they obtain 53% average or, in the

case of candidates who will commence the Doctor of Laws course from October

2011 onwards, if they obtain a 55% average in the qualifying programme,

provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to students who

commenced the Bachelor of Laws course on 1 st October 2007 or earlier, and to

students who obtained the Bachelor of Arts in Legal and Humanistic Studies degree

and, in both these cases, the matter shall continue to be regulated by the requirement

of obtaining at least 53% average in the study-units assigned to the compulsory

programme of studies of the Laws main area of study.”

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