This programme aims to nurture people who can:

1. contribute to the advancement of knowledge through independent and original research in law;
2. demonstrate specialist subject knowledge and a high level of transferable skills, including analytical, communication and leadership skills;
3. discover the knowledge and understanding of law in the particular areas of research;
4. develop scholarship in the areas of law that are relevant to the contemporary society with a view to understanding their present state as well as their future directions; and
5. develop the ability to make substantial original contribution to an area of law.

Upon successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

1. demonstrate a critical understanding of law in their own fields and demonstrate an ability to analyse information and practice in their own fields of research;
2. critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise the main theories, principles, and concepts in their own fields of research;
3. demonstrate creativity in contributing to the knowledge of law by the formulation of research questions and the selection, development and implementation of appropriate research strategies;
4. create, deploy and defend an argument in writing and orally; and
5. demonstrate an ability to make substantial original contribution to an area of law.