A student on this course will be expected to conduct independent research in their chosen area over the period of 12 months (full year). This is tutoring for a law student studying for the LLM or other research degree in Law.

The focus of teaching at this stage revolves around doing research and getting effective results. A student may benefit of a tutor that can guide them where to find the right material and how to use that material at different stages of a research degree.

A LLM tutor can provide students 1 hour of law tuition support. A larger block of hours such as 5, 10 or 20 is typically used when a student needs to complete a 7,500, 10,000 or with 15,000-word dissertation.