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Competition Law and Policy

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About the Programme

Students will learn substantive provisions of competition law, case law, how firms and markets are organized, use of economics in investigations, and court hearings; challenges with dealing with extra regional cross border conduct; interrogating the contending views on how competition law should be tailored and enforced.

What Will I Study?

You will discover: 
  • Prohibition of anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance; case law; merger review;
  • how firms organize themselves, the way they make decisions, and the effects of those decisions on market outcomes
  • investigating cases using economics
  • prepare and present legal and economic evidence before competition authorities and for court proceedings in CARICOM.
  • The challenges of dealing with extra regional cross border anticompetitive conducts
  • How relevant are imported laws for developing economies: the debate

Facilities and Resources

Enhance your learning experience by fully utilising our:
  • Fully equipped Law Library;
  • Access to Regional and International Legal Online Databases

https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/lawlibrary/legal-resources.aspx

Career Opportunities

The LLM programme in Competition Law and Policy are designed for practitioners in law, including in-house counsel, economists in firms, private sector lawyers, the judiciary, and staff of competition commissions to prepare them for representing their firms or clients in competition cases, for becoming enforcers in competition commissions, or for the judiciary in adjudicating competition cases.
 

Why Study in Barbados

The programme is offered synchronous online so there is no need to come to Barbados

Additional Information

The courses will be taught on two week days from 5-8 pm AST and on Saturdays from 9-12 AST so as to facilitate working professionals

At a Glance

  • Degree Level: Postgraduate
  • Qualification: LLM/Postgraduate Diploma
  • Duration: Full Time: 12 Months or Part Time 24 Months

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Programme Details

Candidates for the UWI LL.M. Degree (Competition Law and Policy) must complete thirty-six (36) credit hours of the designated course of study comprised of six (6) credits each.

Four (4) courses must be selected from the prescribed list of courses below. The remaining two (2) courses can be selected from any courses offered in the UWI LL.M. Programme.

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We offer low tuition fees and several scholarships and financial aid are available.

LL.M. Programme fee: BDS $20,000 (US $10,000) 

Postgraduate Dip. Programme fee: BDS $13,300 (US $6,650) 

Plus ID Card Fee - BDS $30.00 (US $15.00) 
Plus UWI Registration fees – BDS $520.00 (US $260.00) per semester. 

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To be eligible for admission, applicants:

  • must hold a LL.B. degree, or any other professional legal qualification with at least Second Class Honours; or
  • must hold a BSc in Economics with at least Second Class Honours; or
  • must be admitted to practise in any part of the Commonwealth; or
  • should also be certified as being in practice for a minimum of five years.

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