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Advanced Liberian
Legal Studies Programme

Think critically. Research carefully. Argue with authority. Explore all 26 subjects through 52 taught seminars, detailed notes, fictional case files and substantial writing projects.

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Master’s-level learning goals. An independent TIH course certificate; not an LL.M., university credit, accredited law degree or permission to practise law.

Advanced Liberian Legal Studies: 26 subjects, research and advocacy
26Law subjects
52Taught seminars
8Research portfolios
240hEstimated study

About this programme

Move from knowing the rule to defending the analysis.

Each subject pairs two advanced lessons with primary research, a fictional problem, competing arguments and a substantial writing assignment. The 273 delivered questions are distinct across 80 quizzes and examinations.

Prior foundational legal study, an LL.B. or equivalent knowledge is strongly recommended. New to law? Start with the Complete Liberian Law Programme before this advanced course.

Study level and qualification

“Master’s-level” describes the intended depth of research, critical analysis and writing. It does not name a degree awarded by TIH.

The LL.B. and LL.M. are distinct qualifications. The University of Liberia lists the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law as a professional school. Confirm its current programmes directly with the university. These 26 subjects are the scope requested for this TIH course, not a verified official university curriculum or a claim of affiliation.

The complete subject list

26 subjects. One connected research journey.

Open a module to see its two seminars. A separate final capstone brings together independent research and advocacy.

01Constitutional Law
  • Separation of Powers and Constitutional Interpretation
  • Constitutional Review, Standing and Remedial Design

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

02Criminal Law
  • Offence Elements, Mental States and Evidential Inference
  • Attempt, Conspiracy and Individual Participation

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

03Criminal Procedure
  • Liberty, Bail and Procedural Safeguards
  • Charging, Disclosure and Pre-Trial Case Management

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

04Civil Procedure
  • Jurisdiction, Service and Strategic Forum Analysis
  • Interlocutory Relief, Injunctions and Proportional Orders

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

05Law of Contracts
  • Contract Interpretation, Risk Allocation and Exclusion Terms
  • Misrepresentation, Duress and Transactional Vulnerability

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

06Law of Torts
  • Vicarious Liability and Organisational Risk
  • Defamation, Reputation and Proof of Civil Loss

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

07Property Law
  • Title, Conveyances and the Limits of Documentary Proof
  • Easements, Licences and Co-Ownership Disputes

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

08Land Law
  • Land Categories, Customary Rights and Competing Claims
  • Surveys, Community Consent and Transaction Sequencing

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

09Administrative Law
  • Administrative Discretion, Reasons and Lawful Decision-Making
  • Public Procurement, Concessions and Accountability Review

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

10Commercial Law
  • Sale of Goods, Delivery Risk and Commercial Remedies
  • Negotiable Instruments and Payment-Chain Liability

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

11Business and Corporate Law
  • Directors, Conflicts and Corporate Decision Records
  • Partnership Dissolution and Continuing Business Obligations

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

12International Law
  • Treaties, Consent and Domestic Legal Effect
  • Conflict of Laws, Forum and Foreign Judgments

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

13Human Rights Law
  • Rights Analysis, State Duties and Justification
  • African Commission Communications and Admissibility

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

14Family Law
  • Family Relationships, Child Welfare and Competing Interests
  • Intestacy, Estate Administration and Dependant Claims

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

15Evidence
  • Expert Testimony, Method and Evidential Weight
  • Privilege, Confidentiality and Lawful Evidence Handling

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

16Legal Research and Writing
  • Doctrinal Research, Source Status and Comparative Method
  • Predictive Memoranda, Critical Argument and Citation Integrity

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

17Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
  • Confidentiality, Candour and Responsible Legal Assistance
  • Conflicts, Informed Decisions and Protective File Controls

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

18Labor and Employment Law
  • Wages, Working Time and Employment Classification
  • Collective Bargaining, Representation and Labour Disputes

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

19Environmental Law
  • Environmental Duties, Permits and Regulatory Accountability
  • Environmental Impact Assessment and Meaningful Participation

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

20Taxation Law
  • Tax Statutory Interpretation and Temporal Application
  • Assessments, Objections and Tax Dispute Records

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

21Equity and Trusts
  • Trust Creation, Certainty and Beneficial Interests
  • Fiduciary Administration, Accounts and Beneficiary Protection

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

22Jurisprudence
  • Natural Law, Moral Critique and Legal Obligation
  • Legal Positivism, Pluralism and Customary Authority

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

23Banking and Financial Law
  • Banking Regulation, Capital, Liquidity and Supervisory Power
  • Secured Credit, Priority and Enforcement Risk

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

24Intellectual Property Law
  • Copyright, Authorship and Digital Reuse
  • Trademarks, Patents and Commercial IP Strategy

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

25Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Negotiation, Mediation and Settlement Authority
  • Arbitration Agreements, Awards and Enforcement Defences

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

26Trial Advocacy and Moot Court
  • Moot Court, Issue Selection and Responsive Oral Advocacy
  • Appellate Submissions, Standards of Review and Reasoned Opinions

Two taught seminars, full notes, two practice quizzes and a reserved-item assessment. Suggested study: eight hours.

Build an advanced legal portfolio.

Six portfolios are placed throughout the subject modules. The final module contains an independent research paper, a professional moot and a comprehensive examination. Deliverables are kept privately and completion is self-recorded against the supplied rubrics; tutor marking is not promised.

1. Public Law and Litigation Research File

A fictional public board cancels a licence and commences proceedings against the provider. Construct a record that separates constitutional review, civil procedure and criminal safeguards.

  • A 1,200-word research memorandum with a narrowly framed question, verified primary authorities and one adverse argument per issue
  • A source-status log, procedural chronology and forum map distinguishing civil and criminal routes
  • Two alternative relief sections explaining scope, authority and factual assumptions

2. Private Rights and Community Land Clinic

A fictional cooperative purchases equipment and proposes a lease over disputed community land. A damaged shipment and overlapping survey create different claims.

  • A contract-risk and tort-liability matrix distinguishing parties, conduct and remedies
  • A land-category, boundary and representation report with a version comparison and participation questions
  • A 1,400-word balanced opinion and a plain-language 400-word explainer preserving unresolved rights

3. Public Procurement and Cross-Border Commerce Dossier

A fictional public tender involves a foreign supplier, a director’s interest and a disputed payment instrument. A later judgment is obtained abroad.

  • A procurement criteria audit using current instruments and relevant transition checks
  • A corporate conflict report and payment-chain diagram identifying each asserted claim
  • A 1,500-word cross-border strategy separating procurement review, contractual remedies and judgment recognition

4. Rights, Family and Evidence Research Portfolio

A fictional family disputes estate administration while a community organisation considers a regional rights complaint. An expert report and privileged email are contested.

  • An estate inventory, administration-authority note and confidential-information handling plan
  • An expert-method review and separate privilege schedule with locally sourced objections
  • A 1,600-word research memorandum with a domestic-remedies chronology and citation audit

5. Employment, Environmental and Tax Compliance Opinion

A fictional training enterprise expands its facility, changes staff arrangements and receives a disputed tax assessment. Residents raise a water-access concern.

  • An employment-status and pay reconciliation with auditable assumptions
  • An environmental authorisation and participation matrix tied to the actual revised design
  • A 1,600-word integrated opinion with a tax objection schedule, lawful options and source-based procedural questions

6. Fiduciary Finance and Intellectual Property Case Study

A fictional education fund finances a startup and licenses course media. Its administrator has an undisclosed business interest and a lender claims the startup’s equipment.

  • A trust-classification and fund-reconciliation report distinguishing authority, loss and gain
  • A current CBL instrument-status table and collateral-priority timeline identifying third-party property
  • A 1,700-word fiduciary-and-IP opinion with a rights-and-licences register and a reasoned counterargument

7. Independent Research Capstone

Choose a narrow Liberian legal question arising from the course. Use published sources and fictional or properly public facts; do not collect private client data or claim to conduct supervised legal practice.

  • A 700-word proposal with question, method, scope, ethics and source plan
  • A 3,500–4,500-word critical research paper using at least twelve checked sources, including relevant primary authorities, and an annotated bibliography
  • A claim-to-source matrix, adverse-authority discussion, limitations statement and 500-word revision reflection

8. Professional Moot and Reasoned Opinion

Use one fictional appellate record about a disputed supply agreement, board authority, community access and evidence. Establish the applicable local review framework; argue both sides before deciding.

  • Two opposing 1,500-word memorials with authorities, record pinpoints and precise requested relief
  • Two eight-minute oral submissions and responses to six bench questions per side; self-record or rehearse privately
  • A 1,500-word reasoned opinion, twenty-six-subject portfolio index and rubric-based self-assessment

Research from the sources.

Read the assigned provisions, check amendments and commencement, and record pinpoint references. Comparative lectures and research guides do not establish local rules. Repository links and video metadata are checked separately; availability is not a guarantee of legal currency.

Institutional listing checked 15 October 2026. No university endorsement, official syllabus equivalence or academic credit is claimed.

A practical route through the course

Your 40-week study plan.

Set aside six hours per week. Follow the subjects in order, keep a source-status log and develop your portfolio work as you study. Open a five-week block to see the suggested allocation and checkpoints.

Use each subject’s eight hours well.

  1. Four hours: study the two video seminars, full notes and assigned legal sources. Longer lectures or readings may take more time.
  2. Three hours: develop the writing assignments, case analysis and any portfolio work due in the block.
  3. One hour: complete practice, assessment and revision, including the midterm in its checkpoint block.

The final 32 hours cover the research capstone, moot, reasoned opinion and final examination. Start longer research tasks early and extend the schedule when needed.

This is a suggested pace, not a deadline or academic credit allocation. Portfolio checkpoints identify work to self-assess against the supplied rubric; they do not submit files or record completion. Complete the corresponding steps in the course player. No tutor marking is promised unless separately arranged.

Weeks 1–530 planned hours

  1. Week 1 6 hours

  2. Week 2 6 hours

  3. Week 3 6 hours

  4. Week 4 6 hours

  5. Week 5 6 hours

Weeks 6–1030 planned hours

  1. Week 6 6 hours

    Portfolio 1: Public Law and Litigation Research File

  2. Week 7 6 hours

  3. Week 8 6 hours

  4. Week 9 6 hours

  5. Week 10 6 hours

Weeks 11–1530 planned hours

  1. Week 11 6 hours

    Portfolio 2: Private Rights and Community Land Clinic

  2. Week 12 6 hours

  3. Week 13 6 hours

  4. Week 14 6 hours

  5. Week 15 6 hours

Weeks 16–2030 planned hours

  1. Week 16 6 hours

    Portfolio 3: Public Procurement and Cross-Border Commerce Dossier

  2. Week 17 6 hours

  3. Week 18 6 hours

    Complete the 13-question advanced midterm after Module 13.

  4. Week 19 6 hours

  5. Week 20 6 hours

Weeks 21–2530 planned hours

  1. Week 21 6 hours

  2. Week 22 6 hours

    Portfolio 4: Rights, Family and Evidence Research Portfolio

  3. Week 23 6 hours

  4. Week 24 6 hours

  5. Week 25 6 hours

Weeks 26–3030 planned hours

  1. Week 26 6 hours

  2. Week 27 6 hours

    Portfolio 5: Employment, Environmental and Tax Compliance Opinion

  3. Week 28 6 hours

  4. Week 29 6 hours

  5. Week 30 6 hours

Weeks 31–3530 planned hours

  1. Week 31 6 hours

  2. Week 32 6 hours

    Portfolio 6: Fiduciary Finance and Intellectual Property Case Study

  3. Week 33 6 hours

  4. Week 34 6 hours

  5. Week 35 6 hours

Weeks 36–4030 planned hours

  1. Week 36 6 hours

    Finish the research proposal, scope and source plan.

  2. Week 37 6 hours

  3. Week 38 6 hours

    Portfolio 7: Independent Research Capstone

  4. Week 39 6 hours

  5. Week 40 6 hours

    Portfolio 8: Professional Moot and Reasoned Opinion

    Complete the 52-question comprehensive final after all portfolio requirements.

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Common questions.

How long does it take?

Allow about 240 hours: 208 across the 26 subject modules and 32 for the final research-and-advocacy capstone. One route is 40 weeks at six hours per week. These are flexible planning estimates, not academic credits; extended research and revision may take longer.

What must I complete?

Complete all 140 steps in order: 52 taught lessons, 52 practice quizzes, 26 module assessments, the 13-question midterm, eight portfolios and the 52-question programme final. Quizzes use the shared 70% pass threshold. Every final question is new, with two questions from each subject.

Will this award a master’s degree?

No. It awards the TIH course-completion certificate for Advanced Liberian Legal Studies Programme. It is not an LL.M., LL.B., university qualification, professional licence or guarantee of admission or employment.

Is this the same as the existing Law programme?

No. This is a new course with its own enrolment, progress, lesson sequence and certificate. The existing Complete Liberian Law Programme remains available as foundational preparation.

Are projects graded by a tutor?

The player records completion and quiz scores. Research and portfolio work uses supplied self-assessment rubrics and private learner files. Tutor grading, dissertation supervision and automatic file submission are not included unless separately arranged with TIH.

What is the price?

Tuition is free. The one-time registration fee for this advanced programme is US$100. Confirm access through the existing TIH payment and approval process.

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