Modules

For MCL students half of their overall course load consists of four one-term electives, referred to as 'modules', chosen from a selection on offer. Each module provides MCL students with the opportunity to investigate in depth and in a small group setting important, intellectually challenging corporate topics. Law Faculty members involved with the MCL co-ordinate and organise the assessment of each module but with various modules distinguished external instructors take the lead with teaching. The standard method of assessment is a written examination.

Each module encompasses 16 hours of formal instruction, occurring in a single term, either first term (Michaelmas) or second term (Lent). For each module students take the exam at the end of the term in which the module is taught. While it is theoretically possible for an MCL student to take three modules in one term and one in the other the almost universal practice is for students to take two modules per term in each of Michaelmas and Lent Terms .

The modules on offer in 2023-24 are:

  • Corporate Taxation
  • International Merger Control
  • The Law Firm as a Business
  • Shareholder Activism
  • Shareholder Litigation
  • Law and the Digital Economy: The Corporate Dimension
  • Comparative Corporate Governance
  • Private Equity

Module offerings typically vary somewhat year by year but there is substantial continuity over time.