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How to specialise in employment law

Anna

Hi there,

First post.

I have a HR Generalist background over the last eight years and have just completed my Level 5 CIPD diploma. I really enjoyed the Employment Law module and would like to specialise in this area of HR.

Can anyone advise me what job titles incorporates employment law and what further qualifications I may require to specialise in this area?

Any help or advise apperciated.

Thanks

Anna

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  • Hi Anna and welcome to the forums. You've had lots of good advice about acquiring the specialist knowledge... the challenge will be finding a job focusing exclusively on this area. Even on the ER side in a very large company, the focus is likely to be on TUPE and IR issues, unless the company has a strong track record of being taken to court by its staff.
    In my experience, the only jobs that will regularly cover a larger range of legal HR issuers are with the big legal firms. Have you considered this?
  • in reply to Ray
    Hi all.

    Many thanks for all your advise.

    I have experience of Tupe transfers within my 8 years of HR.

    I have found a post grad certificate in employment law and practice at my local university in Northern Ireland which I am currently looking into.

    I have never even considered approaching a law firm so this is something I will have a think about.

    Many thanks.
  • in reply to Anna
    Be wary
    There is a difference between a certificate and a Masters
    ideally you should find one that does its assessments via essays/assignments.
  • in reply to Peter Stanway
    See too eg

    www.northumbria.ac.uk/.../

    - Peter is entirely correct. From memory, passing three modules / one academic year results in the postgrad certificate; you can add a second year and more taught modules to qualify for the postgrad diploma and if you reach a good standard of assessment on the taught modules you’re eligible to add a dissertation project to the taught diploma and if that passes muster you get an LLM. It’s possible to do all of this Northumbria Uni course by distance learning but they strongly encourage optional weekend study day attendance at the Law School in central Newcastle upon Tyne. I completed the LLM a few years ago and it was one of the best things I’ve ever done.
  • in reply to David

    PS
    For something completely different to Employment Law, I’ve just with some trepidation signed up for the first running this year of Cumbria University’s MA in ‘ Literature, Romanticism and the English Lake District’ . This isn’t entirely distance learning although it can be done part time over two years with a few regular weekly termtime visits to Ambleside. Forgive me for the blatant and entirely off topic plug, but do feel that it’s a most innovative and aptly located course that deserves to succeed and someone on here might just possibly be interested. Course organiser at Ambleside is Dr Penny Bradshaw who I’m sure would welcome informal enquiries.

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