Non-law graduates are often in demand by recruiters, because they can offer transferable knowledge and skills that go beyond that of other candidates. The PGDL enables a smooth transition into studying law whilst developing the skills you need to secure a training contract or pupillage. They study the basic underlying philosophies and methods of each legal system and a selection of current topics of debate such as Law making & judicial decision making, Contract Law.
It provides expertise in the law relating to the environment and the ecological, socio-economic, scientific and administrative issues that inform its application. Overview of the issue in Britain in 2004-2005 where vendors selling psilocybin mushrooms have been charged with violating the controlled substances laws.
A news story from Santa Fe New about a case which might be the first solid ruling on whether ayahuasca use can be protected under the First Amendment as a religious practice. A brief news story about an Ayahuasca using church which won a preliminary injunction against the seizure of their sacramental Ayahuasca tea on the basis of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.