| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2025-01-01 | - |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The LLM Law course offers advanced legal training in international law, human rights, international commercial law and trade, or global business and human rights. Through coursework, research, and experiential learning, students gain a comprehensive understanding of legal frameworks and challenges in global communities, preparing them for careers in international organizations, academia, or the private sector. The program emphasizes research skills, critical thinking, and collaboration with students from diverse backgrounds.
Program Outline
LLM International Law LLM Human Rights Law LLM International Commercial Law and Trade LLM Global Business and Human Rights. You’ll learn how to leverage laws to drive positive change across global communities. The refugee crisis. Sustainable development. Human rights. Global conflicts. You’ll explore the legalities behind some of the biggest global challenges. You’ll emerge with a unique skill set and perspectives that cross legal silos. This will set you apart as an expert in your field. You'll also have an opportunity to undertake pro bono volunteer work to gain valuable experience. This placement will help to develop your legal skills. You’ll explore the workings of powerful global actors - like the World Bank and the UN. You’ll also have the freedom to explore areas of international law that interest you most, like global development or human rights systems. You can join a LLM course in January or September, the choice is yours.
Outline:
Course Structure:
You’ll choose the pathway you want to study; building and advancing your legal knowledge and skills in that legal sphere. Across your LLM course, you’ll develop a unique understanding of international law, human rights, international economic law, and business law. You might explore the challenges of globalisation - considering market regulation, free trade and the role of governments. You might compare UN perspectives on economic development with those of the World Bank. Or you might examine the role of human rights laws in armed conflict. You’ll fully grasp the unique challenges and perspectives to each area of law. You’ll collaborate with students from many different legal backgrounds and perspectives. You’ll challenge ideas, and have your own thinking challenged too. You’ll graduate with a developed understanding of powerful international organisations across the world stage. You’ll understand how to influence, challenge and collaborate with them.
Learning and Teaching:
You'll experience high-quality learning through the diversity of methods used throughout the LLM courses. These include: lectures seminar discussions individual and small group tutorials case studies individual presentations. You will acquire and practise legal reasoning as well as research and IT skills. Particular emphasis is placed on skills training. You’ll meet students from different backgrounds. You’ll challenge their assumptions and they’ll challenge yours. You’ll make friends from all over the world and develop connections that will stay with you throughout your future career. You'll also have the opportunity to sign up for a voluntary placement when you join the course. We'll arrange your placement for one day a week over 6 months. You'll help organisations such as NGOs and charities to help build your experience and legal skills.
Assessment:
Your learning on this course will generally be assessed by written coursework. This is often the best way to enable students to demonstrate their knowledge and analysis, while meeting the learning objectives of the course. Where relevant, however, we also make use of other assessment formats such as presentations to allow you a real opportunity to showcase your strengths.
Study Modules:
The modules listed below are for the master's award for each of the four LLM pathways. For the PGDip awards your module choices may be different. The PGCert award is only available on the LLM International Law pathway and your module choices may differ.
LLM International Law Pathway
Compulsory Modules:
- International Law - semester one
- Advanced Legal Research Methods - semester one
- Dissertation - semester two
Optional Modules:
Semester one choose two from:
- International Human Rights Systems
- Theory and Critique of Human Rights
- International Business Transactions
- Independent Study Semester two choose three from:
- International Investment Law
- World Trade Law
- International Environmental Law, Globalisation, Development and Justice
- Contemporary Issues in Human Rights
- Human Rights: Practical Issues
- International Corporate Governance
- Independent Study
LLM Human Rights Law
Compulsory Modules:
- Theory and Critique of Human Rights - semester one
- International Human Rights Systems - semester one
- Advanced Legal Research Methods - semester one
- Contemporary Issues in Human Rights - semester two
- Human Rights: Practical Issues - semester two
- Dissertation - semester two
Optional Modules:
Semester one choose two from:
- International Law
- International Business Transactions
- Independent Study Semester two choose one from:
- International Investment Law
- World Trade Law
- International Law
- International Environmental Law, Globalisation, Development and Justice
- International Corporate Governance
- Independent Study
LLM International Commercial Law and Trade
Compulsory Modules:
- International Business Transactions - semester one
- Advanced Legal Research Methods - semester one
- World Trade Law - semester two
- International Corporate Governance - semester two
- Dissertation - semester two
Optional Modules:
Semester one choose two from:
- International Law
- International Human Rights Systems
- Theory and Critique of Human Rights
- Independent Study Semester two choose one from:
- International Environmental Law, Globalisation, Development and Justice
- Contemporary Issues in Human Rights
- Human Rights: Practical Issues
- Independent Study
LLM Global Business and Human Rights Law
Compulsory Modules:
- International Human Rights Systems - semester one
- Advanced Legal Research Methods - semester one
- International Corporate Governance - semester two
- World Trade Law - semester two
- International Environmental Law, Globalisation, Development and Justice - semester two
- Dissertation - semester two
Optional Modules:
Semester one choose two from:
- International Investment Law
- International Law
- International Business Transactions
- Theory and Critique of Human Rights
- Independent Study
Teaching:
You'll experience high-quality learning through the diversity of methods used throughout the LLM courses. These include: lectures seminar discussions individual and small group tutorials case studies individual presentations. You will acquire and practise legal reasoning as well as research and IT skills. Particular emphasis is placed on skills training. You’ll meet students from different backgrounds. You’ll challenge their assumptions and they’ll challenge yours. You’ll make friends from all over the world and develop connections that will stay with you throughout your future career.
Careers:
Graduates from the LLM progress to an impressive range of careers. Many of our graduates are now policymakers, human rights activists, judges, and commercial lawyers. You’ll know how to challenge complex legal problems using new ideas and innovative thinking, and have a clear understanding of the motivations driving new and old legislation. We’ll help you decide what your next steps should be. Pursuing an academic career in law Research is fundamental to the Law School and is one of the reasons we performed so well in the last REF. Your own interests will be reflected in the modules you choose and many students feel moved to continue their academic studies and become specialists themselves. Several former LLM students have chosen to become researchers, publishing and lecturing on their work and graduating to do a PhD.
Other:
- Our academics are at the forefront of a wide range of internationally recognised and world-leading research and projects.
- Our LLM course team consists of researchers working within the following research groups:
- international law
- critical approaches to law
- fundamental rights and equality.
- You can attend the programme of research seminars and other events that underpin the research culture of the School of Law. You will have the opportunity to become involved in research through specialist modules in which teaching staff have expertise. They also supervise dissertations in their specialist subjects.
- You have the option to enrol and start the Master of Laws LLM course in January.
|:----|:----:|:----:|:----:| | Masters Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £8,200 | Paid in semesterly Instalments | | Diploma Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £7,200 | Paid in semesterly Instalments | | International full time | Pound Sterling | £16,300 | Paid in semesterly Instalments | | Masters Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £8,600 | Paid in semesterly Instalments | | Diploma Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £7,600 | Paid in semesterly Instalments | | International full time | Pound Sterling | £16,950 | Paid in semesterly Instalments | | Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £8,200 | Not Applicable | | Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £7,200 | Not Applicable | | Diploma Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £4,100 | Not Applicable | | Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £8,600 | Not Applicable | | Diploma Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £7,600 | Not Applicable | | Home (UK) full time | Pound Sterling | £4,300 | Not Applicable |
