Program Overview

Law (Master of Laws) LLM

Overview

Our Master of Laws LLM allows you to tailor your postgraduate degree to your specific areas of interest, offering an authentic learning experience that prepares you for the working world.

Course Structure

• Full-time: 12 months
• Part-time: 24 months
• Start date: September 2026
• UK fees: To be confirmed
• International fees: To be confirmed
• Entry requirements: 2:1

Course Overview

Our Master of Laws LLM allows you to tailor your postgraduate degree to your specific areas of interest, offering an authentic learning experience that prepares you for the working world.

Choose from an extensive range of modules from across our specialist programmes including human rights law; international law; international business and commercial law; and technology and intellectual property law.

With an advanced law degree from the University of Nottingham, you will graduate with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to pursue your career goals.

Research-led Teaching

The school has six major research centres:

• University of Nottingham Commercial Law Centre
• Criminal Justice Research Centre
• History of Law and Governance Centre
• Human Rights Law Centre
• Nottingham International Law and Security Centre
• Public Procurement Research Group

These centres offer LLM students a variety of opportunities to enhance their academic pursuits and develop skills for professional practice.

Why Choose This Course?

• Taught in small groups
• Dedicated resources
• Top 100 worldwide for law
• Top 60 worldwide for law
• Gain real experience
• Flexible course
• Close links

Modules

Core Modules

• Applying Legal Skills and Research Methods
• Dissertation

Optional Modules

Semester One

• Corporate Finance Law
• Corporate Law and Corporate Governance
• Global Data Protection Law
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Criminal Law
• International Law and the Regulation of Force
• Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and International Human Rights
• Economic and Social Rights
• Equality, Discrimination and Criminal Justice
• International Environmental Law
• International Investment Law
• Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights and Criminal Justice
• The Private International Law of Intellectual Property
• Regulation of the Digital Economy and the Information Society

Semester Two

• Business and Human Rights
• Corporate Insolvency Law
• Global Competition Law and International Business
• International and Comparative Trade Mark Law
• Law, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
• Technology and Human Rights Law
• United Nations Law
• Fair Trials, Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Technology
• International and Comparative Patent Law
• International Humanitarian Law
• International Law of the Sea
• Introduction to Energy Law
• The Rights of the Child

Learning and Assessment

How You Will Learn

• Seminars

We teach in small group seminars where possible, allowing for an open, interactive learning experience. You are required to prepare for, and participate in seminars so that you get the maximum benefit from them.

To help support you in this, you will also have access to our virtual library, which includes relevant eBooks, eJournals, official documents and supporting scanning service.

How You Will Be Assessed

• Dissertation
• Examinations
• Coursework

You will be assessed by a range of assessments including coursework, examinations, oral presentations and a dissertation.

Practice assignments, guidance on exam techniques, time management workshops, and one-to-one legal skills advice sessions are offered throughout the year to prepare you for these assessments.

Entry Requirements

• Undergraduate degree: 2:1 (or international equivalent) in law, humanities or social sciences
• IELTS: 6.5 (no less than 6.5 in writing and reading, and 6.0 in speaking and listening)

Fees

• Home/UK: To be confirmed
• International: To be confirmed

Careers

• Careers advice
• Job prospects
• Placements

We offer individual careers support for all postgraduate students.

Expert staff can help you research career options and job vacancies, build your CV or résumé, develop your interview skills and meet employers.

Each year 1,100 employers advertise graduate jobs and internships through our online vacancy service. We host regular careers fairs, including specialist fairs for different sectors.

International students who complete an eligible degree programme in the UK on a student visa can apply to stay and work in the UK after their course under the Graduate immigration route. Eligible courses at the University of Nottingham include bachelors, masters and research degrees, and PGCE courses.

Graduate Destinations

Our graduates go on to a wide range of careers. Many go into the legal profession or return to their previous legal careers with specialist knowledge and enhanced prospects. Others work in international organisations and NGOs. Some graduates further their academic career by progressing onto our PhD programme.

Recent graduate destinations include BAE Systems, Clifford Chance, London Stock Exchange and Simmons & Simmons.

Career Progression

92.9% of postgraduates from the School of Law secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. 100% of graduates feel that their current activity is meaningful. The average annual salary for these graduates was £29,005.