Program Overview

International and Commercial Dispute Resolution Law LLM

Overview

Our International and Commercial Dispute Resolution Law LLM (ICDRL) is for anyone wishing to demonstrate a commitment to contentious law in public and private international and commercial legal contexts.

Course Structure

The course includes two core modules and five option modules.

Core Modules

• Dispute Resolution: The module explores the range of topics and issues within the field of conflict prevention and dispute resolution for the attainment of international, municipal, public and private peaceful societies by peaceful processes.
• Postgraduate Dissertation in International and Commercial Dispute Resolution: The dissertation module allows and supports extended independent, scholarly research of a topic chosen by the student within the field of international and commercial dispute resolution.

Option Modules

• Business and Human Rights: This module relates to a multidisciplinary field of study, enabling you to evaluate and critically analyse the norms, policies and processes governing business and human rights.
• Emerging Normativities: Law and Blockchain: This module examines emerging modes of normativity at the intersection of law and blockchain technology.
• Foreign Direct Investment Arbitration: This module introduces you to the study of public international arbitration between sovereign states and non-sovereign entities, such as companies, in the context of cross-border direct investment.
• Global Data Flows: Law and Innovation: This module explores the landscape of policies and regulations concerning cross-border data flows and the challenges related to data privacy protection, law enforcement, and digital industrial policies.
• Intellectual Property: This module analyses commercial Intellectual Property (IP) rights in an international context, with a particular focus on challenges to IP in the new online/internet environment.
• International Commercial Arbitration: You will be introduced to the study of international commercial arbitration from the perspective of the English jurisdiction as an exemplar of an international centre for commercial arbitration.
• International Law of the Sea: This module introduces you to the comprehensive legal framework of the international law of the sea.
• Law of International Sales: This module offers you an opportunity to evaluate and examine critically the law governing the international sale contract.
• Mediation: Concepts, Evolution and Practice: This module will introduce you to the development of the modes and culture of mediation as a dispute resolution process.
• Money Laundering and Corporate Fraud: Through the study of this module, you will attain an in-depth understanding of legal and regulatory tools utilised to combat financial crimes within and beyond the UK.
• Multinational Corporate Entities and Foreign Investment: This module provides a postgraduate introduction to the study of several facets of the global phenomenon of the multinational corporate entity and the foreign direct investment carried out by those cross-border corporate entities.
• Negotiation: Theory, Contexts and Practice: The aim of this module is to introduce the study and practice of negotiation in the contexts of international and municipal commerce, international affairs and international law.
• Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes: This module examines the various techniques and institutions available in international law for resolving disputes between states.

Entry Requirements

• A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2).
• Applicants without the standard qualifications but with significant professional experience in the relevant field or related professional qualifications may be considered.
• If your first language is not English, you should have an IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.5 in writing and no element below 6.0.

Fees and Funding

• UK tuition fee: £12,900 (Price per academic year)
• International tuition fee: £18,000 (Price per academic year)
• Alumni discount available.
• Funding schemes available to help you fund your studies.

Research Groups

• International Law at Westminster (ILaW)
• Centre for the Study of Democracy

Supporting You

• Study support – workshops, 1-2-1 support and online resources to help improve your academic and research skills
• Personal tutors – support you in fulfilling your academic and personal potential
• Student advice team – provide specialist advice on a range of issues including funding, benefits and visas
• Extra-curricular activities – volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, student events and more

Course Location

Little Titchfield Street is the home of Westminster Law School and, as part of our Regent Campus, benefits from a central London location. The facilities include a full-size mock courtroom, high-tech learning spaces, a pro-bono clinic and a 382-seat lecture theatre.