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Study Details: 1 year full-time
This stream of the LLM is ideal if you are looking for a career in the globalised economy and seeking opportunities in the highly competitive area of international markets and the commercial world. This specialism will equip you with the advanced legal skills and knowledge needed in the complex and rapidly changing field of international commercial law.
Our International Commercial Law LLM stream offers an impressive range of specialist topics and allows you to choose to follow a path of study to suit your specialisms and needs. You will choose eight modules from our comprehensive list. You can select from a range of subjects dealing with international trade and finance, corporate law banking law, competition law, intellectual property and the world trading system. In order to gain the specialism in International Commercial Law, you will need to select 90 credits from modules within this stream and complete your dissertation on a topic within international commercial law. This gives you the freedom and flexibility to explore other subject areas that interest you.
A good second class degree or an equivalent degree in an appropriate discipline.
Relevant professional experience post-graduation is given due credit in considering entry requirements.
Our Law Fair is held annually and attracts over 40 law firms and other graduate employers.
Two dedicated law careers tutors are on hand to discuss career options, upcoming opportunities and give advice about different firms.
We host a wide range of external speakers every year, representing the whole legal profession.
Core modules:
Dissertation
Option modules
Semester 1:
Civil Dispute Resolution Methods
Intellectual Property Law for International Business
International Competition Law
International Sales Law
International Commercial Arbitration
Corporate Governance
The Law of International Protection: Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Semester 2:
Contemporary Challenges in Intellectual Property Law
Commercialising Space
International Banking Law
Company Law
International Investment Law
The Practice of International Commercial Arbitration
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