Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 24 months
The LLM in Law offered by the University of Bolton's School of Law is suitable for law graduates, non-law graduates, and practicing lawyers.
Our challenging but supportive environment gives you the chance to acquire postgraduate legal skills from a team of tutors with specialist knowledge and close links to the legal profession.
You'll have the opportunity to explore the law's key themes and focus your studies on personal and professional interest areas, ranging from corporate and finance law to employment law, intellectual property law, European law, and international law.
This LLM offers intellectually-stimulating course content underpinned by internationally recognised research. By the end of the course, you'll have had the opportunity to develop key transferable skills that are in demand in both legal and non-legal careers worldwide.
You should have at least a lower second class honours degree (2:2) in a relevant subject (or a comparable qualification from a UK or overseas institution).
If you don’t possess the above qualifications but have substantial managerial or employment experience, we’ll be happy to consider your application.
Your application form must be accompanied by a reflective overview of the managerial responsibilities you have undertaken to date.
Your application must include a reference on headed paper from your current or most recent employer. The reference must clearly state the length of employment and give a breakdown of your and roles and responsibilities.
The LLM is an advanced academic degree that allows you to explore a selection of legal issues in more depth. It can assist you in developing the associated research and reasoning skills that employers highly value. It's open to both law and non-law graduates.
Upon successfully completing this course, you'll be able to demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems and be confident in planning and implementing your projects. Your greater understanding of specific legal disciplines will support you in demonstrating the strategic planning and thinking skills needed in today's global economy.
By studying this course, you can also develop a range of transferable skills such as legal research and writing, analysis, critical evaluation and logical thinking, teamwork, leadership, and written and verbal communication.
Core Modules:
Academic Legal Skills and The English Legal System
The Dissertation Project
International Business Law
International Human Rights Law
Optional Modules:
International Dispute Resolution
Public Intemational Law
Corporate Governance
Legal Tech/FinTech
Financial and Economic Crime
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