LLM Master of Laws

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.

For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.

There are a number of possible sources of funding: loans and grants, bursaries and scholarships.

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.

You get the chance to develop your legal skills during the course:

• The Legal Advice Clinic allows you to advise non-law students on legal issues (with support from academics and local solicitors).
• The ‘LEGAL WEEK’ is an informal student-staff discussion group, which runs every two weeks and contemporary issues with legal implications are discussed. ‘LEGAL WEEK’ allows interaction, fruitful exchange of ideas and improves current awareness.
• Your professional competencies can be enhanced by getting involved with the debating, client interviewing, negotiating and mooting activities, organised by the Student Law Society.

Core modules

• Dissertation

Option modules

Choose four option modules from:

• Civil Dispute Resolution Methods
• An Introduction to International Space Law
• General Principles of International Law
• Intellectual Property Law for International Business
• Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Core Principles
• Legal Responses to Global Injustice
• International Competition Law
• International Sales Law
• International Commercial Arbitration*
• Law of the United Nations
• The State, Law and Religious Freedoms
• Corporate Governance
• Mental Health Law

Then choose four option modules from:

• Freedom of Expression
• Contemporary Challenges in Intellectual Property Law
• Commercialising Space
• Justice and the Future
• International Banking Law
• Company Law
• International Investment Law
• International Migration and Refugee Law
• European Convention on Human Rights
• International Law and the Use of Force
• The Practice of International Commercial Arbitration *
• Autonomy, Capacity and Consent
• Human Rights and Health Care Law

* Candidates who wish to study The Practice of International Commercial Arbitration must first study and pass International Commercial Arbitration.