We offer an induction programme in legal research skills at the start of each semester. This ensures that you understand the UK and European legal systems, and can find and use the resources that you will need. You will also learn what is required of you in a study environment where you may be learning more independently than previously.

Most of your teaching will be in student-led seminars where you will read extensively in advance, and discussion will be facilitated by the lecturer. Sometimes there will be a lecture component, e.g. at the start of the class to structure the discussion.

All our modules are delivered by experts in their field. Guest lecturers may also visit, either within modules or as a separate event. We offer a wide variety of external activities including a residential study trip for all students.

You will devise, research, and write a dissertation in the summer, which will consider a question relevant to private international law. This will let you demonstrate your research skills, and there will be classes to help you prepare for this.

You will be assessed mainly through a combination of exams and essays, reports or other written coursework. Some of our modules have exams and some have essays, but whatever form of assessment is used, there will be a formative ‘practice’ assessment early in the semester to gauge your progress and identify ways to improve.

Your dissertation is assessed wholly on the basis of the final text that is submitted.

Our Legal Research Skills module, which runs in two blocks at the start of each semester, is assessed by a short essay (in your first block) and a group article and presentation (in your second block).

At Toulouse, assessment is typically in the form of a combination of coursework and exams and culminates with the ‘Grand Oral’, an oral examination testing transversal knowledge.

Graduates of this LLM are pursuing careers in a wide variety of sectors including:

• legal practice
• in-house counsel
• banking
• international organisations, including at the Council of the European Union
• state ministries
• academia

When you join Dundee Law School you will have access to dedicated careers support, both during and after your studies, through the Careers Service. This includes 1-1 advice on constructing your cv and preparing for interviews. Students also benefit from the guidance of our academics who have a wide range of international insights and experience from legal practice. We maintain strong connections with our Alumni who have run careers focused Q&A sessions and many are also involved in Mentoring.

Internships

We support our students who wish to apply for competitive internships – these can form part of your LLM or be undertaken after your studies. Our students have succeeded in securing prestigious internships in a range of international organisations, including the Council of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights and the Hague Conference on Private International Law. And for some, internships can lead directly to a full time paid role.

Pagoda Projects

LLM students can also apply for a global internship with our partners Pagoda Projects to develop employability skills and gain valuable international work experience. A Pagoda internship, can be undertaken in a variety of locations globally, or done remotely. Either way it lasts 8 weeks and takes the place of the LLM dissertation.  Students complete an internship report.