Law is a fast-changing and increasingly complex area impacting on most aspects of professional, commercial and regulatory work. You also don’t need a legal background to study our LLM Law.
Course Overview
Law is a fast-changing and increasingly complex area impacting on most aspects of professional, commercial and regulatory work. You also don’t need a legal background to study our LLM Law.
Why study with us
- You’ll be based in our School, established for over 40 years and with over 50 academic staff covering all facets of the discipline of law at all study levels.
- You’ll also benefit from tutors with national and international reputations in their specialist fields.
- You will explore various areas of law and have the opportunity to delve into more depth with the dissertation.
Module overview
• Dissertation
• International Criminal Law and Security
• Transnational Regulation of Human Trafficking
• Advanced Legal Systems
• International Human Rights Law
Optional modules
•The Politics of Prison and Punishment
• International Terrorism
• International Commercial Mediation
• Artificial Intelligence Law and Ethics
Course delivery
This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Future careers
As an LLM Law student you’ll be able to attend cJAM, our alternative career fair where you get face-to-face time with up to 30 successful industry professionals with work placement opportunities.
At cJAM you’ll benefit from informal networking opportunities and have eight minutes, one-to-one, to pitch to selected industry guests to win a value work placement, enhancing your career prospects.Scholarships and bursaries
We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.
Learning and assessment
For those studying online, teaching and learning is predominantly through weekly synchronous and asynchronous online workshops which draw on the range and experience of your diverse student cohort. Those students attending our Preston Campus will attend weekly workshops with the tutors.
Coursework represents the main assessment method in most modules. As well as workshop presentations and/or online activities and the dissertation.
The course is supported by the University’s web-based Blackboard facility with ICT an integral part of the programme and we subscribe to extensive electronic legal data bases and journals.
Pathway opportunities
There are opportunities, following successful completion of the LLM Masters of Laws in Law, to progress onto further study at PhD level.
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