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LLM - Master of Laws
Main Campus
Full Time
Jan 2027
1 Year
The flow of international commerce is facing significant challenges from nationalism, trade wars, climate change, and conflicts. In this environment, lawyers with a comprehensive, deep, and critical knowledge of the laws relevant to international commerce are more vital than ever to the market and society.
This course will provide you with the essential knowledge and skills to reach your full potential in this challenging global market.
In this course, you will learn from a range of core and optional modules, including:
You will have the opportunity to engage critically with each topic of study, paying attention to the impact of the law and legal institutions on society. In a world experiencing a serious polycrisis, students of the International Commercial Law LLM find their importance for the labour market and for society reaffirmed as never before. International flows of trade and investment are crucial for the development of countries and regions, especially now.
Our International Commercial Law LLM will give you the opportunity for an exciting career in law firms, corporations, international organisations, governments, and civil society organisations.
You will learn from a range of core and optional modules designed to help you to develop interdisciplinary skills and critical knowledge.
You will be encouraged to think about your module choices with your expectations and future plans in mind. You will be offered support when making your choices to build a curriculum consistent with what you expect to gain from the programme. This will help set a strong foundation for your career.
This module aims: to promote a deeper and critical understanding of selected areas of law; to develop originality of thought and skills of research, analysis, argumentation and expression; to build upon and develop the knowledge and skills acquired in the taught masters modules through an extended piece of independent work.
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the key elements of legal research and writing, supporting the acquisition of the (transferable) skills necessary to succeed in the LLM and beyond and in particular providing a sound basis for progress to the dissertation element of the Masters degree.
