Year 1
Course structure
Full-time students who complete the programme in one year will normally take modules totalling 180 credits. Part-time students are recommended to take 80 credits of taught modules in Year 1 and 40-60 credits of taught modules, plus a writing project in Year 2.
Required Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totaling 180 credits.
Students choose to specialise in one of eight different pathways or select their own combination of modules to take a ‘General LLM’.
The pathways students may choose for their specialisation currently comprise:
- Competition Law (CL)
- European Law (EL)
- Intellectual Property and Information Law (IP&IL)
- International Business Law (IBL)
- International Financial Law (IFL)
- International Dispute Resolution (IDR)
- International Tax Law (IT)
- Transnational Law (TL)
All students are required to take one of the following writing projects:
Dissertation (40 credits)
10,000 word dissertation whereby you conduct research on an agreed research topic under the supervision of an academic staff member.
Dissertation (60 credits)
15,000 word dissertation whereby you conduct research on an agreed research topic under the supervision of an academic staff member.
10,000 word practice or research module (40 credits)
The practice or research module is selected from a range of options that may typically include, for example:
- Advanced EU Competition Law – Practice Module (CL)
- Law and New Modes of Governance in the European Union (EL)
- Transnational Digital Enforcement of Intellectual Property (IPIL)
- International Investment Law and Policy (IBL/IFL/IDR)
- International Tax Law: Transfer Pricing – (TAX)
Optional Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totaling 180 credits.
In addition you are required to take at least 120-140 credits from a range of optional modules. Students who wish to specialise within a certain pathway must ensure that at least 120 credits are taken within that pathway. This can consist of optional modules alone or a combination of optional modules and a writing project, providing its content is relevant to the pathway. Students who select the General LLM are free to choose modules from any pathway.
Students choose to specialise in one of eight different pathways or select their own combination of modules to take a ‘General LLM’.
Examples of modules available with the General LLM:
- Analytical & Quantitative Methods for Lawyers (40 credits)
More examples of optional modules can be found on the pathway pages: