LLM International Business and Commercial Law

This degree aims to enable students to specialise in subjects related to international business law, equipping them with comprehensive knowledge of the legal processes governing international business, through the systematic and critical understanding of topics relevant to international business transactions such as trade law, international sale of goods and commercial arbitration.

Why Study LLM International Business Law?

You will deepen and broaden your knowledge of law as an academic subject; acquiring systematic understanding of legal processes, methods and concepts, of the social and political context in which legal processes take place and of appropriate theoretical conceptions of law.

Ultimately, by maximising your academic potential and refining your problem-solving skills in a transnational context through the acquisition of systematic and critical understanding of complex legal, economic, cultural, ethical and political issues informing international trade relations and transnational business you will enhance your professional development and horizons.

The research and writing skills you gain will be transferable to a variety of professional sectors, including the legal profession, policymaking, corporate sector, governmental bodies or academia.

Course highlights

• Advance your knowledge of international business law in a fast-changing global marketplace and an ever-globalised world
• Study with teaching staff who are engaged in major research across relevant fields of law, from international sale of goods to law and policy of the WTO and international commercial litigation and arbitration

Learn alongside students from across the globe in one of the world’s most business friendly cities.

Benefits

• Opportunities to interact and network with distinguished legal practitioners
• Faculty with extensive experience and expertise in legal research, teaching and practice
• Opportunities to participate in international mooting and MUN competitions
• Opportunities to participate in field visits to international organisations
• Gain exposure to legal practice through the Department’s extensive network of partnerships

Programme Content

Course Structure

Full-time LLM (1 year, 180 credits)

• Four core plus two optional modules are completed over terms one and two, with a Dissertation period in term three.

Part-time LLM (2 years, 180 credits)

• Four core plus two optional modules are completed over four taught terms, plus a Dissertation period
• Two modules in term one, two modules in term two, and two modules in the first term of the following academic year.

*Undersubscribed modules (under 5 students) following the formal registration of students will not run.

** LLM students must study LEX4165 Dissertation, assessed by a 15,000- 18,000 words dissertation in term three, or –if eligible- the diary and original research paper required to complete SSC4060 Work Integrated Learning module.