Ideal preparation for PhD study, you’ll develop advanced skills in legal research methods and analysis of law and legal issues. This programme consists of a very small cohort of high-calibre students, who receive sustained training in methodological approaches to legal research. There is an emphasis on doctrinal, theoretical and contextual study of law, and your self-understanding as a participant in the practice of legal scholarship. You can advance your knowledge of research in areas including jurisprudence, criminology and international human rights.

A postgraduate law degree can open doors to a wide range of employment areas, such as law firms and European and intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as academia (with further postgraduate study), journalism and broadcasting, the civil service and other branches of public service.

Graduates from our LLM programmes have gone on to work for a range of national and international law firms, as lawyers and inhouse legal counsels for large multinational companies in the UK and abroad, as well as international organisations and NGOs.