General Law LLM

The General Law LLM enables you to acquire advanced legal knowledge in a wide range of areas, as well as practical skills and techniques for the legal profession. During this degree you will acquire significant research and analytical skills. The course is designed to help you broaden your experience, increase your practising options and enhance your career.

Your LLM in General Law is a demonstration of your skills, determination and expertise. Graduates from this course can expect to work in government, international organisations and NGOs, and find roles as in-house legal advisers. Your specialism will help you progress your career in corporate law, financial law, or towards becoming a solicitor or barrister.

For practising legal professionals, an LLM will help you improve and focus your career towards the areas that interest you most. You will expand the scope of your knowledge and use your dissertation as an opportunity to carry out independent research in the area that interests you most.

a good honours degree in law (usually a 2:2 degree or above); or
a good joint honours degree (2:2 or above), where the major component is in law (for example, Accounting and Law or Combined Studies); or
a Graduate Diploma in Law (CPE), Legal Practice Course or Bar Professional Training Course; or
a qualification as a solicitor or barrister.