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Browse the LLM specialist degrees available in the current academic session and the related qualifying modules for 2019-20
The information set out below provides details of the specialist degrees for 2019-20 and is for information only. For information regarding specialist degrees for 2020-21, please see here.
To obtain a LLM specialist degree you must study 120-credits of Masters level taught modules, including a minimum of 60-credits of qualifying taught modules for the specialist degree pathway. You may take more than 60-credits of qualifying taught modules if you so wish. The remaining credits can be obtained from studying other Masters level taught modules on offer in the Faculty of Laws, including a maximum of 30-credits of Masters level taught modules from another faculty or department at UCL, subject to approval. The compulsory 12,000-word Independent Research Essay must be written on a topic related to the chosen specialist degree.
The taught modules and specialist degrees offered on the LLM programme vary from year to year. Applicants and offer-holders are therefore advised to check this site regularly for further updates following publication in March, and prior to the start of the programme in September.
Corporate LawModule Name Credits Term Day, Time Company Law (LAWS0209) 30 1&2 Fri, 16.00-18.00 Comparative Corporate Governance (LAWS0109) 30 1&2 Wed, 16.00-18.00 Corporate Finance (LAWS0102) 30 1&2 Fri, 09.00-11.00 Corporate Social Responsibility: An International Perspective (LAWS0162) 30 1&2 Wed,14.00-16.00 Corporations, Global Business and Environmental Protection (LAWS0164) 15 2 Thu, 14.00-16.00 Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions (LAWS0083) 30 1&2 Thu, 16.00-18.00, (except weeks 15&16, Tue 17.00-19.00) International and Comparative Secured Transactions (LAWS0100) 15 1 Mon, 18.00-20.00 International Law of Foreign Investment (LAWS0090) 30 1&2 Mon, 14.00-16.00 Legal Aspects of International Finance (LAWS0060) 30 1&2 Mon, 18.15-20.15 Liquidation and its Consequences (LAWS0092) 15 1 Fri, 11.00-13.00 - Law and Social Justice
Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Access to Justice: Theory and Practice (LAWS0155) 15 2 Mon, 16.00-18.00 Bioethics Governance (LAWS0156) 30 1&2 Tue, 14.00-16.00 Children and their Rights (LAWS0062) 15 2 Fri, 14.00-16.00 Criminal Process and Human Rights (LAWS0137) 30 1&2 Thu, 09.00-11.00 Decolonizing Law (LAWS0224) 30 1&2 Mon, 16.00-18.00 Gender, Law and the State: Current Legal Issues (LAWS0055) 30 1&2 Thu, 14.00-16.00 International and European Refugee Law (LAWS0110) 15 1 Fri, 09.00-11.00 International Criminal Law (LAWS0087) 30 1&2 Wed, 14.00-16.00 Judges, Courts and Judicial Decision-Making (LAWS0118) 15 1 Wed, 16.00-18.00 Prison: Ideology, Policy and Law (LAWS0086) 15 1 Tue, 14.00-16.00 - Environmental Law and Policy
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Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Advanced Foundations of Environmental Law (LAWS0215) 15 1 Tue, 14.00-16.00 Corporations, Global Business and Environmental Protection (LAWS0164) 15 2 Thu, 14.00-16.00 Environmental Lawyering (LAWS0211) 15 2 Tue, 14.00-16.00 International and Global Environmental Law (LAWS0057) 15 1 Thu, 14.00-16.00 International Energy Law (LAWS0089) 15 1 Tue, 18.00-20.00 Land Use, Sustainability and Environmental Justice (LAWS0042) 15 1 Mon, 14.00-16.00 Law and Policy of Climate Change (LAWS0210) 15 2 Thu, 09.00-11.00 Law and Policy of International Trade and the Environment (LAWS0226) 15 2 Fri, 11.00-13.00 - Human Rights Law
- Intellectual Property Law
Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Comparative Copyright Law (LAWS0168) 30 1&2 Wed, 11.00-13.00 Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights (LAWS0140) 15 2 Mon, 16.00-18.00 Law of Trade Marks and Brands, The (LAWS0072) 15 1 Fri, 11.00-13.00 Patents and Trade Secrets (LAWS0074) 15 1 Thu, 16.00-18.00 - International Banking and Finance Law
Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Banking Law and Regulation (LAWS0059) 30 1&2 Wed, 14.00-16.00 Corporate Finance (LAWS0102) 30 1&2 Fri, 09.00-11.00 Corporate Social Responsibility: An International Perspective (LAWS0162) 30 1&2 Wed, 14.00-16.00 Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions (LAWS0083) 30 1&2 Thu, 16.00-18.00, (except weeks 15&16, Tue 17.00-19.00) International and Commercial Trusts Law (LAWS0119) 30 1&2 Tue, 11.00-13.00 International and Comparative Secured Transactions (LAWS0100) 15 1 Mon, 18.00-20.00 International Law of Foreign Investment (LAWS0090) 30 1&2 Mon, 14.00-16.00 Legal Aspects of International Finance (LAWS0060) 30 1&2 Mon, 18.15-20.15 Regulation of Financial Markets (LAWS0084) 30 1&2 Fri, 11.00-13.00 - International Commercial Law
- International Law
- Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Constitutional Theory (LAWS0123) 15 2 Thu, 09.00-11.00 Decolonizing Law (LAWS0224) 30 1&2 Mon, 16.00-18.00 Gender, Law and the State: Current Legal Issues (LAWS0055) 30 1&2 Thu, 14.00-16.00 Human Rights at Work (LAWS0124) 15 2 Thu, 11.00-13.00 Jeremy Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition (LAWS0051) 30 1&2 Wed, 11.00-13.00 Jeremy Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition A (LAWS0052) 15 1 Wed, 11.00-13.00 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (LAWS0208) 30 1&2 Fri, 11.00-13.00 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory A (LAWS0054) 15 1 Fri, 11.00-13.00 - Legal History
Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Decolonizing Law (LAWS0224) 30 1&2 Mon, 16.00-18.00 Historical Development of the Common Law, The (LAWS0130) 30 1&2 Fri, 09.00 - 11.00 Jeremy Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition (LAWS0051) 30 1&2 Wed, 11.00-13.00 Jeremy Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition A (LAWS0052) 15 1 Wed, 11.00-13.00 - Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Alternative Dispute Resolution (LAWS0095) 30 1&2 Thu, 11.00-13.00 Aspects of National Security Law (LAWS0150) 15 1 Fri, 16.00-18.00 Environmental Lawyering (LAWS0211) 15 2 Tue, 14.00-16.00 Global Competition and Litigation (LAWS0066) 15 2 Tue, 16.00-18.00 International and Commercial Trusts Law (LAWS0119) 30 1&2 Tue, 11.00-13.00 International Arbitration (LAWS0080) 30 1&2 Tue, 14.00-16.00 International Commercial Litigation (LAWS0053) 30 1&2 Thu, 14.00-16.00 Judges, Courts and Judicial Decision-Making (LAWS0118) 15 1 Wed, 16.00-18.00 Judicial Review (LAWS0107) 30 1&2 Thu, 14.00-16.00 Law and Policy of International Courts and Tribunals (LAWS0082) 30 1&2 Mon, 11.00-13.00 Modern Advocacy and Classical Rhetoric (LAWS0121) 15 2 Mon, 11.00-13.00 Principles of Civil Justice (LAWS0141) 30 1&2 Thu, 09.00-11.00 - Maritime Law
Module Name Credits Term Day, Time Carriage of Goods by Sea (LAWS0094) 30 1&2 Mon, 14.00-16.00 International Trade Law (LAWS0067) 30 1&2 Mon, 11.00-13.00 Marine Insurance Law (LAWS0093) 30 1&2 Fri, 16.00-18.00 - Public Law
