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| Application Deadline: | None – rolling admissions | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 13,245 - ≈ € 19,276 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of London School of Economics and Political Science
The taught law courses build on the research strengths of the Department. Students can elect to study for either a general LLM or a specialised LLM which focuses on chosen areas of interest, including public international law, human rights law, commercial and corporate law, banking law, tax law, legal theory, european law, intellectual property law, labour law, public law, criminal justice and criminology.
The taught subject options include about 60 courses offered within the Law Department. Many of these adopt an interdisciplinary approach and some are taught in conjunction with staff from other relevant departments in the School.
The taught law courses build on the research strengths of the Department. Students can elect to study for either a general LLM or a specialised LLM which focuses on chosen areas of interest, including public international law, human rights law, commercial and corporate law, banking law, tax law, legal theory, european law, intellectual property law, labour law, public law, criminal justice and criminology.
The LLM programme is sufficiently flexible to make it appropriate for many different career paths. It allows prospective law teachers to develop expertise in a wide range of subjects or in a particular specialised area; it enables practitioners to cultivate expertise in new fields; it provides a basis for a career in the city of London or other financial centres; and it offers relevant education and training for those entering the foreign service of their governments, working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs), serving as police or prison officers or preparing for many other professions.
Contents
Students undertake the equivalent of four full units (some courses are half units). The courses currently offered in the Law Department are set out below. Not all courses are offered every year; students should therefore confirm the availability of courses they regard as crucial to their study plans. Formal study is supported by several series of 'specialist seminars' in which leading practitioners, judges and scholars in various legal fields discuss matters of current controversy or especial complexity with students in small group sessions. Last year, around 50 such sessions were delivered.
As part of the programme, all students must complete a substantial piece of writing. This requirement can be satisfied in various ways, for example by completing a full unit or half unit taught course which is formally assessed in whole or in part by a 15,000 word dissertation or an 8,000 word extended essay or by following a full unit or half unit taught course and electing to be examined by a 15,000 word dissertation or an 8,000 word elective essay, subject in each case to Law Department requirements. The Department runs a series of lectures and seminars to assist students in their research projects.
Students can choose courses from the whole range of Law options (subject to timetable constraints and class sizes). Alternatively, students may obtain approval to take one, or exceptionally two, complementary subjects from another master's degree at LSE in place of the equivalent number of law subjects. For example, international lawyers may choose to take a course in international relations; criminologists may take a course in sociology; constitutional lawyers may take a course in political theory; company lawyers may take a course in financial reporting.
Courses are typically taught in seminar groups meeting for two hours each week, although there are also some lecture-based courses which are supplemented by small-group classes. Students are expected to prepare by reading and to undertake some written assignments prior to seminars and classes. Examinations usually take place in May or June, and dissertations, elective essays, and extended essays submitted in satisfaction of the writing requirement are submitted at the end of August.
Part-time students take the equivalent of two full units each year. Students may also register on an extended part-time basis, taking the equivalent of one full unit each year. Students receive a certificate for each full course completed successfully and are eligible for the award of the LLM degree after obtaining four certificates. It is usually possible to satisfy continuing professional education requirements by pursuing the LLM part-time. Part-time students attend the same sessions as full-time students, so you need to confirm that course timetabling does not conflict with personal commitments.
If you take courses which fall predominantly within one specialist area you can request that your chosen specialism be included in the name of the degree eg LLM Public International Law, LLM Labour Law. The recognised specialist areas are indicated below by the headings under which the different law courses are set out.
Subject names are repeated where they are relevant to several different subject areas.
(* half unit)
Banking Law and Financial Regulation
* Corporate and Financial Crime
* European Capital Markets Law*
* European Monetary and Banking Law*
* European Monetary and Financial Services Law
* Financial Law*
* Investment Funds Law in Europe*
* Law of Corporate Finance
* Law of Corporate Finance A*
* Law of Corporate Finance B*
* Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions*
* The Law and Practice of International Finance*
* Legal Risk in the Financial Markets*
* Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships*
* Regulation of Financial Markets
* Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
* Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law
* Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions*
Corporate/Commercial Law
* Advanced Issues of International Commercial Arbitration*
* Alternative Dispute Resolution
* Business Taxation*
* Competition Law
* Copyright and Related Rights
* Corporate and Financial Crime
* Corporate Governance
* EU State Aid Law*
* E-commerce Law*
* European Capital Markets Law*
* European Monetary and Banking Law*
* European Monetary and Financial Services Law
* Financial Law*
* Fundamentals of International Commercial Arbitration*
* Insolvency Law – Principles and Policy
* International Commercial Contracts – General Principals*
* International Commodity Sales*
* International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration
* International Sale of Goods
* Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions*
* Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States
* The Law and Practice of International Finance*
* Law of Corporate Finance
* Law of Corporate Finance A*
* Law of Corporate Finance B*
* Legal Risk in the Financial Markets*
* Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe*
* Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships*
* Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
* Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law
* Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions*
* Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US*
* Taxation of Corporate Transactions
Corporate and Securities Law
* Corporate and Financial Crime
* European Capital Markets Law*
* European Monetary and Banking Law*
* European Monetary and Financial Services Law
* Financial Law*
* Investment Funds Law in Europe*
* Law of Corporate Finance
* Law of Corporate Finance A*
* Law of Corporate Finance B*
* Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions*
* The Law and Practice of International Finance*
* Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States
* Legal Risk in the Financial Markets*
* Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe*
* Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships*
* Regulation of Financial Markets
* Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law
* Takeover Regulation in the UK and US*
Criminology and Criminal Justice
* Corporate and Financial Crime
* Criminal Justice Policy
* Crime and Society: Concepts and Method
* International Criminal Law
* Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions*
* Mental Health Law
* Mental Health Law: The Civil Context*
* Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context*
* Policing and Police Powers
* Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
European Law
* Advanced Issues of European Union Law
* Competition Law
* EU State Aid Law*
* European Administrative Law
* European Capital Markets Law*
* European Monetary and Banking Law*
* European Monetary and Financial Services Law
* European Union Law and Government*
* Human Rights in the Workplace*
* International and European Environmental Law
* Law and Governance of the Single European Market
* Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States
* Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe*
* Value Added Tax in the European Context*
Human Rights Law
* Advanced Issues of European Union Law
* Approaches to Human Rights
* Climate Change: Ethics, Development and International Law*
* Comparative Constitutional Law
* Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights*
* Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions*
* Constitutional Theory
* Digital Rights, Privacy and Security*
* Human Rights in the Developing World
* Human Rights Law: The European Convention of Human Rights*
* Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act*
* Human Rights of Women
* Human Rights Law: European and British Aspects
* Human Rights in the Workplace*
* International Law and the Use of Force*
* International Criminal Law
* International Human Rights
* International Law and the Use of Force*
* Law in War (jus in Bello)*
* International Law and the Protection of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants
* The International Law of Self-Determination*
* Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
* Law and Social Theory
* Regulating New Medical Technologies
* Terrorism and the Rule of Law*
* Theory of Human Rights Law*
* World Poverty and Human Rights*
Information Technology, Media and Communications Law
* Copyright and Related Rights
* Cyberlaw*
* Digital Rights, Privacy and Security*
* E-commerce Law*
* Innovation, Technology and Patent Law
* Introduction to Regulation*
* Media and Communications Regulation*
* Media Law: Regulating Publication*
* Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering*
* Piracy, Content and Ownership in the Information Society*
* Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
Intellectual Property Law
* Copyright and Related Rights
* Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law
* Cultural Property and Heritage Law
* Cyberlaw*
* Innovation, Technology and Patent Law
* Introduction to Regulation*
* Media and Communications Regulation*
* Media Law: Regulating Publication*
* Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering*
* Piracy, Content and Ownership in the Information Society*
* Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
* Trademark Law
International Business Law
* Advanced Issues of International Commercial Arbitration*
* Alternative Dispute Resolution
* Competition Law*
* Consumption Taxes*
* Corporate and Financial Crime
* E-commerce Law*
* European Capital Markets Law*
* European Monetary and Banking Law*
* European Monetary and Financial Services Law
* Financial Law*
* Fundamentals of International Commercial Arbitration*
* International Business Transactions I: Litigation
* International Business Transactions II: Substantive Law
* International Commercial Contracts – General Principals*
* International Commodity Sales*
* International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration
* International Economic Law
* International Sale of Goods
* International Tax Systems
* International Uniform Sales Law*
* Investment Treaty Law*
* The Law and Practice of International Finance*
* Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions*
* Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States
* Legal Risk in the Financial Markets*
* Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe*
* Principles of Taxation*
* Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships*
* Regulation of Financial Markets
* Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law
* Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US*
Labour Law
* Employment Law*
* Human Rights in the Workplace*
* Human Rights Law: the European Convention of Human Rights*
* Globalisation and Employment*
* Law of Human Rights in the United Kingdom*
* Varieties of Employment Relations*
Legal Theory
* Advanced Issues of European Union Law
* Alternative Dispute Resolution
* Climate Change: Ethics, Development and International Law*
* Comparative Constitutional Law
* Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights*
* Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions*
* Constitutional Theory
* Cyberlaw*
* Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act*
* Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
* Law and the Holocaust*
* Law and Social Theory
* Law in Society: A Joint Course in Anthropology and Law
* Modern Legal History
* Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
* Regulating New Medical Technologies
* Rethinking International Law
* Socio-legal Theory and Practice
* Human Rights Law: the European Convention of Human Rights*
* Terrorism and the Rule of Law*
Public International Law
* Climate Change: Ethics, Development and International Law*
* Human Rights in the Developing World
* Human Rights of Women
* International Criminal Law
* International Dispute Resolution
* International Dispute Resolution: Courts and Tribunals*
* International Dispute Resolution: Non-Adjudicatory Processes*
* International Economic Law
* International and European Environmental Law
* International Human Rights
* International Law and the Use of Force*
* Law in War (jus in Bello)*
* Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions*
* International Law and the Protection of Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Migrants
* The International Law of Self-Determination*
* Investment Treaty Law*
* Rethinking International Law
* Terrorism and the Rule of Law*
* World Poverty and Human Rights*
Public Law
* Advanced Issues of European Union Law
* Comparative Constitutional Law
* Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights*
* Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions*
* Constitutional Theory
* European Administrative Law
* European Union Law and Government*
* Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act*
* International Human Rights
* International and European Environmental Law
* Introduction to Regulation*
* Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
* Human Rights Law: the European Convention of Human Rights*
* Media Law: Regulating Publication*
* Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering*
* Mental Health Law
* Mental Health Law: The Civil Context*
* Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context*
* Policing and Police Powers
* Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects
* Terrorism and the Rule of Law*
Taxation
* Business Taxation*
* Consumption Taxes*
* International Tax Systems
* Issues in Taxation
* Principles of Taxation*
* Public Economics
* Taxation of Corporate Transactions
* Value Added Tax
* Value Added Tax in the European Context*
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Admission is highly competitive. Typically more than half of LSE's LLM students are from overseas, and precise entry requirements are tailored to the system of legal education in the countries from which students apply.
As a guide, students should have a minimum of a good degree in law (for example, a good upper second class English LLB, or good results in the French Maîtrise en droit, or a high grade point average in the American JD), or a good degree in another discipline together with an appropriate professional qualification in law (such as the CPE). Students without a law background may apply, but they need to demonstrate a high level of professional or academic experience in areas closely related to the subjects they wish to study.
In addition, the English language requirements are a minimum score of 7.0 in the IELTs test; or 627 in the TOEFL (263 in the TOEFL computer based test).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 627 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 263 |
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