International Commercial Law – (LL.M.)

This is a one-year full-time postgraduate law course, leading to the award of a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Commercial Law. The programme is aimed at students who wish to develop expertise in legal aspects of trade, finance, commerce and corporations at international level. It is designed for students from any legal jurisdiction, who wish to specialise in international commercial law.

Mode of assessment
The modules on this course are delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars. Each module is taught by way of a two-hour lecture per week and a one-hour seminar per fortnight. All delivery and teaching methods are aimed at providing an opportunity for advancement of knowledge in the particular area of study whilst enabling students to reflect on and evaluate the practical operation and effectiveness of the law.

In addition to conventional face-to-face teaching strategy, the programme adopts an e-learning strategy. In particular, the programme delivers some lectures and some seminars through internet-assisted facilities.

Assessment is by a combination of written coursework assignments, examination, and a dissertation of 15,000 words completed under supervision.

Completion of the programme requires 180 credits. Students will be required to study four 30 credit optional modules and the compulsory 60 credit LLM Dissertation.