Master of Laws (LLM)

Why Study for an LLM at Bristol Law School?

Bristol Law School (BLS) has always stood for high quality legal education. Teaching is at the heart of what we do. You will find a depth and breadth in our taught Master of Laws (LLM) degrees here at Bristol Law School almost unparalleled in the United Kingdom. You can choose to study one of ten taught masters courses that not only cover a diverse range of challenging but interesting legal disciplines, but also cater for the individual. Now in its tenth year the Masters programme has recently been expanded to include two exciting new degrees - Environmental Law and Sustainable Development and International Banking and Finance.*

Being a Masters student at BLS doesn’t mean you’ll just enjoy great teaching, important though that is. You will also enjoy the benefits of being a law student at a law school investing for the future. That investment can be seen in our fantastic law library - the heart of any truly great law school - with the latest edition of treatises and books, law reports from around the globe and all the major legal databases at our students’ fingertips. On the BLS LLM you can study with a large degree of flexibility. And for us our Masters students are an important part of the law school community. To reflect this we have invested in a dedicated "base room" for their exclusive use.

At Bristol Law School we recognise that providing the best tuition rests on our staff. We have a strong teaching team with real passion for their subjects. Unlike other institutions we do not make heavy use of PhD students or temporary staff; because we want our students to experience the best tuition possible you will generally be taught by full-time members of staff.

Studying for an LLM provides an ideal opportunity to develop a specialism that might be attractive to employers, both in the legal world and beyond. Moreover, in an age when law increasingly has a transnational nature (EU, ECHR, WTO, international criminal justice etc.) our courses are directed to providing you with that knowledge.**

Study for your Masters at Bristol Law School and change not only the way you view the world, but also how the world views you!



** All our taught LLM degrees are all accredited with the Law Society of England and Wales for CPD points.

The Bristol Law School LLM Advantage

Quality Experience

Our LLM begins with an intensive week long induction. Thereafter our option classes are small offering intensive tuition.


Improved Career Prospects

Studying for an LLM provides an ideal opportunity to develop a specialism that might be attractive to employers, both in the legal world and beyond.

Excellent Facilities

For our students we have a dedicated LLM base room, an excellent law library (open 24/7), and a wide range of legal resources (e.g. Hein Online, LexisNexis and Westlaw).


Quality Teaching

We have a strong teaching team with real passion for subjects. Our LLM is taught by full time staff, and not graduate assistants.

Student Centred

Our assessment regime is student friendly. We provide excellent student support, both in the School and University. And Bristol is an excellent place to be a student.


Flexibility to Suit

Our LLM degrees can be studied full time for a year or part-time over two or three years. The minimum requirement is that you study three sixty credit modules per year.


Our LLM Awards and how to apply

Please select an award for more details:

Commercial Law   Further Information 
International and Comparative Criminal Justice   Further Information 
European Law in a Global Economy   Further Information 
Industrial & Commercial Law   Further Information 
International Economic Law   Further Information 
International and Comparative Human Rights   Further Information 
International Law   Further Information 
International Trade Law   Further Information 
Environmental Law and Sustainable Development - details to follow, please e-mail us if you have questions in the meantime.
International Banking and Finance Law - details to follow, please e-mail us if you have questions in the meantime.

In addition to the LLM you may study for the Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate in Law. These may be obtained by taking fewer modules than on the LLM Award. All taught masters courses may be studied part-time over two or three years.

It is no coincidence that these Awards overlap with the areas of principal research interest in the School. The interplay between teaching and research is dynamic - the School has a thriving research culture and many members of staff who teach on the LLM Awards actively publish in leading academic law journals. Coupled with the School's ?excellent? rating for its teaching delivery that it obtained from the Quality Assurance Agency in the UK, this means that students will participate in carefully planned, lively and highly informative seminars.

Teaching and Learning

Our degree are delivered through fortnightly seminars of three hours duration. Learning is student-centred and therefore considerable self-directed study is required outside of the formal contact hours.

Assessment

Assessment is in the form of coursework and oral presentations for the six taught modules, and by extended dissertation. There are no final examinations.

Course Team

General questions regarding the LLM should be directed to the Director of LLM Awards.

Director: Ms Evadne Grant. Email: Evadne Grant. Tel: (+44 or 0) 117 965 6261.

Specific questions relating to course content should be directed please to the award leaders. Details can be found on each LLM degree page.

For a printed prospectus please contact the LLM Award Administrator. Bristol Law School. Frenchay Campus. UWE, Bristol. Bristol. BS16 1QY. The United Kingdom. An email may be sent to llm@uwe.ac.uk

How to Apply

Information on the application process.

Key Dates

Applications for 2010-2011 must be received by Tuesday 1st September 2010.

The LLM 2010-2011 starts Monday 21 September 2010.

Download Our Prospectus

Our detailed prospectus is available as a PDF. Please contact us  Opens in a new window for a printed copy.

Student Views

Please click on the link to read a view:

Thurid Wagner from Germany
LLM European Business Law

Andrew Andrews from The UK
LLM Criminal Justice

Wes Rist from The USA
LLM International Human Rights Law

Susan Press from The UK
LLM Employment Law (Part time study)

Syed Iqbal Tahir from India
LLM International Human Rights Law

Fees

Fees Inforamtion