The wide range of LLM degrees give students the advantage of choice and specialism. For the student who does not wish to specialise to that extent there is available a general LLM postgraduate degree (LLM in International Commercial and Maritime Law). All the programmes have been developed with the view of providing students with a sound and relevant body of information and understanding, thereby providing an effective springboard to a future career in legal practice or some other profession, or in education, industry, commerce, finance, shipping, international trade, insurance or arbitration.

Students may pursue any of the following specialist postgraduate degrees:-

LLM in International Maritime Law

LLM in International Trade Law

LLM in International Commercial Law

LLM in International Commercial and Maritime Law

All the postgraduate degrees are modular, with students required to accumulate 180 credits to graduate. In appropriate circumstances a student may graduate with a Merit or Distinction.

Each programme is divided into Parts I and II. Part I is made up of 4 taught modules each weighted at 30 credits.

Part II is composed of two projects (LLM Research Projects) which is weighted at 60 credits. The LLM Research Projects will customarily be researched and written up over the summer period following the succesful completion of the taught modules and is designed to enable LLM students to develop their research skills.

A student who successfully completes only Part I will be entitled to a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma.

The assessment of the taught modules is by a combination of examination and a coursework element up to 50 per cent. The choice of the student and from which list the modules may be selected will depend on the precise specialist degree the student wishes to study for (Click on the relevant postgraduate degree for an outline of the courses).