LegalTech and Commercial Law, LLM

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Key Course Details

Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer (view equivalents): 2:2
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees
Sep 2026	£ 10,200

LLM 2 Year Part Time

Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer (view equivalents): 2:2
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2026	£ 5,100

LLM 1 Year Full Time

Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: 2:2 - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees
Sep 2026	£ 21,150

LLM 2 Year Part Time

Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: 2:2 - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2026	£ 10,600

Course Overview

The LLM in LegalTech and Commercial Law at Swansea University offers a pioneering, future-focused education at the dynamic intersection of law, technology, and global commerce.

This innovative programme is designed for legal professionals and graduates seeking to become leaders in the digital transformation of the legal sector, and who are looking to navigate the complex commercial law issues arising from a technology-driven economy.

You will be taught by academics who are experts in commercial law, and the growing field of legal technology. Your learning is further enriched by insights from the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, ensuring you can build a strong commercial foundation.

The programme will equip you with dual competency, combining a deep understanding of core commercial law principles, with the practical skills to leverage technology to solve legal and business problems.

You will engage with critical topics such as AI in Law, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Data Governance, Digital Dispute Resolution, and the Evolving Regulatory Landscape for Technology and Commerce.

As a graduate, you can emerge as a versatile, tech-savvy professional, prepared for new and emerging career paths. You will be well equipped to become an innovative lawyer, legal engineer, compliance technologist or strategic consultant; roles which are highly valued by forward-thinking law firms, corporate legal departments, technology companies, and regulatory startups.

Why LegalTech and Commercial Law at Swansea?

As a postgraduate student at the School of Law, you will be part of a globally recognised law school, with a thriving academic environment that is committed to excellence in teaching and research, and offering an exceptional student experience.

Law at Swansea is ranked:

Top 125 in the World (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026)
Top 101-150 in the World (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025), and
83.3% of our research produces considerable impact in terms of its reach and significance (REF 2021)

The International Commercial Arbitration module offered as part of this degree has been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). This means that LLM students who manage to successfully complete the International Commercial Arbitration module at Swansea will be eligible to apply to be awarded the level of Associate Member of the CIArb.

Your LegalTech and Commercial Law Experience

This LLM degree equips you to develop into a 21st-century legal practitioner with a specialist, in-depth command of legal technology and commercial law.

The curriculum critically examines the global development and deployment of LegalTech, analysing how technologies are designed, marketed, and implemented across different jurisdictions. It incorporates a conscious critique of how algorithms can perpetuate bias, and how digital divides can exclude marginalised communities from next-generation legal services. This ensures that, as a graduate, you can understand the technical, commercial, and social dimensions of LegalTech.

The programme comprises 180 credits of study, delivered over three semesters.

In part one, the taught stage, you will study 120 credits from a range of specialist optional modules, alongside core compulsory modules, allowing for a tailored study path. You can engage in in-depth exploration of areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital Commerce and the Law, and International Corporate Law and Governance.

Upon successful completion of part one, you will progress on to your final dissertation, where you will undertake a substantial, independent research project of approximately 16,000 words. The dissertation is structured into two parallel projects, each with its own structured milestones and formative feedback, to support you in managing this major research undertaking by providing you with regular guidance.

Through this structure, you will be able to develop a profound and sustained command of complex legal concepts, simultaneously honing your advanced research, analytical, and professional skills that are the cornerstone of successful careers in commercial legal practice, strategic consultancy, and impactful scholarship.

You will learn from academics who are active researchers and industry experts, and your studies will be further enriched by:

Industry Insights: Guest lectures from leading practitioners, arbitrators, and regulators
Practical Skills Development: Participation in mooting competitions and specialist workshops
Global Perspective: Opportunities such as summer schools abroad to broaden your international outlook

You will benefit from comprehensive study support, including access to the law library, dedicated postgraduate study spaces, and guidance from a Personal Tutor who will assist you in navigating challenges and building strategies for success.

LegalTech and Commercial Law Employment Opportunities

This LLM is explicitly designed to create graduates for the new job market at the law-tech frontier, leveraging the School of Law's networks and innovative focus. We are committed to enhancing your employability through dedicated events, including our annual LLM careers fair, exclusive networking sessions, and visits to leading practices in key hubs like the City of London.

You will be able to engage with a dynamic employability programme that includes:

Industry Integration: Direct links with LegalTech startups, innovation teams within major law firms, and in-house legal ops teams who provide guest lectures, networking, and live project opportunities
A Practical Skills Portfolio: The hands-on curriculum allows you to build a demonstrable portfolio of competencies that is highly attractive to employers
Pathways to Accreditation: Engagement with professional body initiatives on technology and law, provide awareness of emerging credentials in the field
An Entrepreneurial Launchpad: The programme cultivates an entrepreneurial mindset by focusing on identifying inefficiencies in legal practice and prototyping solutions. You will be equipped to launch LegalTech startups, consultancy practices, or innovation roles within existing organisations, driving change from within

Graduates are primed for pioneering roles across the evolving legal and technology landscape. Typical destinations include:

Innovative Legal Practice: As "legal technologist" solicitors, innovation associates, or knowledge lawyers in forward-thinking law firms
Corporate Legal Operations & Compliance: As in-house legal ops specialists, compliance technologists, or contract lifecycle management analysts within multinational corporations
LegalTech Industry: As product managers, solutions consultants, or implementation specialists within LegalTech software companies
Consultancy & Advisory: As technology-focused consultants within Big Four professional services firms or boutique advisory practices specialising in legal process transformation
Entrepreneurship: Founding or joining early-stage LegalTech startups
Research & Policy: Pursuing PhD study or roles in research institutes, think tanks, or regulatory bodies focused on the future of law and technology

Modules

We're currently reviewing our curriculum to enhance your learning experience and embed skills that will benefit your future career. This means that some modules may be subject to change.

Course type

Compulsory Modules
Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Legal Practice	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LATM001
Digital Commerce and Technology Law: Regulation of E-transactions and Blockchain	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LATM002

Optional Modules
Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
International Intellectual Property Law	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LACM003
International Commercial Arbitration	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LACM004
International Corporate Law, Governance and Finance	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LACM005
Commercial and Maritime Mooting	September-June (TB1+2)	0	LA-M001
Employability Skills in the Commercial and Maritime Industry	September-June (TB1+2)	0	LA-M003

Compulsory Modules
Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Independent Research Project	June-September (TB3)	60	LA-M002

Compulsory Modules
Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Legal Practice	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LATM001
Digital Commerce and Technology Law: Regulation of E-transactions and Blockchain	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LATM002

Optional Zero credit modules
Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Commercial and Maritime Mooting	September-June (TB1+2)	0	LA-M001
Employability Skills in the Commercial and Maritime Industry	September-June (TB1+2)	0	LA-M003

Compulsory Modules
Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Independent Research Project	June-September (TB3)	60	LA-M002

Optional modules
Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
International Intellectual Property Law	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LACM003
International Commercial Arbitration	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LACM004
International Corporate Law, Governance and Finance	September-June (TB1+2)	30	LACM005
Commercial and Maritime Mooting	September-June (TB1+2)	0	LA-M001
Employability Skills in the Commercial and Maritime Industry	September-June (TB1+2)	0	LA-M003

Entry Requirements

We consider all applicants on their own merits and welcome applications from students with a wide range of qualifications.

How You're Taught

At Swansea, you will benefit from a high-quality, research-informed education that combines a range of effective and inclusive teaching methods, carefully tailored to suit the needs of your course.

This course is taught in person, on campus, giving you the opportunity to actively engage with other students, academic staff, and the wider university community. The programme is delivered through a mix of lectures, seminars, workshops, and tutorials, and provides a balanced approach to learning.

This variety ensures that you can engage with the material in different ways, enhancing your understanding and knowledge retention. The interactive nature of seminars and workshops encourages active participation and critical discussion, which are essential for developing analytical skills.

Modules typically employ a balanced assessment pattern, combining continuous assessment (e.g., essays, case notes) with examinations or substantial research projects, designed to test both your sustained analysis and comprehensive understanding.

Digital learning tools are also used to enhance your learning experience. These may include:

Recorded lectures to support flexible study and revision
Online resources on the university’s virtual learning environment (Canvas), including videos, reading materials, quizzes, and discussion forums

This approach enables you to engage with and review content at your own pace while benefiting from the structure and support of in-person teaching.

N.B If you are an international student studying with a Student Route Visa, please note that your timetabled activity, along with any additional supervisory activity (with Swansea University staff present) will take place on campus. In line with UKVI protocol, these sessions will be monitored and data made available on request.

Welsh Provision

No Provision

Unfortunately, there is currently no formal Welsh-medium provision on this course. If you would like to let us know that you are interested in pursuing an element of your course through the medium of Welsh, please email astudio@abertawe.ac.uk to indicate your interest along with your year of entry and we will do our best to see what is possible.

Whilst this course does not offer academic content delivered in Welsh, the University can provide you with the following, and Academi Hywel Teifi is here to support you:

An interview through the medium of Welsh when applying for a place.
The option to receive your personal correspondence in Welsh, English or bilingually.
The option to write and submit your coursework or exams through the medium of Welsh (even if you have chosen to study in English), and your work will be marked in Welsh.
A Welsh-speaking Personal Tutor.
One-to-one support through the medium of Welsh to improve your academic skills.
An opportunity to gain an additional free qualification that serves as evidence of your Welsh language ability for future employers, namely the WJEC and Coleg Cymraeg's Welsh Language Certificate.
Opportunity to be a member of the Swansea University Branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

To learn more about the above and all the opportunities available to you through the medium of Welsh, visit Academi Hywel Teifi's undergraduate pages.

Meet Your Lecturers

Our degrees are taught by experts who have a wealth of knowledge to pass on to you. You can find out more about our academic expertise on our staff profiles.

Tuition Fees

LLM 1 Year Full Time

Start Date	UK	International
September 2025	£ 9,700	£ 20,150
September 2026	£ 10,200	£ 21,150

LLM 2 Year Part Time

Start Date	UK	International
September 2025	£ 4,850	£ 10,100
September 2026	£ 5,100	£ 10,600

Tuition fees for years of study after your first year are subject to an increase of 3%.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

If you're a UK or EU student starting a master’s degree at Swansea University, you may be eligible to apply for Government funding to help towards the cost of your studies. To find out more, please visit our postgraduate loans page.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University. Access to wifi in your accommodation will also be essential to allow you to fully engage with your programme. See our dedicated webpages for further guidance on suitable devices to purchase, and for a full guide on getting your device set up.

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but not limited to):

Travel to and from campus
Printing, photocopying, binding, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
Purchase of books or texts
Gowns for graduation ceremonies

Careers and Employability

The Careers and Employability Team will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Our career support services include:

Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.

As a Swansea University graduate, you can access lifelong careers and employability support.

Academic Support

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal tutor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

Academic writing
Maths and statistics
Critical thinking
Time management
Digital skills
Presentation skills
Note taking
Revision, memory and exam techniques
English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying at Swansea University.

How to Apply

Please apply through the University’s Application system.

For further guidance please visit our how to apply for postgraduate study pages.

EU students - visa and immigration information is available and will be regularly updated on our information for EU students page.

Application Deadlines

We recommend that you submit your application to our courses as early as you can in advance of our application deadlines. Courses will close earlier than the application deadlines listed if all available places are filled. You can find further information on our Application Deadlines webpage.

Additional Information

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The University will seek to deliver each course in accordance with the descriptions set out in the relevant course web pages at the time of application. However, there may be situations in which it is desirable or necessary for the University to make changes in course provision, either before or after enrolment.

The information below is for students starting their courses in 2016 or later.

The University will not normally make very substantial changes to courses (for example, a change to the course title, significant restructuring, substantial change in course content, or the introduction of a progression hurdle) which would impact on students who have already begun their course. In exceptional circumstances, it may be necessary for the University to make such a change after acceptance of a place by an offer-holder. This will not happen less than 5 months before enrolment. The offer-holder will be notified of the change and will have the opportunity to withdraw their application and apply elsewhere.

Other changes could be made to course content, study location, delivery and teaching provision because of developments in the relevant subject, enhancements in teaching or assessment practice, requirements of external accreditation processes, changes in staffing, resource constraints or changes in the availability of facilities. Such changes will take account of the reasonable expectations of prospective and current students.

Summary of Changes

Date of Change

06/02/2026

Course Title(s)

LegalTech and Commercial Law, LLM 1 Year Full Time
LegalTech and Commercial Law, LLM 2 Year Part Time

Material Change

There are minor changes to this programme's structure that impact whether modules are compulsory and optional.

Reason for Change

These updates are designed to make your learning experience more streamlined, relevant and manageable.

If you have questions about this change, please contact curriculumreview@swansea.ac.uk.

LegalTech and Commercial Law, LLM

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Course Overview

Why LegalTech and Commercial Law at Swansea?

Your LegalTech and Commercial Law Experience

LegalTech and Commercial Law Employment Opportunities

Modules

Entry Requirements

No Provision

Pre-sessional Courses

Discover your University

Take a Virtual Tour

Postgraduate Prospectus

Welsh Medium Study

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