Our LLM course is a respected academic qualification recognised throughout the world and across key legal disciplines. It focuses on our particular areas of expertise and offers a choice of nine specialist pathways or a general LLM qualification. We place emphasis on innovative and problem-solving teaching methods as well as comparative and international outlook.
Key benefits
- The Dickson Poon School of Law is recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world.
- Exceptional teaching and professional expertise with strong links to research, coupled with connections with the wider London legal community.
- One general and nine specialist LLM pathways.
- In the heart of legal London, based in the magnificent Somerset House East Wing on the Strand and minutes from the Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court and offices of major global law firms.
Our LLM course is designed for both recent law graduates and established professionals. It will allow you to deepen and broaden your knowledge of law as an academic subject and will help your professional development by enhancing your problem – solving skills in a transnational context. It is designed to maximise your intellectual potential, as well as keeping you grounded by drawing on the real world experiences of staff and other practitioners. You will also benefit from our vibrant intellectual community, student societies and social events, as well as our links with prestigious international law schools.
You will choose to specialise in one of nine different pathways or choose your own combination of modules for a General LLM.
The specialist pathways currently comprise:
- Competition Law
- European Law
- Intellectual Property & Information Law
- International Business Law
- International Financial Law
- International Dispute Resolution
- International Tax Law
- Law & Technology
- Transnational Law
Under the close guidance of our expert tutors, we will equip you with the legal knowledge and expertise to match your career ambitions. You will gain an internationally recognised qualification that is highly desirable in today’s competitive legal profession.
This course is primarily taught at King’s College London's Strand and Waterloo campuses.