Study Details: LLM Full-time: 12 months, Part-time: 24 months
On the Human Rights Law LLM, you will gain a broad understanding of domestic and international human rights law. You will have the opportunity to study a range of specialist areas including technology and human rights; equality, discrimination, and criminal justice; business and human rights; and refugee law.
You will be taught by experts who have advised governments, collaborated with organisations including the United Nations, and joined forces with NGOs in their human rights advocacy work. This practical application of academic knowledge allows you to see how human rights law can have a tangible impact.
2:1 (or international equivalent) in law, humanities or social sciences
Our graduates go on to a wide range of careers. Many go into the legal profession or return to their previous legal careers with specialist knowledge and enhanced prospects. Others work in international organisations and NGOs. Some graduates further their academic career by progressing onto our PhD programme.
Recent graduate destinations include BAE Systems, Clifford Chance, London Stock Exchange and Simmons & Simmons.
Core modules
Students must take all the modules in this group:
Optional modules
Students must take five optional modules: two in semester one, and three in semester two.
Semester one
Students should take a minimum of one specialist module and a maximum of two specialist modules from this group:
Instead of one specialist module, students may take one module from this group:
Semester two
Students should take a minimum of two specialist modules and a maximum of three specialist modules from this group:
Instead of one specialist module, students may take one module from this group:
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