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    LLM 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Masters Degree Description

Our International Law LLM allows you to choose from an extensive range of public international law modules, allowing you to tailor your qualification to your academic interests and career goals. You will have the opportunity to study a range of specialist areas including international criminal law; international environmental law; United Nations law; and international humanitarian law.

The University of Nottingham has a long and distinguished tradition in the study of international law. You will be taught by experts in their fields, many of whom contribute to policymaking at state and international levels. This practical application of academic knowledge allows you to see how international law can have a tangible impact.

Entry Requirements

2.1 (or international equivalent) in law, humanities or social sciences

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Fees

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Student Destinations

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 & Simmon

Module Details

Core modules

  • Principles of Public International Law
  • Dissertation

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:

  • International Criminal Law
  • International Environmental Law
  • International Investment Law
  • International Law and the Regulation of Force

Instead of one specialist module, students may take one module from this group:

  • Economic and Social Rights
  • Equality, Discrimination and Criminal Justice
  • Global Data Protection Law
  • International Trade Law and the Global Economy
  • Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and International Human Rights
  • Public Contract Law in Global Context

Semester two

Students should take a minimum of two specialist modules and a maximum of three specialist modules from this group:

  • International Disaster Law
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • International Law of the Sea
  • Law, Development and the International Community
  • The Refugee in Domestic and International Law
  • United Nations Law

Instead of one specialist module, students may take one module from this group:

  • Business and Human Rights
  • Critical Approaches to Global Criminal Justice
  • Current Issues in International Human Rights Law
  • The EU as a Global Actor
  • Introduction to Energy Law
  • The Rights of the Child

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