LLM Master of Laws

About this course

LJMU's Master of Laws LLM provides a broad liberal arts education in the law for students wishing to undertake a wide range of legal study options.

• Develop knowledge of business, corporate and finance law, global crime and security and criminal justice
• Examine key legal and justice issues in both a domestic and global context
• Learn from tutors who have extensive experience with a variety of backgrounds and research interests
• Pursue new areas of interest in-depth or deepen already acquired undergraduate understanding in a given area
• Provides opportunities to critically analyse key themes in law and criminal justice and global crime
• Generous funding scholarships available for home and overseas students
• Part-Time Study Option

This flexible LLM is suitable for students from experienced practitioners, graduates, career changers and overseas students wishing to broaden their legal knowledge.

The School of Law has decades of experience providing postgraduate legal education. The LLM programmes are consistently highly rated by students and practitioners alike.

The aim of this programme is to create a positive learning environment for students in which to practice advanced scholarship and research and gain academic and intellectual progression, together with the acquisition of specific knowledge and skills.

The programme will give you the opportunity to critically analyse key themes in law and criminal justice and global crime and will challenge your thinking and stimulate your academic aspirations in these fields.

• a minimum 2:2 in a subject such as Law, Criminal Justice, Politics, Finance, Banking or Accounting

or

• an equivalent professional qualification

Employability

Further your career prospects

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

The LLM is designed for people with a more general interest in law and criminal justice who wish to develop their careers outside of the traditional boundaries of specialist law.