Course summary
The LLM (Master of Law) equips you with advanced knowledge and expertise in specialist areas of law, empowering you to pursue a diverse range of legal careers, or PhD study, in the UK and internationally. Why study LLM Law at Goldsmiths:
- The LLM Law has a rich programme of activities. You’ll have the chance to learn from workshops and visits to many of the UK’s leading institutions such as the Royal Courts of Justice, UK Supreme Court and Houses of Parliament, and gain practical experience through taking placements and law clinic modules (for credit).
- We’re focused on employability, and the programme has been developed with feedback from employers and legal practices. Our central Careers Service is here to support you every step of the way.
- You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with renowned legal scholars, eminent legal practitioners and NGOs who co-teach on or lead our modules, embedding advanced legal theory and professional practice.
- You’ll learn from important legal thinkers, internationally leading barristers and politicians. Our law faculty and Visiting Professors are some of the greatest legal minds of our generation.
- You’ll gain a holistic understanding of law. Visits to law-related exhibitions, film screenings and theatre productions will demonstrate how present law is in our society.
- An LLM from Goldsmiths puts you in the driving seat, enabling you to study law from a multidimensional perspective. Our curriculum has been built for the 21st-century landscape of law.
- Our students learn the law in action while helping local communities and developing crucial professional skills. Through our placement modules focussing on human rights and criminal justice, or by participating in Law Clinics.
- Students currently have the opportunity to learn invaluable practical skills by taking part in the University of London Refugee Law Clinic or the Law and Policy Clinics covering a wide range of topics.
Modules
You will write a compulsory dissertation: Dissertation You will also choose optional modules to the value of 120 credits. These can be made up exclusively of Department of Law modules, or you may choose 1 module from either of the interdisciplinary module lists below (which include options from other social science departments). Department of Law modules: International Human Rights Law: Theory and Practice International Human Rights: Advanced Themes and Contemporary Debates Advanced Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Domestic, Comparative and International Human Rights and Criminal Justice: NGO Advocacy, Litigation, and Practice Gender, Sexualities and the Law Environmental Challenges, Social Justice and Human Rights Law and Policy Clinic: Criminal Justice Law and Policy Clinic: Human Rights Criminal Justice Placement Human Rights Placement Interdisciplinary modules from the Department of Law AI, Disruptive Technologies and the Law Art Law Criminal Evidence (with Advanced Mooting and Advocacy) Interdisciplinary modules from other social science departments Option modules from other departments, such as Politics and International Relations and Sociology, are confirmed on an annual basis. Study 21st century law, and law in context You’ll have the opportunity to choose from the full range of innovative LLM modules delivered by the Department of Law. To diversify your studies, you’ll also be able to choose relevant optional modules from other social science departments. Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Entry requirements
Applicants will normally be expected to have an upper second-class honours degree or its equivalent in Law, a related social science discipline (such as Criminology, Politics and International Relations, Sociology, Anthropology, Media & Communications, Economics or Psychology) or a humanities degree (such as English, History, Philosophy or Art). We also accept applications from people with professional, transferrable experience working in: NGOs Charities Criminal justice and human rights organisations Journalism The civil service or other governmental positions There is some flexibility where applicants demonstrate exceptional commitment or abilities to study for the degree because of their possession of other qualifications, or because they have relevant experiences that would qualify them for the programme. We accept a wide range of international qualifications. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW