Course summary

This LLM Law with Global Political Economy gives you the opportunity to focus on the operation and relationship of the systems of public international law and international economic law in the post-colonial context. Why choose this course?

• You can look forward to a stimulating learning environment, alongside others with diverse backgrounds and professional experiences.

• The course is led by academic staff with extensive research expertise and publications in their field. They are part of a proud tradition of critical scholarship in law addressing issues of law through power and inequality and led by principles of social, economic, political, environmental and racial justice.

• It is ideal if you would like to advance your existing career or are ambitious to carve out a new career path. Our students include those with pre-existing knowledge or experience of law, and those with a desire to pursue a specialism in this area.

• gain an understanding of the intersection between law and other societal challenges, as well as the interaction between multiple areas of law

• learn how to transfer your understanding of complex problems and regulatory responses to different contexts

• critically evaluate legal, regulatory and policy proposals regarding law and the global political economy.

• The Birkbeck Law School is internationally renowned for its pathbreaking theoretical, political and humanities-based scholarship.

• Our Centre for Law and the Humanities attracts notable guest speakers and public intellectuals to our lecture theatres.

• You will be able to attend our Law School Annual Lecture and specialist research seminars which feature international scholars speaking on current issues and their interdisciplinary research.

• We are home to the Birkbeck Law Press which publishes Law and Critique: The International Journal of Critical Legal Thought. You can also take advantage of the rich research collections nearby, including those of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Senate House Library, the British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE Library) and the British Library.

• the ability to work as part of a team

• high-level oral and written communication skills

• proficient research skills

• skills in evaluating and assessing types of information.

• barrister

• solicitor

• researcher

• journalist

• chartered legal executive

• licensed conveyancer

• human resources officer

• patent attorney.