Taught course

Transnational Law

Institution
King's College London · Dickson Poon School of Law
Qualifications
LLM

Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree with high 2:1 honours (assessed as an overall average of at least 65% across all years of study) in Law or a degree with at least 70% law content.

Exceptionally, you may be considered where a comparable academic level has been achieved through other graduate studies (such as a Graduate Diploma in Law) and where work or experience (at least three years legal work experience) has made you a suitable candidate for the LLM.

Please note: Meeting the minimum requirements for your application to be considered does not guarantee an offer as applications for this programme are very competitive.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The course will cover key areas in public law from a transnational law perspective, including human rights, development, refugee law, criminal law, policing and security and the interplay between domestic and international organisations.

With view to transnational private law, it covers corporate governance, corporate restructuring, commercial arbitration, labour law, business and human rights, and family law. It will also offer modules in transnational legal theory and legal sociology as well as a module on law, artificial intelligence and society.

Course purpose

This pathway provides an in-depth engagement with required areas of transnational law today, it offers an unprecedented opportunity for students preparing for a career in global private practice, as in-house counsel or international public service, the non-profit sector or an international organisation or with adjudicatory bodies, agencies and networks.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • LLM
    full time
    12 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    part time
    24-48 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

Name
Admissions Office
Email
law-llmadmissions@kcl.ac.uk