Birmingham Law School

Currently celebrating its 80th anniversary, Birmingham Law School was rated 7th in the country in the 2008 Guardian survey of Law Schools. It is research-led, and received a 5 in the last Research Assessment Exercise. At Birmingham research and teaching are inextricably linked and mutually reinforcing. The academic staff are regular contributors to the academic literature and national and international policy-making processes; and we offer a wide range of modules based around our research strengths in areas like commercial law, criminal law and criminal justice, European law and international and human rights law. The School has its own computer clusters for student use and a dedicated Law library on-site.

University of Birmingham
Set in 230 acres of beautiful parkland campus, the University of Birmingham is one of the United Kingdom’s foremost research led institutions. It is located in Britain’s second city – a vibrant, cosmopolitan metropolis which is proud of its heritage as a city of invention and culture, and at the heart of the UK’s transport nexus, with easy access to the rest of the country and an international airport.

LLM Programmes
We offer 5 taught LLM programmes:

• LLM in Commercial Law
• LLM in International Commercial Law
• LLM in Criminal Law & Criminal Justice
• LLM in European Law
• LLM (General) 

Each programme allows the user to choose 4 modules from a range of options and then write a dissertation on a subject of the student’s choosing. Each programme is available both full and part-time. Modules are assessed by a range of methods, including assessed essays and written examinations. 

LLM in Commercial Law: students choose modules from the following list and write a dissertation on an aspect of Commercial Law: Agency and Domestic Sale of Goods; Aspects of Intellectual Property; Commercial Conflict of Laws; Comparative Takeover Regulation; Company Law; English Law of International Sale of Goods; Financing of International Trade; Health and Safety at Work Law; International Commercial Arbitration; Marine Insurance; Maritime Law 

LLM in International Commercial Law: students choose modules from the following list and write a dissertation on any aspect of International Commercial Law: Aspects of Intellectual Property; Commercial Conflict of Laws; Comparative Takeover Regulation; EU and WTO Public Procurement Law; EU Competition Law; Financing of International Trade; International and Comparative Oil and Gas Law; International Commercial Arbitration; International Investment Law; Law and Policy of the World Trade Organisation; Marine Insurance; Maritime Law; The Vienna Sales Convention (New!)

LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: students choose modules from the following list and write a dissertation on an aspect of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Commercial Conflict of Laws; EU and WTO Public Procurement Law; EU Competition Law; EU Discrimination Law; European Human Rights Law; EU Constitutional Law; EU External Relations Law; EU Security and Defence Law; Law of the Internal Market 

LLM in European Law: students choose modules from the following list and write a dissertation on an aspect of European Law: European Community Discrimination Law; European Human Rights Law; Commercial Conflict of Laws; Law of the Internal Market; European Community Competition Law 

The General LLM: students choose modules from a list which includes all of the modules available on the other programmes and write a dissertation on any approved aspect of Law falling within the modules offered 

Scholarships
Birmingham Law School has a generous range of scholarships available to both International and Home/EU students. See our website at www.law.bham.ac.uk/prospectus/llm/ for more information.

“Birmingham is the perfect University for every international student: the Law School is in the middle of the campus, close to all facilities. Birmingham is England’s second city and life never gets boring.”
Sören Böttger, LLM in European Law Graduated 2003. Currently working at a German legal firm.

Contact
Mrs Sharon Jones
Birmingham Law School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0) 121 414 3637
F: +44 (0) 121 414 3585
E: Law@bham.ac.uk
W: www.law.bham.ac.uk (main site)
W: www.law.bham.ac.uk/prospectus/llm/ (LLM website)