Middlesex University
Business School, London

Overview
Our Law Department is located within the Middlesex University Business School on a stunning campus in Hendon, northwest London. The Business School is highly international, home to more than 5500 students and staff from over 100 different countries.

Courses
LLM in International Business Law
The laws governing international business, labour and trade are critical to global economies. This specialised LLM is designed for graduates and practitioners who wish to enhance their marketability and deepen their knowledge with a high-quality legal education.

Modules:
• International Law of Trade
• Competition Law
• Principles of Public International Law and International Commercial Arbitration
• International Labour Law and Regulation of Economic Migration
• Dissertation.

General LLM
The award of LLM is available for those who would prefer more flexibility in their course of study and students can choose from the Law Department’s module range in building their programme (subject to the programme leader’s approval). Subject to staff availability, you will be able to pursue any suitable question that has arisen out of your taught modules for your dissertation.

New LLM programmes planned for 2009
Middlesex University’s Law Department is launching several new LLM options to begin in September 2009.
These programmes will be validated in Autumn/Winter 2008 and full programme details will be published on the web at www.mdx.ac.uk/pglaw.

The new programmes are expected to be:
LLM Minorities and the Law – Our new Head of Department, Professor Joshua Castellino helped establish one of the world’s most respected programmes in Human Rights Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway. At Middlesex he joins a group of academics with their own substantial experience in human rights, migration and minority rights scholarship.
This programme includes topics such as vulnerable groups and the law, immigration, discrimination, international human rights, international organisations and the globalisation of labour and trade (some topics are studied as optional modules).

LLM Employment Law – Middlesex has two professors in employment law who are well-regarded throughout the UK. Graduates of this programme will acquire a very marketable specialism to help develop their legal or business career.
This programme includes topics such as recruitment and termination of employment, discrimination in employment, international human rights, problems in EU law, international dispute resolution and corporate social responsibility (some topics are studied as optional modules).

LLM Business Law – Complementing our well-established programme in International Business Law this programme has more of a UK and European orientation covering business obligations, corporate social responsibility, EU law, employment law, globalisation and media law and intellectual property (some topics are studied as optional modules). The programme is designed to assist graduates in finding high level employment within the profession or business.

LLM Research Methods – a specialist legal research methods programme designed as preparation for postgraduate research in the law.

Please note: all of these programmes will be available with exit points at postgraduate certificate (after two modules) and at postgraduate diploma (after four modules and without doing the dissertation), and many of the modules will be available to be taken individually if you do not want to enrol on a complete programme.

Entry requirements
Applicants should normally have at least a second-class honours degree in law awarded by a UK university, or an overseas equivalent. Applications will also be considered from graduates of high calibre in a related discipline (eg politics or international relations) or with relevant professional experience. Students who have not graduated from a UK university may be required to acquire an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent before starting the programme.

Scholarships
We offer a range of merit-based and international scholarships. For details, please see www.mdx.ac.uk/scholarships.

Further information
We hold regular postgraduate open evenings where you can discuss options with academics teaching on the programmes. See: www.mdx.ac.uk/opendays. 

We have a network of one-stop shop international offices. Please find your nearest office at www.mdx.ac.uk/worldwide. 


Case study
Name: Rishabh Mastaram
Home country: India
Institution: Middlesex University
Studied: LLM in International Business Law

‘I came to London to broaden my horizons and gain an international edge to my career. The Middlesex LLM trained me in the commercial aspects of trade law and I completed a dissertation on software patenting.

‘I have now started work at Fox Mandal Little in Mumbai, one of India’s largest and most prestigious law firms. It was very competitive getting a job here, with a challenging application process, and I am very grateful for my time at Middlesex as I believe my career success is down to such expert and capable teachers.’

Contact
Admissions Enquiries
Middlesex University
The Burroughs
Hendon
London NW44BT 

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