Queen Mary, University of London,
The School of Law
General information 
Queen Mary, is one of the largest multi-faculty Colleges within the University of London with high-quality teaching and research in Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Medicine and Dentistry; and Science and Engineering
The School of Law at Queen Mary is one of the UK’s leading providers of postgraduate legal education with 250 new students every year, and is one of only eight schools to be awarded the highest 5* rating by the UK government in its latest review of research excellence – the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. Its staff are widely acknowledged to be experts of international reputation in their fields, and its work is a source of inspiration for many other institutions around the world.
LLM programmes
Queen Mary offers a range of 18 LLM programmes, available on a full and part-time basis, designed to advance the academic and professional advancement of their students. These are based upon a comprehensive portfolio of over 105 uniquely specialised courses.
Range of Courses Available
Full details of the courses can be found here:
www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/llm/programmes/
These programmes are based upon a comprehensive portfolio of over 90 uniquely specialised courses, listed below. Each LLM programme consists of 3 courses, taught from September to March and examined in May/June and a dissertation of 15,000 words, submitted in August. Each programme can be completed in one year full time, or two years part-time.
Note: Not all of the courses listed below may be available in any one year
- Advanced Equity and Trusts Law
- Advanced Land Law
- Advanced Medical Negligence
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking Law
- Challenging Public Power: Advanced Administrative Law
- Commercial Law Written and Oral Advocacy
- Commercial Trusts Law (half subject)
- Communications Law
- Company Law
- Comparative Commercial Law
- Comparative Class Actions
- Comparative Immigration and Nationality Law
- Comparative Laws in non-Western Contexts
- Comparative US & EC Anti-Trust Law
- Computer Law
- Consent (in contemporary medicine)
- Constitutional Law and Constitutional Rights in the US
- Contract Law in the European Union
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and Globalisation
- Courts in Comparative Perspective
- Discrimination Law
- E-commerce Law
- Environmental and Planning Law
- Equity and the Home (half subject)
- Ethnic Minorities and the Law
- EU Financial Law
- EU Justice and Home Affairs
- EU Social Law and Policy
- European Community Competition Law
- European Community Tax Law
- European Internal Market
- European Tort Law
- External Relations Law of the European Union
- Gender, Law and the State: Current Legal Issues
- Global Policy and Economics of Intellectual Property Law
- Globalisation, International Community and New World Order: Law beyond the Nation State
- Human Rights of Women
- Information Law
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Aspects of Medicine
- Intellectual Property in the Digital Millennium
- International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration
- International and Comparative Competition Law
- International and Comparative Law of Copyright and Related Rights
- International and Comparative Law of Patents, Trade Secrets and Related Rights
- International and Comparative Social Justice
- International and Comparative Law of Trade Marks, Designs and Unfair Competition
- International and Comparative Trust Law
- International Commercial Law
- International Commercial Litigation - Commercial Conflicts of Laws
- International Commercial Transactions (formerly: International Trade Law)
- International Construction – Contracts and Arbitration
- International Criminal Law
- International Economic Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Law and Development
- International Law of Armed Conflict and the Use of Force
- International Law of the Sea
- International Law on the Rights of the Child
- International Merger Control
- International Protection of Human Rights
- International Tax Law I
- International Tax Law II
- International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement
- Internet Regulation
- IP Transactions
- Judicial Protection in the EU
- Law of Economic Crime
- Law of Finance and Foreign Investment in Emerging Economies
- Law of Insurance Contracts and Regulation
- Law of Succession
- Law of Treaties
- Legal Aspects of EU Foreign Economic Policy
- Legal Aspects of International Finance
- Legal Problems of International Trade and Intellectual Property Law
- Legal Theory in the Common Law Tradition
- Media Law
- Medical Jurisprudence
- Mental Health Law
- Modern Legal History
- Multinational Enterprises and the Law
- New Medical Technologies and the Law
- Regulation of Financial Markets
- Remedies in Contract and Tort
- Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions
- Securities Regulation
- Taxation of Corporate Finance
- Taxation Principles and Concepts
- The Law on Investment Entitities
- Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources
- UK Business Taxation
- Youth Justice (half subject)
Melike Tas, LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution Alumni, Turkey
"Following my graduation, my CV was found very attractive not only in London, but also in Turkey when I returned. My LLM. degree from QMUL proved to be a great asset during my job applications and interviews. I am now an Attorney here in Istanbul at Paksoy & Co."
Entry requirements 
The standard of applicants to Queen Mary is high. Admission is based solely on academic merit. The usual qualification for entry to the LLM programme is an undergraduate degree in law, or a degree with a substantial law content, of at least upper-second class Honours (or equivalent). Non law graduates with good honours degrees may be considered on the basis of excellent performance in professional qualifying examinations or exceptional experience that directly relates to particular specialist LLM taught courses.
Students whose first language is not English must meet the School’s English language requirements:
| IELTS |
TOEFL |
CBTOEFL |
IBTOEFL |
| 7.0 (writing 7) |
600 - 627 (TWE 5) |
250 - 263 (TWE 5) |
100 |
Queen Mary offers presessional English courses
www.languageandlearning.qmul.ac.uk/elss/presessional/index.html and additional, at no additional charge, insessional legal thinking and writing programme support. This includes:
- legal research skills, including researching in European and UK sources
- dissertation planning and writing
- examination study skills and short essay writing preparation
- oral presentation skills
- negotiation skills
- legal office memorandum and letter writing abilities
- legal English language skills
- performance on the University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate (UCLES), International Legal English Certificate (ILEC), a new international standard of legal oral and writing performance. (http://www.legalenglishtest.org/).
For advice on your application please contact Ms Sue Sullivan. International applicants might also like to make contact with the College’s International Office
www.qmul.ac.uk/international/index.html
How to Apply
Application forms and guidance on how to apply can be found here.
www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/index.html
Scholarships
The School of Law is offering 7 scholarships covering full tuition fees for International students and 7 for Home/EU students for 2009 entry. Tuition Fees for 2009 have not been set yet. Fees for 2008 were £11,000 for International students and £5,500 for Home/EU students.
Further details
www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/llm/faq/#20
Location map
www.law.qmul.ac.uk/docs/LIF_detail.pdf
Contact
Susan Sullivan (Ms)
LLM Programme Administrator,
School of Law/Centre for Commercial Law Studies,
Queen Mary, University of London,
67/69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3JB
Tel: +44 (0)207 882 8092
Fax: +44 (0)207 882 8101
Email: LLMadmin@qmul.ac.uk
Web: www.law.qmul.ac.uk
The office is open Monday to Friday, 9am- 5pm throughout the year.
