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The latest LLM Study news

University of Hull School of Law celebrates 80th anniversary
The year 2008 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Law School of the University of Hull.  The Law School is the longest established department within the University of Hull, which started life as the University College, Hull. Two celebrations have been planned so far, with other events ... More

Swansea Law School offers internationally recognized LLM programmes
Since 2000, the School of Law at Swansea University has offered LLM degree programs dedicated to international shipping, trade and commerce law.  These programmes are continuing to expand and both their profile and reputation have grown.  Swansea is now recognized as a leader in these specialized legal spheres.  The students ... More

Swansea fosters academic exchange with Nigeria
The historical ties between Nigeria and Swansea University continue to be fostered as more Nigerian nationals chose to pursue their studies at the well-regarded Welsh university.  During a recent visit to Nigeria in the summer of 2008, Professor Rhidian Thomas (Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law) ... More

New Venues for Sydney's Europe Programme
The Sydney Law School is home to Australia’s leading postgraduate programme in law.  Since 1998, the Law School has organized postgraduate law study in Germany and the United Kingdom.  From 2008, the Programme venues will include Robinson College, Cambridge, Bentham House, University College London and the Walter Hallstein Institute, Humboldt ... More

HRLC Co-Director re-elected to UN Human Rights Committee
The University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre Co-Director Professor Michael O'Flaherty, recenlty won the poll in elections for the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He received a vote of confidence from 136 out of the 157 governments participating in the election.  The other eight successful candidates had total votes ... More

New university law courses by distance learning for October 2008 intake with RDI
RDI has successfully launched a number of university qualifications in readiness for the autumn intake and has created a brand new law pathway by distance learning. RDI is now working in partnership with the University of Derby and the University of Teesside to offer students throughout the world the chance to ... More

The University of Westminster launches its new LLM in European Union Law
With its strong international focus, the School of Law at the University of Westminster is ideally equipped to develop the new specialist LLM in European Union Law. This programme aims to provide students with a deep, critical knowledge and understanding of EU law as well as specific areas of this ... More

Warwick Law School launches new LLM in International and Comparative Criminal Justice for Fall 2008
Around the globe, reform within criminal justice has seen an increased international and comparative focus, with a number of legal systems pursuing reform not only of individual criminal justice practices, but of whole systems in light of increased comparative analysis. This programme will engage a comparative perspective in examining a ... More

Innovative Competition Law and Economics Programme at King’s
Located in the heart of London, King’s College School of Law offers interdisciplinary law degrees looking at the developing legal field of competition and its related economics. In recent comments about the degree programmes, King’s law professor Richard Whish described the law school as '…a vibrant community of scholars, committed ... More

Symposium marking 60th anniversary of UN convention on Genocide
On the 4th and 5th of December 2008, the University of Sussex will host an international symposium focused on current scholarship within the growing field of ‘genocide studies.’ In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It had ... More