Hi everyone!My name is Nadine and Im currently a 3rd year LLB student at the University of Sheffield interested in getting an LLM in Maritime Law. Im really having a probelm in deciding where to go. Im currently in Lund as an Erasmus student and really enjoying it and I recently found out that Lund offers LLM maritime law. Does anyone have any information about the programme its reputation, quality etc?
However, I also saw that LLM maritime law is offered at the University of Oslo but the deadline is quite near and I still havnt received my transcripts as I am away for a semester and still havnt graduated. Can anyone tell me a)how it works? b)whether an LLM in maritime law is worth getting in a Scandinavian country or UK? c) whether I would have any chances in getting accepted for and LLM in Oslo or Lund having not so fascinating grades from Sheffield?- how demanding are they in Oslo or Lund for this LLM?

I would appreciate an answer,
Thanks

Hi, Nadine
If you intend to work in UK, I suppose your best bet is to undertake the LLM in Maritime Law at the University of Southampton . However, if you are agonising over Lund or Oslo for maritime law, I would personally prefer Oslo because the LL.M program there is a 1 year program as opposed to Lund where the LL.M program is 2 years. If you complete the LL.M at Oslo, you get to save 1 year and then enrol at Stockholm University in Sweden for the LL.M in International Commercial Arbitration Law. If you follow this study plan , the benefits are manifold:-
[1] You will get to have a more impressive CV- i.e. LL.B ( sheffield), LL.M (Oslo) & LL.M ( stockholm);
[2] Maritime law combines well with arbitration;
[3] Excellent job opportunities with those legal qualifications;
[4] Exposure to European law schools; and
[5] Not many candidates will have your attributes and experiences plus some foreign languages which you may pick up along the way.

Believe me, you can't go wrong with the above choices of qualifications, and jobs openings will be yours for the taking.

For e.g. my qualifications are:
[1] LL.B ( Hons) ( Staffordshire);
[2] LL.M (London) emphasis in Maritime law;
[3] LL.M ( Leicester ) in Employment Law;
[4] LL.M ( Huddersfield) in Family Law;
[5] LL.M ( Northumbria) in Commercial Law;
[6] Barrister-at-law ( Lincoln's Inn);
[7] Professional Certificate in Arbitration ( Adelaide , Australia);
[8] Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (pending election after successfully passing the Fellowship Assessment course); and
[9] others.

cheers.

Hey Nadine,

I'd like to second the earlier post on the topic and emphasise that if you are interested in working in the UK afterwards, doing your LL.M. there will put you in a position where you are available to do tons of networking and attend open days, etc., which isn't really an option if you are attending Uni. of Oslo or Lund.

About the grades. I graduated from Sheffield last summer and am now pursuing my masters studies. End of second year, I was really hesitant about my grades (just barely scraping a 2.1), but you need to keep in mind the emphasis Sheffield puts on third year grades (ended up with a nice 68%). It is something you will most likely need to explain in your applications. Also another issue of importance is getting recommendation letters from staff at Sheffield who know you well. I'm sorry to tell you this now, but you need to give Sheffield a lot of time with paper work, they are horrible at it.

Best of luck with the applications. My regards to Omar.

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