Hello all - I just made a similar post on the Europe board (but this is edited to make sense on this forum section) so my apologies if you are having double vision.

I have a 2:2 from Univ. of Sheffield in European, Comparative and International Law.

Part of my LLB was spent in Lund, and I would like to return to Europe - but I will stay in England if that path is too difficult to pursue for any reason.

I have completed the Legal Practice Course with a commendation (LPC), and am working in a London criminal law outfit.

I want to study an LLM in International Law (public/humanitarian-human rights). This will be once I am a qualified lawyer in the UK.

Outside of paid work, I continue to work on a project with Interights, and with torture victims at the organisation the Medical Foundation in London. I began these roles while I was studying for the LPC and it will be difficult to expand much beyond these areas. I have considered informally writing articles around international law in my spare time to beef up my knowledge and be able to demonstrate interest at the point of application.

Given my

(a) middling LLB mark, and

(b) domestic professional experience (i.e. being a qualified criminal lawyer) as well as in smaller projects in rights based law,

can anyone here comment with confidence on my chances of being accepted to UCL, KCL etc? I know that LSE is out of the question.

Can anyone recommend which universities/masters provide the best contacts and opportunities to join and work in international organisations?

I also have a body of domestic legal experience with places such as the Prisoners' Advice Service and the CAB.

Many thanks

I'm not sure that wither of the two institutions that you mention are ones that would leap to my mind when I say 'human rights' (Essex and Nottingham do, however). If I were you I'd emphaise the voluntary work, which seems to relate closely to what you want to do, rather than a general criminal practice when you've only just qualified.