<font size="2"><p> </p><p> </p><h2>LLM in Law and Governance</h2><!-- <h2>LLM in Law and Governance</h2> --><!-- html body only template START --><div style="width: 100%; text-align: left"><a name="d.en.52625"></a><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><br />The School of Law, Queen’s University of Belfast, is proud to announce the establishment of a new and topical postgraduate taught course in Law and Governance, covering issues of Sustainable Development, Globalisation & Economic Competition, and Devolution.</span></p><p><font size="2"><strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Introduction</font> <br /></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">The LLM in Law and Governance is a new course, specifically designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to some of the most challenging issues facing policy entrepreneurs in the world today. Specifically, the course will address core issues of (multi-level) governance and offers students the possibility of specialising in one of three areas:</span></font></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><span>-</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Governance and Sustainable Development<br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><span>-</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Governance, Globalisation and Economic Competition<br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><span>-</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Governance and Devolution.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">The course is international in focus and taught by leading academics and practitioners. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">This innovative course is designed to meet a growing international need to produce postgraduate students with detailed knowledge of complex (multi-level) governance issues and excellent skills to work with transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. The course provides students with the necessary skill base to pursue and further their careers within corporations, NGOs and regulatory authorities and national and international legal professions. The interdisciplinary nature of the course, coupled with interaction with the research clusters on governance, regulation, environmental justice, and human rights already in existence at Queen's, provides students with relevant expertise.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">The course is taught within a directed learning framework through weekly seminars, which provide an overview on a particular area. Students gain broad and essential knowledge about governance and a set of skills to analyse governance at the regional, national, EU and international levels. These seminars offer a starting point for the completion of assessed essay questions. The second major method of testing is a dissertation, the exact subject of which is to be chosen in consultation with the Course Coordinator. There will be an opportunity to undertake a placement linked to the choice of dissertation.</span></p><p><font size="2"><strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Duration<br /></font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">1 year Full time / 2 years Part time</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Entrance Requirements<br /></font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Applicants must have a degree in law (normally 2.1 or above, or equivalent) or a closely related academic subject (e.g. politics, economics, sociology). Relevant corporate or regulatory experience will be taken into consideration for mature students.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Who is the course aimed at?<br /></font></span></strong><span style="color: black">The course has been designed to prove equally attractive to those transferring from an undergraduate course as well as those who wish to build on practical experience in industry or public policy.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Resources within the Law School:<br /></font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Students registered on the LLM will be able to avail of an array of seminars and workshops grounded in governance within the Law School, its Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, and policy practitioners. Students have the opportunity of attending, and contributing to, a range of international conferences hosted by QUB. The Law School provides postgraduate students with a range of excellent facilities including access to a postgraduate computer room. </span></font></p><p><strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font size="2" color="#000000">Course Outline:</font></span></strong> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><br />All students take 5 modules (with a specialisation on one of the three areas in the second semester) and one dissertation:</span></p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><table border="1" width="100%" height="100"><tbody><tr><td> <u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">First Semester</span></u> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">:</span> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">110LAW</span></td><td><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Approaches to Governance: Theoretical Issues</span></td></tr><tr><td> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">110LAW</span></td><td><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Multi-Level Governance</span></td></tr><tr><td><p> <u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Second Semester</span></u> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">:</span> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">210LAW</span></td><td><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Advanced Research Skills (for Law and Governance)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">(elective)<br />210LAW<br />210LAW</span></td><td><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Governance and Sustainable Development:</font></span> <br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Approaches to Governance and Sustainable Development<br />Sustainable Development in the European Union</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">(elective)<br />210LAW<br />210LAW</span></p></td><td><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Governance and Economic Competition:</font></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><br />Globalisation and Regulation <span>                                  <br /></span>European Union Governance</span> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">(elective)<br />210LAW<br />210LAW</span></p></td><td><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Governance and Devolution:</font> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Devolution and Modernized Government<br /><font size="2">Human Rights and Democratic Governance</font></span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">310LAW </span></p></td><td> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial">Dissertation (in the area of specialisation)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font size="2" color="#000000">Module Outline:</font></span></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Approaches to Governance/Theoretical Issues includes: </font></span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Theories of Governance and Regulation</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">“Old” and “New” Modes of Governance </span></li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Normative Approaches to Governance / Good Governance</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Power and Governance </span></li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Policy Evaluation, Transparency, and Accountability and Governance </span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Multi-Level Governance includes:</font></span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Practical Legal and Political Aspects of Governance </span></li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Changes and Dynamics of Governance and Regulatory Politics (at local, regional, European and international levels)</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Multi-Level Governance in Complex Network Societies</span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Advanced Research Skills (for Law and Governance) includes: </font></span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Social Science Research Methods & Interdisciplinary Research Skills</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Dealing with Complexity and Uncertainty in Socio-Legal Research</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Research Ethics</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Practical and Methodological Tools Required to Deliver a Masters’ Level Dissertation</span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Approaches to Governance and Sustainable Development includes: </font></span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Origins and Evolution of Sustainable Development</font></span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Capacity-Building, Ecological Modernisation and Sustainable Development</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">The Role of International Institutions</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">The Global ‘Trade and Environment Debate’</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Environmental Law and Policy from an International and Comparative Perspective</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Climate Change and Sustainable Development</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Globalisation, Greening Capitalism, and Sustainable Development</span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Sustainable Development in the European Union includes:</font> </span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Environmental Governance in the EU</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">The EU, Leadership and International Environmental Governance</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Policies for a Sustainable Development in the EU</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Policy Integration and conflict, the Lisbon Agenda and Sustainable Development</span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Globalisation and Regulation includes:</font> </span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Governance in the Era of Globalisation</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Current Regulatory Reforms and Competitiveness Issues</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">The Role of International Institutions</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Causes and Consequences of Regional Integration Projects</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Regulatory Competition in the Area of Risk Regulations</span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">European Union Governance includes:</font> </span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">EU Competition Policy</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">EU Monetary and Fiscal Policy</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Business- and Trade-Sensitive Policy Areas and their Relevance for the EU’s Strategy of Increased Economic Competitiveness</span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000">Devolution and Modernising Government includes:</font> </span></em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">How Statute Law for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is Made within the Context of Devolution in the UK and EU membership</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">The Role of the State and Civil Society in Law-Making Processes</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Regional Inputs in the EU Legislative Process</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Power and the UK’s Devolved Structures</span></li></ul><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></em></strong></p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><p><strong><em>Human Rights and Democratic Governance </em></strong></p><ul><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">How Human Rights Affect Today’s Governance</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Democratising Governance</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Human Rights and the Promotion of Paticipation</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">The Ability of an Equality Law</span> </li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial">Accountability and Social and Economic Welfare</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: arial"><font color="#000000"></font></span></p><p><span><strong><font color="#000000">Dissertation </font><br /></strong>The dissertation is undertaken during June to September. Dissertations are between 15,000 and 20,000 words in length. They should relate to the intersection between governance and the area of specialisation chosen in the second semester. The exact nature of the dissertation and the selection of appropriate advisors will be taken by the student in consultation with the Course Coordinator. </span></p><p><font size="2"><span><strong><font color="#000000">Closing Date for Applications</font> <br /></strong>The formal closing date is <strong>1st April</strong> each year. Potential students who miss the deadline contact the School of Law to see whether there are places still available on the LLM in Law and Governance.</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: arial"><table border="1" width="100%" height="100"><tbody><tr><td><em> </em> <strong>Further Information</strong></td></tr><tr><td><em> Academic Contacts </em></td><td><p>Dr Peter Doran <a href="mailto:p.f.doran@qub.ac.uk">p.f.doran@qub.ac.uk</a></p><p>Dr Dieter Pesendorfer <a href="mailto:d.pesendorfer@qub.ac.uk">d.pesendorfer@qub.ac.uk</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><em>The School of Law Postgraduate Secretary</em></td><td><br />For an application form and information pack, or for general queries please contact : <table border="0" width="100%" align="left"><tbody><tr><td width="45%" valign="top"><p><br />Postgraduate Secretary<br />School of Law<br />Queen's University Belfast<br />Belfast BT7 1NN<br />Northern Ireland </p><p>Tel: (44) 028 9097 3476<br />Fax: (44) 028 9097 3376<br />Email: <a href="mailto:pglawenquiries@qub.ac.uk">pglawenquiries@qub.ac.uk</a> <br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><em> Application</em></td><td><p>See <a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk/ado">Admissions Office</a> for details of : </p><p>Application Procedure <br />Details of Postgraduate Fees </p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></font></font></span></div></font>

Dear Dr. Doran,

Can you advise when decisions regarding admission will be made?

Hewhohuntselves -
thanks for the post...
We begin looking at applicants in April/May. I'd advise making an early application.

Contact me again if you wish to chat about the course or need further info

Peter

Dear Dr. Doran - thank you for your prompt reply! I've already applied for the LLM - I'm an LLB undergraduate at Queen's right now :)

Is the LLM GUIDE used much by other students ? I am trying to gauge how useful it might be for further promotion of courses here at Queens

I can't say I've ever heard this site mentioned by any Queen's students, but if you look for general LLM information online you usually end up here.

My own decision to apply to Queen's for my LLM, and getting information about this specific programme, came about through the Law School's site and hearing a talk a few weeks ago given by Professor Morison and Dr. Maruna in an Equity lecture. Perhaps given the fact that the staff have easy access to final-year students through lectures and through our Queen's email accounts that using those forums might be the best option to promote programmes.

However as it appears that as this site doesn't seem to require much to be done after initially setting things up - eg you can post information and then be informed when someone enquires - it's probably a useful tool to make some use of.