I would like to ask for help from somebody please. I've now got conditional offers from Newcastle in International Business Law LLM, an International Commercial Law LLM from Swansea and International Economic Law LLM from Strahclyde.

Firstly, I have applied by considering from University Guide rank in Law. However, some advise that ranking may not be helpful so I would like anyone to help me out. Any current students of these schools or alumnis would be of great help to me.

Thank You In Advance

Hi, I have no experience of these 3 unis so I don't know if I can be of much help but:

1) university rankings are NOT accurate at all

2) the most repute out of the 3 if newcastle

3) if you want to practice/work in England/Wales then Strath should be scrapped as scots law is different from english/welsh law. But I assume this will not be the case as you applied for an 'international' oriented LLM

Law01 ... thanks for your advice.. i will consider it ..

Hi in the rankings In complete Uni guide Strathclyde is 10th, Newcastle 23rd and Swansea 38 th but yes rankings are misleading - in guardian rankings Newcastle is 10th, Strathclyde 28th and Swansea 50thu and I suspect there is little between Newcastle and Strathclyde but each will be different from each other and I would go to the course that suits you best. It is iirrelevant that Strathclyde is Scottish for the purpose of an LLM in this area.

If he opts for commerical law and then wanted to work in england he would be a bit lost as there are some differences between the two, unless ofcourse they are taught both systems etc. otherwise i completely agree with your post

Thank you for your opinion....

If he opts for commerical law and then wanted to work in england he would be a bit lost as there are some differences between the two, unless ofcourse they are taught both systems etc. otherwise i completely agree with your post

I focused on research led teaching, so looked at the RAE2008 results..I went to Kent (International commercial law).

Well on that measure Kent is 6th, strathclyde 13th equal, Swansea 25 the and Newcastle 36th

Thank you for all of your suggestion.. Now I am considering Newcastle Univ. (LLM in International Business law) and Kent Univ, (LLM International Economic Law). Both are a conditional offers so I am trying to get the unconditional offer...

With non law background in Bachelor, I plan to work in any international companies under contract/legal department, if possible.

This is my first time to study abroad so, if you have any other opinion, please feel free to advise.

With non law background in Bachelor, I plan to work in any international companies under contract/legal department, if possible.

This is my first time to study abroad so, if you have any other opinion, please feel free to advise.

Dear Flori,
Thanks for your comment. I mean the position in contract officer and/or legal officer. I work in oil and gas business i.e. exploration and production, so construction contracts and/or logistics contracts are required to be created and issued to various contractors.

Now, I have worked as a contract admin. for many years, it's not a permanent staff. So, I decide to look for LLM because I would like to be more specialized and hope that this can develop my further career path.

As I mentioned, above plan, if i have no more information for other opportunities, I plan to look for such positions due to my current work experiences.

However, it's quite risky for me to invest in this LLM because I have to spend my all money on this and may be too old for me to study and look for a job after graduate.

Hello Ammikhar,

thanks for providing the additional details - just some ideas from my side:
1. Did you deliberately exclude Oil&Gas law LLM programs from your options? Given your background such programs might provide you with better options regarding the future career.

2. Position as a legal officer: Is it common in your country to have legal officers who are not fully-qualified lawyers respectively have not been acting as lawyers before? If not, the LLM probably won't make sense in your situation... Even if, you will still be playing a very risky game...
--> Important: Obtaining an LLM in England/Wales will not render you a Solicitor/Barrister in England/Wales.

Bye
flori

Dear Flori,

Thank you so much for your kindly advice.
1. I decide not to specific for oil & gas because I hope to increase my opportunities of work. Hence, as discussed from colleagues, contract officers, they didn't graduate in any specific oil & gas law, just LLB or LLM from abroad.

2. I have not yet seriously talked with legal officer but I think some of them my not be fully-qualified lawyers (in my company). However, thank you for your idea, I will ask them again.

I am rather interested in contract officer position because almost exploration and production business, they usually require for this position and I expect to be.

In my country, the qualification of studying LLM is required a LLB which I don't have it. In addition, I would like to study in English program. So, being Solicitor/Barrister in England/Wales is not my major purpose.

Thank you for your kindly advice and information.

Hi Ammikhar,

I am rather interested in contract officer position because almost exploration and production business, they usually require for this position and I expect to be.

Dear Flori,

Thank you very much.
How about Newcastle Univ (LLM in International Business)..?? Is it quite popular Law school..??

i don t wish to be rude towards any programme but out of the ones you mentioned Swansea is the only progranne that international employers know best =rankings mostly produced by taking undergraduate data not postgraduate so i agree with flori
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i don t wish to be rude towards any programme but out of the ones you mentioned Swansea is the only progranne that international employers know best =rankings mostly produced by taking undergraduate data not postgraduate so i agree with flori
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Hello everyone,
even though I will probably get flamed by all the different fan groups:
As far as the _general_ reputation of the law schools discussed above is concerned, neither holds a stellar reputation ;-)

However, this does _not_ say that the respective reputation is well-deserved.

Furthermore, some of those universities do offer particular programs with a good or, even, very good reputation.

In the end, the original poster will have the best knowledge when it comes to the reputation held in his particular area -> just go for whatever is well-recognized there...

Bye
flori

Hello ammikhar,

Dear Flori,
Thank you very much.
How about Newcastle Univ (LLM in International Business)..?? Is it quite popular Law school..??