Below is a short list of application deadlines for full-time LL.M. programs in the United Kingdom or Ireland beginning in Fall 2015. The 50 law schools listed below were chosen based on the most-viewed UK and Ireland university profiles on LLM GUIDE.
Oxford – January 23
King's College London – March 31 (recommended)
Queen Mary – July 31
LSE –
LL.M.: No application deadline; rolling admissions
Executive LL.M: 6 months before proposed start date
University of London International Programmes – January 31 (April entry), July 31 (November entry)
Edinburgh –
LL.M: July 31
Distance Learning LL.M.: August 10
University College London (UCL) – May 1
City London – February (recommended)
Cambridge –
LL.M.: November 1
MCL: January 15
Trinity Dublin –
LL.M.: May 31
Mlitt/PhD: No closing dates for applications
Nottingham Trent – No deadline information
Glasgow – July 24 (international), August 28 (EU/UK)
Aberdeen - End of June
Kent – No application deadline
Essex – By July 1
Strathclyde – End of March
Manchester – August 15
Swansea – No formal deadline
CEPMLP Dundee – No formal deadline (EU/UK), January 15 (international)
Liverpool – No deadline information
Reading – June 1 (international), August 1 (EU/UK)
Birmingham – End of May (international), no formal deadline (EU/UK)
Nottingham – May 31
Southampton – No formal deadline
SOAS – June 30
Durham – No formal deadline
NUI Galway – December 1 (round 1), January 1 (round 2), February 1 (round 3), April 1 (round 4), June 1 (round 5)
Bristol – June 1 (international), July 1 (UK/EU)
Dundee - July 31
Warwick – July 31 (international), no formal deadline (EU/UK)
Birkbeck College –
LL.M.: No deadline information
LL.M. by Research: Rolling
Oxford Brookes – No deadline information
Westminster – No deadline information
Northumbria – July 31 (international)
Cardiff – July 24 (latest)
CCLS London – July 31
UCD Dublin – July 31
Leeds –
LL.M.: June 30 (international), July 31 (UK/EU)
LL.M. by Research: mid June
IALS London – August 31
Cork –
EU applicants: January 15 (round 1), March 1 (round 2), May 1 (round 3), July 1 (round 4)
Non-EU applicants: June 1
Derby (Online Programs) – January 16
Leicester – August 31
De Montfort – No deadline information
Queen's Belfast – Up to end August
Bangor – By end June
Liverpool – June
Sheffield – No specific deadline
BPP Law School – No formal deadline
Wales Aberystwyth –
Taught LL.M.: No formal deadline
LL.M. by Research: before the end of February
Salford - July
IMPORTANT: All prospective students are advised to double-check the above application deadlines with law schools as soon as possible before applying.
For more information about the individual programs, please follow the links below.
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