Swansea University - Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law

Our LLM programmes

LLM in Human Rights

Our new human rights programme explicitly focused on contemporary global human rights challenges and how best to respond to them though law, policy and practice.

LLM in Intellectual Property & Commercial Practice

This programme explores intangible or ‘hidden’ assets and how companies can manage them in an effective commercial manner.

LLM in International Commercial Law

Focusing on the legal and practical challenges of diverse international commercial transactions, this course develops an in-depth and specialist knowledge of International Commercial Law.

LLM in International Commercial and Maritime Law

This LLM provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in both Commercial and Maritime Law.

LLM in International Maritime Law

The course focuses on various aspects of maritime law, from the different contracts for the carriage of goods to marine insurance, international trade and law of the sea.

LLM in International Trade Law

This exciting LLM programme focuses on specific international trade issues, with emphasis on the legal and commercial issues associated with international sale contracts.

LLM in Legal Practice and Advanced Drafting

Combine the Legal Practice Course (LPC) with an independent drafting project to further your legal skills and enhance your career prospects.

LLM in Oil, Gas and Renewable Energy Law

This LLM offers an impressive and diverse choice of subjects relevant to the growing area of oil and gas law, including the complex legal features of the petroleum industry.

All our LLM programmes are available:

FULL TIME - 1 year

PART TIME - 2 years

PART TIME - 3 years

Our LLM programmes attract students from all over the world. Teaching methods are geared towards our student's needs, conducted mainly through seminars and tutorials in small classes.

Members of the LLM team are active in research and are at the cutting edge of their discipline, publishing books and articles at the highest level. Academic members of the College of Law are as ever at the forefront of their research. In the Research Excellence Framework Exercise (REF) 2014, 60% of research conducted within the School of Law was rated to be world-leading or of international excellence, and 95% recognised as demonstrating an international standard. It was also confirmed in the REF 2014 that our research makes a huge impact in society.

Employability has always been on the top of the agenda, to prepare our LLM students for their professional life after graduation. The School organises a number of employability initiatives including talks to develop students' skills and inform their career plans; guest lectures to introduce students to professionals from the City, policy makers, lawyers and insurers; and mooting training and competitions.
 

Swansea University Singleton Campus

Swansea University is a traditional British university, founded in 1920. It has recently been rated as a 5 star University by QS in terms of its teaching excellence and it ranks within the World's top 5% in the World's University Rankings. In 2014, Swansea University was voted the Overall Best University in the UK in the main award category of the prestigious WhatUni.com Student Choice Awards and was also rated in the UK Top 30 for Research Excellence in the REF 2014.

Swansea University is a thriving academic community of some 12,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students reading and researching a broad spectrum of subjects. The University is spread over two campuses. The Bay Campus has recently been opened and is home for School of Management and College of Engineering. The School  of Law is on the coastal Singleton Park Campus, nestled within beautiful swathes of parkland west of the city centre and within easy reach of the stunning Gower coastline.

Swansea University has been described in the following fashion in the Potter Guide to Higher Education:

"...a strongly campus-based lifestyle; a stylish campus, near sea, or city, or mountains; generous accommodation either on campus or in a student community close by; a wealth of cultural activity on campus; lots of high-quality sports provision and a sound academic reputation! An impossible dream? Well, without going too far over the top, we have to say Swansea has it all..."

The School of Law

The School of Law at Swansea University traditionally performs well in student surveys. In 2017, the School achieved a 92% student satisfaction for teaching in the National Student Survey (NSS). Similarly, in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES), the School has achieved 97% for overall satisfaction in 2015. The School of Law is ranked in the top 250 of the very best law schools in the world, according to the 2017 QS World University Rankings for Law.

Candidates are required to have a good initial degree in law or a cognate discipline. A candidate may also be admitted by showing proof of relevant experience in the proposed area of study, such as professional, commercial, business or financial experience. Overseas candidates will be expected to satisfy the requirements of proficiency in the English language.

Please apply using the links provided on the course pages.

Swansea University offers postgraduate scholarships, advertised annually and awarded on a competitive basis.

For the most up to date information on fees and funding, please see individual course pages.

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