Birmingham Law School provides world-class teaching across a wide range of legal topics, offering you the opportunity to tailor your study to your interests or career aspirations. The Birmingham LLM allows you to follow a general route, with complete flexibility in module selection, or to follow a specialist pathway in Commercial Law, Criminal Law, International Commercial Law. International Law and Globalisation, International Law: Crime, Justice and Human Rights; or International Trade Law.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Groningen offers several, one-year LLM programmes, all fully taught in English, and has the top rated LLMs in international law in the Netherlands (Keuzegids Higher Education Guide 2016 - 2019). The Faculty has existed ever since the founding of the university in 1614 and has a long standing tradition of legal and academic excellence. On top of this, Groningen is a very popular student city, providing a pleasant atmosphere in which to live and study.
The University of Liege offers an LL.M. in European Competition and IP law. The course boasts a team of eminent practitioners and academics in the field. Tailored to the needs of the profession, the LL.M. provides practical training in two highly specialised fields of law, so that students are prepared for immediate entry into a demanding, international workforce. Taught jointly in English and French, this bilingual LL.M. offers to students the opportunity to acquire efficient legal skills.
The Europa-Institut offers a one-year Master's program (Master of Laws, LL.M.) in European and international law with possible specializations in European Economic Law, Foreign Trade and Investment, International Dispute Resolution, European and International Protection of Human Rights and IT Law. Each year, 75 students from all over the world come to the Europa-Institut, where highly qualified lecturers prepare them for the specific demands of the European and international job market.
The Utrecht University School of Law offers eight English-language Master's programmes and contributes to the Transnational Law Programme. The LLM programmes have an outstanding reputation; will provide you access to international corporations and law firms, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court and many other international judicial organisations and allow you the flexibility to compose your own curriculum according to your interests and talents.
Internationally renowned and research-led, The Dickson Poon School of Law. King's College London enjoys a distinguished reputation for sustained excellence and its graduates are respected and sought-after throughout the world. Designed to meet the ambitions and career development of a diverse range of highly qualified graduate students and practising professionals, our LLM is a respected and desirable academic qualification.
The European Master in Law and Economics (EMLE) program offers the unique opportunity to study at two or three European universities and to obtain an officially recognised double or triple degree (LL.M or equivalent). It provides students with advanced knowledge on the economic effects of divergent laws and prepares them for a career in public organisations or multinational law firms. Due to its level of academic excellence EMLE is recognised as an E+Master Programme of the European Commission.
The ILF offers one of the few programs in Europe with a truly international, rather than national or EU focus, for study of law and finance. All teaching is in English. The interdisciplinary curriculum combines lectures in law, business and economics. The ILF is based on an effective public-private partnership with active participation of leading international law practitioners, finance and banking specialists as well as officials of the ECB, German Bundesbank etc.
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