International Law and Social Justice LLM

at University of Brighton

Course structure
 

This course is taught full-time (two days a week)  or part-time (one day a week).
 

Semester 1

• International Human Rights and Social Justice 
• Law and Policy of International Trade, Enterprise and the Environment 
• Animal Rights, Animal Welfare and the Law
   

Semester 2

• Human Rights and Healthcare
• Corporate Crime and Justice
• Refugee and Asylum Law
   

Semester 3

• Dissertation or Street Law 
   

Teaching will be delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars and workshops. You will be assessed through written and oral assessment. 
 

Students joining the course without an honours degree in law will need to complete a module on the English legal system before starting the course. Teaching for this module starts in the second week of September. 
 

This will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to embark on the remainder of your legal studies. 

The entry requirements listed here are our typical offer for this course if you wish to begin studying with us in 2022. They should be used as a general guide. 

• You must have obtained a good honours law degree at 2:2 or above from a UK or Republic of Ireland institution. Non-law honours degrees will be considered on an individual basis.
• Applicants without a UK or Republic of Ireland degree must hold a qualification in law which is at least equivalent to a good honours law degree at 2:2 or above awarded by a UK university.
• If you can demonstrate relevant work experience your application will be considered on an individual basis.
• Prospective students without a degree in law will be required to successfully complete a pre-course module in Legal Systems, Methods and Skills.
• You must also display strong analytical and written skills and a motivation to study law.
   

English language requirements

• IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. 

International (full-time) - 14,270 GBP

Students graduating from this course will be in a position to continue onto vocational training courses enabling them to work in the legal profession or to go into careers for NGOs, the Law Commission or charities.
 

The good communication, problem-solving, analytical and research skills developed during your law degree are needed not only by the legal profession but also are relevant to many alternative careers. Graduates may seek careers in areas such as banking, insurance and Civil Service.
 

The School of Business and Law has strong links with the local legal profession and encourages you to complete vacation placements with solicitors’ firms, mini pupillages with barristers’ chambers and internships with other institutions.
 

Recent Law graduates have joined companies in roles such as:

• Alpha Shindara Legal, Legal Secretary
• Aston Bond, Solicitor
• Bennett Griffin, Trainee Solicitor
• Bernard Chill & Axtell Solicitors, Trainee Solicitor
• Blake Morgan LLP, Litigation Paralegal
• BlueBay Asset Management, Compliance Intern
• Carmelite Chambers, Barrister
• Financial Ombudsman Service, Adjudicator
• Fox William, Trainee Solicitor
• G2 Legal, Junior Consultant
• Howlett Clarke, Legal Assistant
• Mayo Wynne Baxter, Paralegal
• Nationwide, Fraud Analyst
• Turpin Miller, Solicitor