Law General LLM

Your programme of study

The General Law programme at Aberdeen is one of the best programmes in terms of scope and areas of interest you can choose to study at advanced level. If your first degree was in a specific area of law there is nothing preventing you from choosing another area of law completely or a complementary area. You could study environmental law areas such as oil and gas law, energy and environmental law, low carbon energy transition with further environmental regulation. If you are more interested in criminal law you could look at Criminology, the politics of human rights, humanitarian law.  If you are more interested in business you might choose international law, intellectual property law, world trade organisation or for business with a creative aspect you might think about specialist in cultural property issues or law for business and arts and museums law.  There are many possible mixes of these general areas of law you might want to explore. Employment possibilities are huge from this range of areas of law and include all notable areas to practise law and careers within the legal profession to welfare sectors such as employment, business, HR and finance.

Law careers

You may become a Barrister if you wish to represent people at High Court and Magistrates court to put legal argument forward for decision. You could start off as a legal executive to later qualify as a solicitor with further training or after a number of years experience you may wish to become a judge. If you want some work experience you could become a court usher. Other careers include a Paralegal. This role undertakes much of a lawyers role in drafting documents, meetings and contracts.  If you decide your law degree is useful for other areas you may look at Civil Service careers, become a politician, work in the police, city, or teach.

This programme is ideal if you want to be a generalist to an advanced level rather than a specialist in a specific area of law. You develop your analysis and research skills and you have the option of wide ranging courses to choose from which stretches your intellectual thinking capabilities in a top 10 School of Law (Complete University Guide 2018)

Courses listed for the programme

Semester 1

Compulsory

• Critical Legal Thinking and Scholarship

Optional (4 courses 2 in Semester 1 and 2)

• International Energy and Environmental Law
• Oil and Minerals for Good
• Low Carbon Energy Transition: Renewable Energy Law
• International Law: A Time of Challenges
• The Politics of Human Rights
• Oil and Gas Law
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Commercial Arbitration In the Asia Pacific
• Private International Law: Concepts and Institutions
• Issues in Criminal Justice
• World Trade Organisation: Gatt
• Comparative Contract Law for International Transactions
• International Intellectual Property: Frameworks and Challenges
• International Criminal Law
• Copyright and Patents
• Private International Law - Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement

Semester 2

Optional

• Cultural Property Issues: Law, Art and Museums
• Principles of Environmental Regulation
• Choice of Law for Business
• International Humanitarian Law
• Low Carbon Energy Transition: Nuclear Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage
• Criminal Evidence and Proof
• Criminal Law
• The use of Force in International Law
• Trade Marks and Brand Development
• International Trade and Finance Law
• Private International Law of Family Law
• International Human Rights Law
• Carriage of Goods By Sea
• Oil and Gas Law: Taxation of Upstream
• Downstream Energy Law
• Commercialising Innovation and Law
• Commercial Tax Law and Policy
• International Investment Law and Arbitration in the Energy Sector

Semester 3

• Dissertation

Find out more detail by visiting the programme web page

Why study at Aberdeen?

• You are taught by a School of Law ranked 10th in the UK (The Complete University Guide 2018). The University has been teaching and researching law since the Middle Ages.
• You develop skills which are vital to the legal profession in a highly personalised environment with high contact from your lecturers.
• You get a great range of options which you can tailor to your own requirements and build upon your undergraduate degree and experience to widen your career options, and you can take your qualifications further with programmes such as International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Where you study

• University of Aberdeen
• 12 Months or 24 Months
• Full Time or Part Time
• January or September

Scholarships

View all funding options on our funding database via the programme page and the latest postgraduate opportunities

Living in Aberdeen

Find out more about:

Your Accommodation

• Catered Accommodation
• Self-Catering     

Campus Facilities

• University of Aberdeen: A Global Community
• University of Aberdeen: We are international
• Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
• Student Support
• Clubs and Societies
• Sport
• Societies
• Review

Find out more about living in Aberdeen and living costs

You may be interested in:

• Criminal Justice
• Criminal Justice and Human Rights
• Dispute Resolution
• Energy and Environmental Law (Dissertation or Professional Skills)
• Energy Law (Dissertation or Professional Skills)
• Human Rights
• Human Rights and Criminal Justice
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Commercial Law (Dissertation or Professional Skills)
• International Law
• International Law and International Relations
• International Law and Strategic Studies
• International Trade Law - Campus or Online
• International Trade Law with Treaty Negotiation with Professional Skills - Campus or Blended
• Oil an Gas Law with Dissertation Campus or Online
• Oil and Gas Law with Professional Skills Campus or Blended
• Public International Law

Visit the Law General LLM page on the Aberdeen University website for more details!