Law - LLM

You'll learn from leading scholars with expertise in a wide range of areas, so you can keep your options open and explore a variety of approaches to law.

You can select core modules from any of our LLM courses. This means you'll extend your breadth and depth of knowledge of legal principles and the social, political, economic and cultural context in which you operate.

This LLM gives you the opportunity to investigate a broad range of legal subject areas and to choose different pathways.

Why Choose Sussex?

• Learn from today’s leading lawyers – our world-leading research underpins our teaching.
• Prepare for your future career – our courses are designed with skills training at their core, enabling you to think logically about legal problems.
• Discover what interests you most – Sussex Law School provides a truly international, stimulating and engaging learning environment for you to build a rich base of knowledge.

How Will I Study?

You’ll learn through core modules and options in the autumn and spring terms. In the summer, you undertake supervised work on the LLM dissertation.

You’ll be assessed through coursework, unseen examinations, essays and a 10,000-word dissertation.

Find out more information about the core options and modules here.

Careers

Career options available after graduation are as wide as the course itself. Many of our graduates go on to qualify as law professionals, nationally and internationally.

Others find employment in government or NGOs, or in commerce. Some choose to work in-house without qualifying in any particular jurisdiction or go on to further study.

Graduate destinations

94% of students from Sussex Law School were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent School of Law, Politics and Sociology graduates have gone on to jobs including:

• paralegal, Turpin and Miller
• general advisor, Citizens Advice Bureau
• refugee researcher, Amnesty International UK.
• (HESA EPI, Destinations of Post Graduate Leavers of Higher Education 2017 survey)

Visit the Law - LLM page on the University of Sussex website for more details!