LLM

The general regulations for MA and MSc Degrees and the Code of Practice for Taught Masters Programmes on the online Calendar apply to the LLM programme except in the event of inconsistency when these regulations for the LLM take priority.

In order to obtain the degree, students must complete courses (see Course list below) to the value of four full units, which may comprise a combination of full and/or half courses. Students can complete the requirements either in one full-year programme, or as a part-time student in two years, or by extended part-time study within a maximum of six years.

Courses should be chosen from the list below. Subject to availability and with the permission of the Programme Director of the LLM, one complementary course from other Master's courses at the School may be selected to replace one from the list below. Exceptionally, and subject to the same conditions, two complementary courses can be selected to replace two courses from the list below.

All students are required to write a dissertation, an elective essay, or an extended essay (each as described in the LLM Handbook) as the assessment for one of their courses. To meet this requirement students may select a full unit course for which the nominated assessment is a full unit dissertation or select a half or full unit course for which the nominated assessment is in whole (half unit course) or in part (full unit course) an extended essay. Alternatively students may elect to substitute a dissertation (full unit course) or an elective essay (half unit course) for the nominated assessment for one of their LLM courses. In all cases, the requirements of the LLM Handbook apply.

Part-time students must satisfy the same requirements as those applicable to full-time students. Part-time students must take courses to the value of two units in their first year and courses to the value of two units in their second year.

Extended part-time students must satisfy the same requirements as those applicable to full-time students. Students must take courses to the value of one unit in the first year and obtain a certificate on successful completion. Students who achieve certificates for successful completion of four units within a period of six years will satisfy the requirements for the degree.

Examination

Students will be examined in courses to the total value of four full units.

For full unit courses assessed wholly by dissertation, the dissertation must be submitted by the August deadline and must not exceed 15,000 words. The dissertation must provide evidence of original work or a capacity for critical analysis.

For courses examined in whole (half unit course) or in part (full unit course) by an extended essay or in whole (half unit course) by an elective essay, the essay must not exceed 8,000 words and must be submitted by the August deadline. The essay must provide evidence of original work or a capacity for critical analysis.

For courses examined by another form of summative essay(s), the essay(s) must be submitted by the deadline specified in the regulations for the particular course.

Students who submit a dissertation or an assessed essay as part of the LLM examination will be required, at the time of submission, to sign a statement on plagiarism.

An oral examination may be held if the examiners so determine.

For courses assessed by written examination, the examination will normally be held in May or June. Questions may be set on recent legislation and current proposals for law reform within the scope of the syllabus. No materials may be brought into the examination room except in accordance with the regulations for the particular course.

Degree certificate

Students who successfully complete the LLM examination may elect to have one of the following titles attached to their degree certificate if, in the opinion of the Programme Director of the LLM, the title reflects the course of study followed by the student. The possible titles are listed below with the courses attached to those areas listed with them. If you do not elect to have one of the titles below attached to your LLM your degree certificate will state LLM. 

Courses 

Banking Law and Financial Regulation

LL425

European Monetary and Financial Services Law (Dissertation code LL4Q1)

LL437

Law of Corporate Finance (Dissertation code LL4Q8)

LL446

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (Dissertation code LL4R6)

LL484

Regulation of Financial Markets (Dissertation code LL4V3)

LL4A5

Investment Funds Law in Europe (H) (Extended essay code LL4U2)

LL4B9

Corporate and Financial Crime (Dissertation code LL4W3)

LL4C9

Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y5)

LL4D5

Legal Risk in the Financial Markets (H) (Extended essay code LL4X5)

LL4F1

Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (H) (Dissertation code LL4Q4) (n/a 11/12)

LL4F2

The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) (Dissertation code LL4U5)

LL4G8

Law of Corporate Finance A (H) (Extended essay code LL4S8)

LL4G9

European Monetary and Banking Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4S9)

LL4H4

Financial Law (Extended essay code LL4X4) (H)

LL4K2

Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H) (Extended essay code LL4J2)

LL4K3

Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law (Dissertation code LL4J3)

LL4K8

Law of Corporate Finance B (H) (Extended essay code LL4J8)

LL4K9

European Capital Markets Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4J9)

LL4Z9

Banking Law (H)  (Extended essay code LL4ZJ)

Corporate and/or Commercial Law

LL402

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Dissertation code LL4N2)

LL403

Copyright and Related Rights (Dissertation code LL4N3)

LL425

European Monetary and Financial Services Law (Dissertation code LL4Q1)

LL430

Competition Law (Dissertation code LL4Q3)

LL433

International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration (Dissertation code LL4Q5) (n/a 11/12)

LL435

Corporate Governance (Dissertation code LL4Q7)

LL437

Law of Corporate Finance (Dissertation code LL4Q8)

LL439

Insolvency Law: Principles and Policy (Dissertation code LL4R1)

LL446

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (Dissertation code LL4R6)

LL491

Taxation of Corporate Transactions (Dissertation code LL4V4)

LL4B9

Corporate and Financial Crime (Dissertation code LL4W3)

LL4C5

Fundamentals of International Commercial Arbitration (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y1) (n/a 11/12)

LL4C6

Advanced Issues of International Commercial Arbitration (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y2)

LL4C9

Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y5)

LL4D5

Legal Risk in the Financial Markets (H) (Extended essay code LL4X5)

LL4D7

Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States (Dissertation code LL4X7)

LL4E5

International Sale of Goods (Dissertation code LL4M5)

LL4E7

Investment Treaty Law (H) (Dissertation code LL4M7)

LL4F1

Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (H) (Dissertation code LL4Q4) (n/a 11/12)

LL4F2

The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) (Extended essay code LL4U5)

LL4F3

Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) (Extended essay code LL4M8)

LL4F4 

Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US  (H) (Extended essay code LL4M9)

LL4G6

International Commodity Sales Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4S6) 

LL4G8

Law of Corporate Finance A (H) (Extended essay code LL4S8)

LL4G9

European Monetary and Banking Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4S9)

LL4H4

Financial Law (Extended essay code LL4X4) (H)

LL4K2

Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H) (Extended essay code LL4J2)

LL4K3

Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law (Dissertation code LL4J3)

LL4K5

International Commercial Contracts: General Principles (H) (Extended essay code LL4J5)

LL4K6

International Uniform Sales Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4J6)

LL4K8

Law of Corporate Finance B (H) (Extended essay code LL4J8) 

LL4K9

European Capital Markets Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4J9)

LL4S2

E-Commerce Law (H)

LL4Z1

Business Taxation (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZA)

LL4Z5

EU State Aid Law (H)  (Extended essay code LL4ZE)

Corporate and Securities Law

LL425

European Monetary and Financial Services Law (Dissertation code LL4Q1)

LL437

Law of Corporate Finance (Dissertation code LL4Q8)

LL484

Regulation of Financial Markets (Dissertation code LL4V3)

LL4A5

Investment Funds Law in Europe (H) (Extended essay code LL4U2)

LL4B9

Corporate and Financial Crime (Dissertation code LL4W3)

LL4C9

Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y5)

LL4D5

Legal Risk in the Financial Markets (H) (Extended essay code LL4X5)

LL4D7

Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States (Dissertation code LL4X7)

LL4F2

The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) (Extended essay code LL4U5)

LL4F3

Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) (Extended essay code LL4M8)

LL4F4 

Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US (H) (Extended essay code LL4M9)

LL4G8

Law of Corporate Finance A (H) (Extended essay code LL4S8)

LL4G9

European Monetary and Banking Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4S9)

LL4H4

Financial Law (Extended essay code LL4X4) (H)

LL4K2

Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H) (Extended essay code LL4J2)

LL4K3

Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law (Dissertation code LL4J3)

LL4K8

Law of Corporate Finance B (H) (Extended essay code LL4J8)

LL4K9

European Capital Markets Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4J9)

Criminology and Criminal Justice

LL445

International Criminal Law (Dissertation code LL4R5)

LL446

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (Dissertation code LL4R6)

LL458

Mental Health Law (Dissertation code LL4T5)

LL478

Policing and Police Powers (Dissertation code LL4V1)

LL4B9

Corporate and Financial Crime (Dissertation code LL4W3)

LL4G7

Mental Health Law: The Civil Context (H) (Extended essay code LL4S7)

LL4K2

Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H) (Extended essay code LL4J2)

LL4K7

Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (H) (Extended essay code LL4J7)

LL4Z8

Theories of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (H) (Extended essay code LL4ZH)

SA403

Criminal Justice Policy

SO409

Crime and Society: Concepts and Method (n/a 11/12)

European Law

EU420

European Union Law and Government (H)

EU436

Law and Governance of the Single European Market (n/a 11/12)

LL418

European Administrative Law (Dissertation code LL4P5)

LL425

European Monetary and Financial Services Law (Dissertation code LL4Q1)

LL430

Competition Law (Dissertation code LL4Q3)

LL4B2

Advanced Issues of European Union Law (Dissertation code LL4V9)

LL4D6

International and European Environmental Law (Dissertation code LL4X6)

LL4D7

Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States (Dissertation code LL4X7)

LL4F3

Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) (Extended essay code LL4M8) 

LL4G9

European Monetary and Banking Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4S9)

LL4H8

Employment Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4H5)

LL4H9

Human Rights in the Workplace (H)

LL4K9

European Capital Markets Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4J9)

LL4Z4

Value Added Tax in the European Context (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZD)

LL4Z5

EU State Aid Law (H)  (Extended essay code LL4ZE)

Human Rights Law

LL400

Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (Dissertation code LL4N1)

LL409

Human Rights in the Developing World (Dissertation code LL4N7)

LL416

Regulating New Medical Technologies (Dissertation only)

LL444

Constitutional Theory (Dissertation code LL4R4)

LL445

International Criminal Law (Dissertation code LL4R5)

LL452

The International Law of Armed Conflict and the Use of Force (Dissertation code LL4T1)

LL453

International Human Rights (Dissertation code LL4T2)

LL454

Human Rights of Women (Dissertation code LL4T3)

LL460

International Law and the Protection of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants (Dissertation code LL4T7)

LL465

Law and Social Theory (Dissertation code LL4U3)

LL468

Human Rights Law: The European Convention of Human Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4U6)

LL469

Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act (H) (Extended essay code LL4U7)

LL475

Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4U9)

LL4A6

Climate Change: Ethics, Development and International Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4A7)

LL4A8

International Law and the Use of Force (H) (Extended essay code LL4A3)

LL4A9

Law in War (jus in bello) (H) (Extended essay code LL4A4)

LL4B2

Advanced Issues of European Union Law (Dissertation code LL4V9)

LL4B6

Human Rights Law in the UK (Dissertation code LL4V8)

LL4C2

World Poverty and Human Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4W9) (n/a 11/12)

LL4F7

Comparative Constitutional Law (Dissertation code LL4Y8)

LL4H9

Human Rights in the Workplace (H)

LL4K4

The International Law of Self-Determination (H)

LL4L4

Law and the Holocaust (H)

LL4L6

Theory of Human Rights Law (H) (Extended essay code L4S3)

LL4S4

Digital Rights, Privacy and Security (H) (Extended essay code LL4SA) (n/a 11/12)

LL4Z6

Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions (H) (Extended essay code LL4ZF)

LL4Z7

Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4ZG)

SO424

Approaches to Human Rights

Information Technology, Media and Communications Law

LL403

Copyright and Related Rights (Dissertation code LL4N3)

LL406

Introduction to Regulation (H) (Extended essay code LL4N5)

LL407

Media and Communications Regulation (H)

LL446

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (Dissertation code LL4R6)

LL4C1

Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (Dissertation code LL4W2) (n/a 11/12)

LL4H2

Media Law: Regulating Publication (H)

LL4H3

Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering (H)

LL4S1

Cyberlaw (H)

LL4S2

E-Commerce Law (H)

LL4S4

Digital Rights, Privacy and Security (H) (Extended essay code LL4SA) (n/a 11/12)

LL4S5

Piracy, Content and Ownership in the Information Society (H) (Extended essay code LL4SB) (n/a 11/12)

Intellectual Property Law

LL403

Copyright and Related Rights (Dissertation code LL4N3)

LL406

Introduction to Regulation (H) (Extended essay code LL4N5)

LL407

Media and Communications Regulation (H)

LL446

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (Dissertation code LL4R6)

LL4C1

Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (Dissertation code LL4W2) (n/a 11/12)

LL4C8

Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law (Dissertation code LL4Y4)

LL4D1

Trademark Law (Dissertation code LL4W5) (n/a 11/12)

LL4D3

Cultural Property and Heritage Law (Dissertation code LL4W4) (n/a 11/12)

LL4H2

Media Law: Regulation Publication (H)

LL4H3

Media Law: Regulation Newsgathering (H)

LL4S1

Cyberlaw (H)

LL4S5

Piracy, Content and Ownership in the Information Society (H) (Extended essay code LL4SB) (n/a 11/12)

International Business Law

LL402

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Dissertation code LL4N2)

LL425

European Monetary and Financial Services Law (Dissertation code LL4Q1)

LL430

Competition Law (Dissertation code LL4Q3)

LL433

International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration (Dissertation code LL4Q5) (n/a 11/12)

LL442

International Business Transactions I: Litigation (Dissertation code LL4R2)

LL443

International Business Transactions II: Substantive Law (Dissertation code LL4R3)

LL447

International Economic Law (Dissertation code LL4R7)

LL455

International Tax Systems (Dissertation code LL4T4)

LL484

Regulation of Financial Markets (Dissertation code LL4V3)

LL4B9

Corporate and Financial Crime (Dissertation code LL4W3)

LL4C5

Fundamentals of International Commercial Arbitration (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y1) (n/a 11/12)

LL4C6

Advanced Issues of International Commercial Arbitration (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y2)

LL4C9

Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships (H) (Extended essay code LL4Y5)

LL4D5

Legal Risk in the Financial Markets (H) (Extended essay code LL4X5)

LL4D7

Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States (Dissertation code LL4X7)

LL4E5

International Sale of Goods (Dissertation code LL4M5)

LL4E7

Investment Treaty Law (H) (Dissertation code LL4M7)

LL4F2

The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) (Extended essay code LL4U5)

LL4F3

Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) (Extended essay code LL4M8)

LL4F4 

Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US  (H) (Extended essay code LL4M9)

LL4G6

International Commodity Sales (H) (Extended essay code LL4S6)

LL4G9

European Monetary and Banking Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4S9) 

LL4H4

Financial Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4X4)

LL4K2

Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H) (Extended essay code LL4J2)

LL4K3

Secured Credit in English, Comparative and International Law (Dissertation code LL4J3)

LL4K5

International Commercial Contracts: General Principles (H) (Extended essay code LL4J5)

LL4K6

International Uniform Sales Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4J6)

LL4K9

European Capital Markets Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4J9) 

LL4S2

E-Commerce Law (H)

LL4Z2

Principles of Taxation (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZB)

LL4Z3

Consumption Taxes (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZC)

Labour Law

ID416

Globalisation and Employment (H)

ID432

Varieties of Employment Relations (H)

LL469

Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act (H) (Extended essay code LL4U7)

LL4B6

Human Rights in the UK (Dissertation code LL4V8)

LL4H8

Employment Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4H5)

LL4H9

Human Rights in the Workplace (H)

Legal Theory

AN438

Law in Society: A Joint Course in Anthropology and Law

LL400

Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (Dissertation code LL4N1)

LL402

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Dissertation code LL4N2)

LL416

Regulating New Medical Technologies (Dissertation only)

LL423

Rethinking International Law (Dissertation code LL4P9)

LL444

Constitutional Theory (Dissertation code LL4R4)

LL446

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (Dissertation code LL4R6)

LL465

Law and Social Theory (Dissertation code LL4U3)

LL468

Human Rights Law: The European Convention of Human Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4U6)

LL474

Modern Legal History

LL475

Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4U9)

LL4A6

Climate Change: Ethics, Development and International Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4A7)

LL4B2

Advanced Issues of European Union Law (Dissertation code LL4V9)

LL4F7

Comparative Constitutional Law (Dissertation code LL4Y8)

LL4L4

Law and the Holocaust (H)

LL4L5

Socio-legal Theory and Practice (H)

LL4L6

Theory of Human Rights Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4S3)

LL4S1

Cyberlaw (H)

LL4Z6

Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions (H) (Extended essay code LL4ZF)

LL4Z7

Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4ZG)

LL4Z8

Theories of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (H)  (Extended essay code LL4ZH)

Public International Law

LL409

Human Rights in the Developing World (Dissertation code LL4N7)

LL423

Rethinking International Law (Dissertation code LL4P9)

LL445

International Criminal Law (Dissertation code LL4R5)

LL447

International Economic Law (Dissertation code LL4R7)

LL452

The International Law of Armed Conflict and the Use of Force (Dissertation code LL4T1)

LL453

International Human Rights (Dissertation code LL4T2)

LL454

Human Rights of Women (Dissertation code LL4T3)

LL460

International Law and the Protection of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants (Dissertation code LL4T7)

LL475

Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4U9)

LL4A6

Climate Change: Ethics, Development and International Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4A7)

LL4A8

International Law and the Use of Force (H) (Extended essay code LL4A3)

LL4A9

Law in War (jus in bello) (H) (Extended essay code LL4A4)

LL4C2

World Poverty and Human Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4W9) (n/a 11/12)

LL4D6

International and European Environmental Law (Dissertation code LL4X6)

LL4E6

International Dispute Resolution: Courts and Tribunals (H) (Dissertation code LL4M6) (n/a 11/12)

LL4E7

Investment Treaty Law (H) (Dissertation code LL4M7)

LL4F5

International Dispute Resolution (Dissertation code LL4Y6) (n/a 11/12)

LL4F6

International Dispute Resolution: Non-Adjudicatory Processes (H) (Dissertation code LL4Y7) 

LL4K2

Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H) (Extended essay code LL4J2)

LL4K4

The International Law of Self-Determination (H)

Public Law

EU420

European Union Law and Government (H)

LL400

Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (Dissertation code LL4N1)

LL406

Introduction to Regulation (H) (Extended essay code LL4N5)

LL418

European Administrative Law (Dissertation code LL4P5)

LL444

Constitutional Theory (Dissertation code LL4R4)

LL446

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (Dissertation code LL4R6)

LL453

International Human Rights (Dissertation code LL4T2)

LL458

Mental Health Law (Dissertation code LL4T5)

LL468

Human Rights Law: The European Convention of Human Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4U6)

LL469

Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act (H) (Extended essay code LL4U7)

LL475

Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) (Extended essay code LL4U9)

LL478

Policing and Police Powers (Dissertation code LL4V1)

LL4B2

Advanced Issues of European Union Law (Dissertation code LL4V9)

LL4D6

International and European Environmental Law (Dissertation code LL4X6)

LL4F7

Comparative Constitutional Law (Dissertation code LL4Y8)

LL4G7

Mental Health Law: The Civil Context (H) (Extended essay code LL4S7)

LL4H2

Media Law: Regulating Publication (H)

LL4H3

Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering (H)

LL4K7

Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (H) (Extended essay code LL4J7)

LL4Z2

Principles of Taxation (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZB)

LL4Z6

Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions (H) (Extended essay code LL4ZF)

LL4Z7

Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights (H) (Extended essay code LL4ZG)

Taxation

EC426

Public Economics

LL455

International Tax Systems (Dissertation code LL4T4)

LL479

Issues in Taxation

LL491

Taxation of Corporate Transactions (Dissertation code LL4V4)

LL494

Value Added Tax (Dissertation code LL4V7)

LL4Z1

Business Taxation (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZA)

LL4Z2

Principles of Taxation (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZB)

LL4Z3

Consumption Taxes (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZC)

LL4Z4

Value Added Tax in the European Context (H) (Dissertation code LL4ZD)

Further options

LL490

Self-standing Full Unit Dissertation, if permitted *

LL497

LLM half unit Self-standing Elective Essay, if permitted (H)*

LL4A1

LLM Subject Area Specialist Research Seminars ‡

LL4A2

LLM Dissertation Seminars §

LL4L9

LLM Full Unit Dissertation (attached to a half unit course) (n/a 11/12)

Notes
* The opportunity to write a self-standing full unit dissertation or half unit elective essay is subject to the availability of a supervisor and the permission of the Programme Director of the LLM.
‡ Not assessed; part of LSE's extra curricular intellectual development.
§ Not assessed; designed to develop relevant skills.
This programme, its constituent courses and lectures qualify as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and are accredited by the Law Society and Bar Council. Further information is available from the Department of Law.

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